oddly, where i live there are 2-3 Lotus Elises around. there is one that has an exhaust on it and i see it hauling arseeverywhere. i wanna run it soooo badly but when im actually driving i never see it. ill be standing at a meet with some friends and ill see it, dude never stops in to say hi to fellow car enthusiasts eitherfor some reason.. lol. i know they arent very fast, but for the power they have and all 1700-1800 pounds they are pretty decent. i just think it would be fun to beat a 50,000 dollar car in my civic that has all together costed me around 7-8 grand. maybe someday the showdown will happen. until then ill just keep wishing.

Just so everyone can see the specs:

190 Horsepower 1.8 liter, mid-mounted 4-Cylinder with DOHC and VVTL-I
Multi-Point Fuel Injection System with Electronic Ignition and Throttle Control
Capacity: 1796 cm3
Bore/Stroke: 82.0 mm / 85.0 mm
Maximum Power: 190 hp (141kW) @ 7800 rpm (DIN 70020)
Maximum Torque: 134 lb ft (181 Nm) @ 6800 rpm (DIN 70020)
Compression Ratio: 11.5:1

EDIT: Weight is 1984 lbs.

they arnt very slow either...there is one here in orlandothatis running around with that 600whp twin turbo build. the car is absolutly insane....

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Yeah, good luck with that....


The reason he doesn't stop to talk to you guys, is probably because he doesn't want a bunch of dudes trying to challenge him to race on the streets

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Antartic Blue Super Sports wagon with C.B. and optional Rally Fun Pack

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also, the US elise is a 13.0s car from the factory
it's also basically a go-kart on steroids for handling... so any street or highway racing it's going to win hands down

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2008 Honda Civic Si Sedan 6MT Fiji Blue Pearl

the point of me posting this was because everytime i see him on the streets he's racing somebody... so i dont think he'll have too much problem with it.

Don't they have the same engines as the newer celica GTS's??

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Project M112 Status: Acquiring Parts

new exige s is BADASS

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ROTOZEY19111 (2:40:30 PM): I bought a bigass can of seafoam TRANNY treatment
ROTOZEY19111 (2:40:51 PM): and put that in my crankcase

You might win on the straight but it'll kill you on twisties.

yes they do have a toyota motor in them the 2.2l 2zzge i think but the ported the heads a little more and added a free flow header system , they went with toyota to save weight and add durabillity , what is even cooler is i made the main bearing & con rod bearing for them