In the beginning…
…I had an idea that I’d like up the power of my 120BHP Elise.
How do I go about this? Fire up google and start to surf…..
There are basically 5 options available today for the Elise speed freek.
Option 1 - Upgrading the ‘K’
The Rover ‘K’ series is a lightweight ‘4-pot’ generally regarded as a ‘good’, ‘tunable’ engine. However many people feel disappointed with its performance, reliability or have experienced one or more head gasket failures (HGF). Let’s face 120 BHP isn’t enough to propel you past that Impreza on the straight at most circuits around the UK.
With the demise of Rover a hole has been left in the market for other manufacturers and specialist to fill. Some contraints such as emissions forced importers to ditch the ‘K’ straight out of the box, so they turned to alternatives such as the Honda and Audi engines. More recently Toyota have been the choice for Lotus in their production cars and there are even Ford Duratec powered Elises kicking around.
Still want to upgrade the aging K? For under £3k you can have your ‘K’ tuned to 185 BHP plus by the likes of http://www.dvapower.com/. Dave@DVApower.com or phone on 01908 322652.
Turbo technics provide a variety of Super Charger upgrades, see http://www.turbotechnics.com/docs/cars/elise%20index.htm
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