verc

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First go here and download the Top Gear episode May 9th, you can bittorrent other episodes their too.
http://gear.viper007bond.com/downloads.php


Now look here:
http://www.prototyperacing.com/radar.htm

HOLY....*****! If you can drop in a celicia, a K20, I'm sure you could drop in a 4G63 or 3SGTE or something. Imagine the power to weight ratio in a 1900 pound car which ALSO handles as one of the best in the world (compared to say a 1900 pound civic hatch with a built H22 that makes like 600hp too but can't turn worth crap)

1wrx2goplz

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Dude H22 in a civic hatch will throw off the suspension geomotry and will cause the car to understeer a lot. I know the H22 is very heavy and will put all the weight in the front. so basiclly you will be doing 3 point turns all day.

AWD 20T

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Actually what you both are saying about the H22 is somewhat skewed. People typically hear that about the motor and treat it like it's written in stone. I know several people who track their cars with H22s and have no problems at all. The weight difference between the H22 and a B18 is VERY minor when comparing other motors. The statement that the H22 is horrible for turning is very incorrect.

verc

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You miss my point: how many 600 hp, 10 second drag civics with HUGE front slick tires attached to their steering racks can also handle a roadcourse like a Lotus Elise/exige/340R can? I'm going to say none, in fact I'm going to say that no civic racecar can outpace a Lotus racecar.

I wasn't flaming, I'm just saying that a Lotus Exige, heck a 340R, with the same and less curb weight as a GUTTED civic racecar, will handle better. Am I really wrong?

And I was just commenting that if they can fit a K20 in the Lotus, they can probably fit Cybernation's 600 hp K20 in there as well!

I know some of you are honda experts here, so enlighten me if I'm mistaken.

dr3d1zzl3

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i soo wanted that like 6 months ago, i was on a freaking rage for it. Called up every lotus dealer in the west (nevada over) haha.

NO ONE i talked to said an exige was coming, they were happy to take an order for an elise (would have taken a year to get it tho)

Then i lost my job a month or two later.



and someone has built a turboed k20 and dropped it in an elise from that company.

Prototype racing Inc. is bad ***... haha

dr3d1zzl3

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h22 COMPLETE swap is 175lbs heavier then a stock civic setup (this is an ex motor tranny combo)

H22's arent that much heavier, nothing a bit of counter weighting and stiffer springs couldnt take care of.

mule2k

There is a company in New Orleans that imports Exiges. I remember seeing them on e-bay last year.

Subaruski42o

what if you put a EJ22 turbo in the lotus