BUILT IN A SHED! 850HP Lotus Elise!

[@mikematthews2k181]

I'm an ex rover mechanic from back in the day . Bury New Road 😅 People slate the K series and T series engines. Back in the day the K was a revolutionary engine. All aluminium, very lightweight with fantastic power and torque. Turbo or VVC the engine adapted.. . Sadly the cooling and headgasket issues have not helped. but I think that was Rover cutting costs on an engine that had loads of Potential 🤷🏻‍♂️ Remember Rover, Lotus, MG and Caterham, Land rover used this engine . Wow 850bhp. 👏 that is amazing. 😮 I was told 300 max for K and 600 max for T. That video has made an old Rover mechanic smile 🫡👊

[@posniknelb6114]

It certainly wasn't a bad engine. The vvc engine was a great little motor

[@mesco8200]

Do like a k series engine, great power to weight

[@jonyoung2753]

Totally agree Mike , also the mg6 k series is bullet proof in my opinion having used it on many a transplant

[@thehomelessproject3784]

These are the type of guys who made this country great... tinkering away in their shed and making something world beating... hats off to him 👏

[@stuartblack9258]

Nothing beats an Englishman locked away in his shed building absolutely insane machines! Absolutely incredible ❤😂

[@samorourke8837]

It's what makes us Great!

[@Notsofunnychef]

Lee is unreal, he knocks about the metro power page in fb and offers help and advice to the members. He knows so much thought just putting the hours in! Absolutely unbelievable car is this! 850hp from a k series 🤯

[@turbotoaster1984]

Always try and help where I can, nothing worse than making a costly mistake when just asking a question online can change that course of action. I seem to spend most of my time helping fellow k turbo owners and I supply a lot of parts, pretty much if you want a big power k turbo building, you come to me

[@gafrers]

Great. Whenever i saw in videos at SantaPod and heard K series i thought it was the Honda one. Never would i have guessed it still has the Rover engine.

[@kj-un5lx]

Love how hes maintained the rover k series engine 😎

[@leviddesign4537]

So funny! Bravo mate, made me smile.

[@turbotoaster1984]

Well someone has to develop it, it’s not been easy but rewarding when my ideas work

[@christycullen2355]

​@@turbotoaster1984one hell of a car.

[@Ex-Pear-Rocker]

Just a slight correction anyone who knows these engines, knows just how good they are, providing you have the correct cooling. Remote thermostat etc

[@turbotoaster1984]

in the end i stopped using a thermostat all together, found i had much better control of temperatures on it, keeping the head cool was crucial to avoid fire ring indentation

[@davidellis2021]

This car hasn't had an MOT since June 2023 and is currently on SORN. Was this filmed before then?

[@8000khids]

Don’t think either of them care about MOT… mr potato head sitting on the floor like that deffo getting his face rearranged if they crash!!

[@matthewaves255]

@@8000khids Couldn’t make his teeth any worse though

[@kane0508LCAC]

The knowledge, passion and eloquent delivery of info from you and Lee makes this video seriously enjoyable to watch! Subscribed!!

[@TwinEngineCorsa]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@casparharte]

Been following this build a while. Great to see it in some more detail. Thanks

[@alecfern3864]

Remember seeing this in it's full time attack set up parked in a side street in bucknall when doing a job for his neighbour. Also bumped into him in machine mart once. Epic build.

[@bendoherty7721]

That is my new saying No data. Just an opinion Absolutely love it

[@jondrizzle4554]

Love watching this crazy thing wheelie at pod Massive respect to the owner for building such a weapon Beats the usual fart box golf r,s and chipped up pop.pop bang bang beamers and audis etc So bloody cool

[@turbotoaster1984]

It’s fun doing the wheelies, it’s not as scary as people think, bit like being on a rollercoaster

[@jondrizzle4554]

@turbotoaster1984 I'm not surprised 🤣 keep up the good work fella

[@djowen5192]

It's Turbo Toaster😂. It lives!

[@turbotoaster1984]

Takes more than forum haters to slow me down :)

[@Whos_boots_are_those_shoes]

The k series was a great engine it's the head gaskets / cooling system that let it down, rover cutting costs on what could of been at the time best engines in class

[@turbotoaster1984]

Was really an easy thing to fix, simply getting rid of the thermostat and using a better head gasket pretty much fixed it all

[@BlaxJakx]

Pretty sure I used to read about this car / follow a readers ride thread on piston heads forum. The aero the guy made was crazy! And the owner was very very knowledgeable in regards to the aero stuff when it was in that mode before going total drag / roll race car.

[@psycho3344]

I have a friend who has a elise and it's 920hp BUT it's powered by a honda K not a rover K. It's not easy to get one of these to high hp numbers so respect for that.

[@evelghostrider]

I started building an exige in 2007 that was running full evo5 running gear, drive system and engine.. never got it finished... one that got away sadly.

