Salvaged Lotus Evora S rebuild - Engine update and first test start - Part 2

[@challengerman6076]

No doubt you will bring this car back to life and probably better than stock. Have fun!!

[@Ilovebaddesigns]

"Better than stock" are words I live by, so you can bet on that :)

[@badonkadonkey16]

Nice, in addition to the CAI and long tube headers, it looks like the SC pulley was changed out too. Probably has a tune, unless it’s the MWR nose cone/pulley that’s one step lower that they say doesn’t need a tune (didn’t get a good look at it). Fun watching the rebuild series, good luck!

[@Ilovebaddesigns]

Too funny. I actually confirmed today that it has a 66mm MWR pulley. BOE also stated it's a custom tune that they did for the PO and should be good for 60-70hp over stock. Super excited to see how it does, and this is pretty much at the limits of what I was going to do anyway!

[@richardwayne5510]

Epic! This has the potential to be so awesome!!!

[@Ilovebaddesigns]

I'm going to be investing pretty heavily in this one, so it certainly will be awesome :)

[@Richard-ig3bz]

You should join LotusTalk if not already a member. The experience will be helpful for your project.

[@Ilovebaddesigns]

@@Richard-ig3bz thanks man. I've been lurking on there for sure, just haven't felt it necessary to start a thread 😁

[@tomthompson7400]

why would you scope a 22k engine ?? was there signs of trouble

[@Ilovebaddesigns]

@@tomthompson7400 a few reasons. Out of abundance of caution due to it sitting for 2.5 years, not knowing the history at all, and as a sanity check to make sure there were no unexpected issues (scoring, bad valves, water ingested) before I spend the money on restoring a car with a troubled engine.

[@tomthompson7400]

@@Ilovebaddesigns id have turned it over with a spanner , bunged a battery on and give it a whirl ,,, its a Toyota but no harm in being cautious .

[@Ilovebaddesigns]

​@@tomthompson7400100%, in retrospect that would have been totally fine. ​But...is it weird to say I scope and sample the oil of every project car I get in order to have a baseline? 😁

[@tomthompson7400]

@@Ilovebaddesigns well your the one with a lotus ,,, so it cant all be wrong ,,, Ive an aygo and im looking at an evora next I think ,,, or a vantage

[@Ilovebaddesigns]

@@tomthompson7400 I had a lotus elise/Exige/Evora/emira as a dream car for a long time because you get essentially supercar performance and Toyota reliability. Seeing everything else out there, these models made the most sense. Bonus points for the Evora being a comfortable everyday car as well, so without even getting to drive this one yet I recommend looking into them 😁