{"id":87583,"date":"2022-06-23T12:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T17:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=87583"},"modified":"2022-06-22T18:06:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T23:06:45","slug":"lotus-exige-with-a-ferrari-twin-turbo-v8-racing-at-simola-hillclimb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=87583","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Exige with a Ferrari Twin-Turbo V8 Racing at Simola HillClimb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=87592\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-87592\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"87592\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=87592\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Lotus-Exige-with-a-Ferrari-Twin-Turbo-V8-05.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lotus Exige with a Ferrari Twin-Turbo V8 05\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Lotus Exige with a Ferrari Twin-Turbo V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Lotus-Exige-with-a-Ferrari-Twin-Turbo-V8-05.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Lotus-Exige-with-a-Ferrari-Twin-Turbo-V8-05.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Lotus Exige with a Ferrari Twin-Turbo V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-87592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Lotus-Exige-with-a-Ferrari-Twin-Turbo-V8-05.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Lotus-Exige-with-a-Ferrari-Twin-Turbo-V8-05.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Lotus-Exige-with-a-Ferrari-Twin-Turbo-V8-05.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Lotus-Exige-with-a-Ferrari-Twin-Turbo-V8-05.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dawie Joubert and his Lotus Exige race car raced Simola HillClimb 2022 in South Africa. The car suffered issues but Hillclimb Monsters reports it still finished in Final Top 10. The car is powered by a twin-turbo 3.9 L F154 V8 from a Ferrari 488 GTB. The motor&#8217;s 765 hp (571 kW) and 900 Nm (663 lb-ft) is sent to the wheels through a Sadev six-speed sequential transmission. For more information on the unique car please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=86897\">previous article<\/a>. Otherwise please enjoy the sound of a twin-turbo Ferrari V8. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/CKq_--HhBiE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/HillClimbMonsters\">Hillclimb Monsters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dawie Joubert and his Lotus Exige race car raced Simola HillClimb 2022 in South Africa. The car suffered issues but Hillclimb Monsters reports it still finished in Final Top 10. The car is powered by a twin-turbo 3.9 L F154 V8 from a Ferrari 488 GTB. The motor&#8217;s 765 hp (571 kW) and 900 Nm&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=87583\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lotus Exige with a Ferrari Twin-Turbo V8 Racing at Simola HillClimb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":87592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[285],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exige"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Lotus-Exige-with-a-Ferrari-Twin-Turbo-V8-05.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129174,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=129174","url_meta":{"origin":87583,"position":0},"title":"Lotus Exige with a 925 hp Twin-Turbo Ferrari V8 at Simola Hillclimb","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Dawie Joubert won \"King of the Kill\" in his Lotus Exige at Simola Hillclimb 2024 in South Africa. 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