New Engine for the Lotus

Highlights from a Saturday at my father's shop as we near the end of a Toyota 4AGE engine swap into a 1970 Lotus Europa S2. It took most of the day to get the new cable gear shift linkage adjusted and braced properly, but this gave me an excuse to test drive the car with open headers. In the end we got it all working and attached the muffler. A big thanks needs to go out to Niles, my Dad, John Pels who sold me the hardware to adapt the Toyota engine to my car and Phoenix Tuning who customized my wiring harness.

You can read more here:
http://www.cv-classiccars.com/2010/3/6/project-lotus-engine-swap

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 1970
• Lotus
• Europa
• S2
• Pels
• adapter
• Toyota
• 4AGE
• Engine
• Swap
• Ben
• Beames
• Doug
• Niles
• cv-classic
• cars
• conversion

[zzarr]

Nice europa looks super!! nice job. i missed bidding on your old engine dam. have fun with your s2.

[thelotusguy]

Terrific!  I love the Europa, with the Toyota engine it must be a real blast!

[OneEyeJay]

I don't know much about engines, I assume this new engine has more HP then the original? and are you going to go get it Dyno tested?

[thruthefence]

Thanks for the video. You give me new inspiration on my own project.