[@ketovoreking5440]

What happend how comez you didnt complete ?

[@Critical_Stinking]

I bought it off him then scrapped it when I ran out of fuel.

[@evelghostrider]

@ketovoreking5440 at the time I was taking on more staff, I'd caged the shell and was ready to put drive train in. A customer came in wanting alot of all my evo gear, so I tossed a coin and ended up selling all the parts and bits for the build to help my expansion and employ more staff, shortly after another long term customer purchased the shell. I always hoped todo again, but never got round to it sadly. I believed my best move was to expand the business. In the end that was not a good decision. But such is life. I've had plenty of other unique builds far and wide for customers and myself. One of those decision in life you look back on and think what way life would have went if you choose your other option .

[@L4WNY..]

Simply OUTRAGEOUS! 😅😂

[@Carl-ud3zs]

Absolutely love your content m8, no bull5h1t just pure motoring goodness. Great vid once again

[@TwinEngineCorsa]

Legend

[@davedewey868]

Its like a budget Hennessy Venom.. ❤

[@jodycahill4902]

Hi there love your channel. Keep up the great work. Just to let you know audio cuts off on video around 11.30 minutes.

[@fazmin202]

Need to know more about that amazing engine build

[@turbotoaster1984]

What would you like to know about the engine?

[@fazmin202]

Everything do a video that explains the engine build all the details and parts 850bhp from a rover k im happy somebody did

[@Jon.Rogers]

Great vid.

[@JeremyWilliams-tz4xt]

Your videos must be the only on youtube that under promise and over deliver.

[@Mapa356]

Great video and great build, hats off… I would have liked to see it going down the road properly though?

[@turbotoaster1984]

I would have liked to have done a full power pull for the video but it was raining and that’s just asking for an accident

[@elliottsw]

I think I saw this drive past me the other day! When was this filmed?

[@BlaxJakx]

Have you come across or met the bloke with the 1000+ bhp aerial atom k20 (may be k24) engined? Worth contacting if you can, that thing was a monster as the last JM imports race wars style day.

[@karlgt9989]

Didnt realise he was a Stokie..... very nice build that

[@turbotoaster1984]

when your a Stokie you dont have the money for posh engine swaps and have to work with what you have!

[@bobsmoot8454]

First it was Hennessy stretching it out and dropping a big American V8 into it. Then Elon Musk turns it into an electric sports car. Now this guy turns into a bunkers insane drag car. This platform is very well engineered and adaptable. Very cool

[@astonrichardson4309]

Awesome

[@DjNikGnashers]

850 brake from a K Series what the actual f...... Unbelievable engineering. My 455bhp M140i wouldn't pass emissions test for the MOT, so god only knows how this gets through .....

[@turbotoaster1984]

It wasn’t easy, took me nearly 10years of development starting with a stock engine

[@DjNikGnashers]

@@turbotoaster1984 Absolute massive respect sir. I used to work at Rimmer Bros so I know a fair bit about the K series, and I know that this is an incredible achievement.

[@matthewaves255]

It doesn’t . He doesn’t mot or insure his cars. Long history of ignoring the law. This video being a prime example

[@WestfieldFreshAir]

I would have put a lot of money on this car being a K swap. Wow, K series is a great engine design, similar I believe to bike engines. Much maligned. Very light and can make good power. Qudos to the builder.

[@turbotoaster1984]

Thanks, the empty block only weighs 12.5kg so does help keep the weight down. Most people are shocked when they look in the engine bay and don’t see a Honda

[@gregorylemmons5022]

850hp...and only 1500 lbs? (those are AIRCRAFT stats!!) How does he even keep it on the road? (Great build.)

[@turbotoaster1984]

Make sure it’s a dry day, your on a straight concrete road and don’t go full throttle in the first 3 gears normally. The rear wing is really long with high end plates on purpose so that when I does spin the tyres(which is has done in 5th before) the car tracks straight

[@BEYTEK]

Awsome insight to the car. Lee is a great knowlagable guy

[@djowen5192]

No, no he's not.

[@EddieTheH]

Audio cut off at the end?

[@TwinEngineCorsa]

Copyright 👎 so had to mute it

[@EddieTheH]

@@TwinEngineCorsa Ahhh! Fair use really needs altered to cover stuff inadvertently picked up in the background!

[@raephluckins8587]

800hp out of a k series? My goodness what did he use please and thank you?? 😂😂

[@turbotoaster1984]

My design pistons and rods, same with the head package, designed it all myself. Makes the power by feeding it 50psi+ of boost

[@raephluckins8587]

And the rover k series can handle all that?? Thats truly astonishing!

[@turbotoaster1984]

@@raephluckins8587 it’s just like any engine really, design the right parts for it and it won’t break. Really 800bhp isn’t much for a 4 cylinder engine, a lot are now up to 2000bhp in the billet 4 cylinder world

[@advangs]

When you said k series I was thinking and wondering Honda k or Rover k..... Unbelievable he did all that with a River K.

