Did you know? The Lotus Elise uses Toyota’s Yamaha-designed 2ZZ-GE engine. This is the same engine used in the Toyota Celica, Corolla, and Matrix and the Pontiac Vibe. Because of it’s all aluminum design this engine was chosen for the power-to-weight ratio it creates. Just goes to show you it’s not all about horsepower.
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- 2ZZ-GE Engine in the Lotus Elise
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- 2ZZ-GE Engine in the Toyota Corolla
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Yep it's a flexible engine.
Yah, the Lotus is so light, it really only needs a pair of double AA batteries to get it around a track, so the Celica motor does just fine.
Sure its a versatile engine, however the lotus version is supercharged, so you do get more out of it.
The Lotus Exige has the super charger, not the Elise.
the photo was misleading me then.
Oops, nice catch. Thanks!
The Lotus engine is the same basic block but internals, intake, ehaust and tuning are quite different, it is a high performance variation of the engine with many upgraded components. The 2 are NOT the same engine performance wise…
True about the intake/exhaust, but the performance is near identical between the lotus and celica in terms of power output. Typically, intake/exhaust mods offer pretty modest performance bumps.
The Lotus engine is the same basic block but internals, intake, ehaust and tuning are quite different, it is a high performance variation of the engine with many upgraded components. The 2 are NOT the same engine performance wise…
True about the intake/exhaust, but the performance is near identical between the lotus and celica in terms of power output. Typically, intake/exhaust mods offer pretty modest performance bumps.