[@MrProject350]

Without knowing more than I can see. It will probably help to have air intake outside the hot engine compartment. Nice otherwice. Thanks

[@turbotoaster1984]

Under where the filter there is an air inlet, on the drag strip I don’t run a filter though

[@bmcshane80]

Interesting, using Dowels much like the Rotary guys do, makes sense!

[@EddieTheH]

??? Rotary guys aren't bolting the head and block to the crank journals...

[@Kj16V]

Did the last minute or so of dialogue go silent for anyone else?

[@steveanderson3942]

Im old school and didn't understand anything about the car/engine 😂❤

[@simondanylyk9256]

Conker give me a ring son

[@evelghostrider]

The meaning of built .. you try stuff, break or blow it up and start again. You find ways round problems where people say you can't do it.. I built a successful business with cars and bikes from people telling me you can't do this or that...

[@gorangudelj3258]

But what is the real meaning of this built? Drag racing? Every day driver? What? Yes lot of imposdibol thyngs is posibol if you try! Is this only meaning of this car?

[@evelghostrider]

@gorangudelj3258 you build a car from an idea you have. That can be anything from a show car, rally or track day car.. Things can change and take a different direction. I was building a st205 gt4 as a time attack car like this one. But changed my mind and made it a road going track car. Much like many back street garages in Japan who race their cars. They have a certain look that I kind of followed. Your build takes many forms, a built car carries many unique parts and has a certain look to it. They are normally not pristine or perfect, but built to function a specific way. Hope that makes sense

[@superbrit3845]

I'm sorry but it looks like a right nail, looked miles better as a Time Attack car.

[@tomm6746]

850bhp but is delivered in 3-5 working days

[@christycullen2355]

A power to weight ratio of more than 1hp per kilo is crazy. Bet that goes like a stabbed rat

[@andydarbo7450]

i remember this car from some forum where the nay sayers were slagging him off for his home brewed car i thought it was good , this is the biggest F you to those nay sayers if ever i saw one well done 👍

[@markwalton8644]

I to remember TurboToaster getting roasted on Pistonheads. The Elise was definitely, with Rover K series, never going to make the Power he was hoping for and then the Aero was other worldly. What didn't help was when it court on fire due to the Exhaust! This has to be the highest powered Rover K Series in the world, fair play😅

[@Buck3366]

I wish you did more in car footage with driving as the info is always decent but that’s a bit lacking and let’s be honest we want to see how the cars go ( within the NSL obvs😂)

[@TwinEngineCorsa]

Yeah we’re gonna try more driving footage in the new year👍

[@jonathantennantphotography4639]

"were renowned for not being very good engines"......Eh ? Probably one of the best engines, the engine was used in Lotus, MG, Land Rover, Caterham, Rover and countless "specials" . Pistonheads voted the Elise S1 the best sportswear of the last 25 years powered by the K series,....

[@civic400bhp]

The most impressive aspect is retaining the otherwise unimpressive Rover K Series engine, and making a complete powerhouse of it.

[@kevinjones3900]

Just waited to see if it was the rover k series because if it was another honda swap. I would of been out of here .

[@RowanHick]

Guys - epic build. But wearing no harnesses/seatbelts, on a ridiculously powered car, in the wet. Anything went wrong and you hit your heads on the exposed rollcage tubing? There was an American youtuber who's brakes failed/throttle stuck while they were filming. Ate shit on the dash (I think they only wore lap belts). First thing afterwards "wear the harnesses...".

[@turbotoaster1984]

hence you see make no more than i think 5psi of boost, we decided before we got in the car to not do anything crazy 'for youtube likes' so the incar footage was more so you can hear the gearbox sound. If it had been dry and i had swapped the fuel out for methanol, harnesses would have been on and people would have seen what full throttle is actually like

[@matthewaves255]

Typical Turbotoaster - deletes all the comments telling how he really is

[@turbotoaster1984]

It’s not my channel so I have no control about the comments

[@GodSSpeedBrendonRaymon]

He looks like if Andrew tate didn't join the dark side and spoil himself to be a unsatisfiable pos

[@chriswilson9331]

It's not even an Elise anymore...you butchered it.

[@ErikKoenig-fv3nr]

Nice car but get informed buddy more rpm doesn't always equal more power and usually means less torque completely opposite of what you say but I mean I've never built an engine there tons of people who haven't either not ls engines k series rb 26 2jz they all say rpm losses torque but gains rpm they must be wrong right professional builder against a British guy who built a car in a shed lmao world's arohd the world for reliability

[@turbotoaster1984]

You run the correct turbo and cam duration to make the power at high rpm, you only have less torque with rpm when you loose VE from incorrect airflow