Does the Toyota Corolla have the same engine as the Lotus Elise?
April 4, 2009 | Filed Under Sports cars
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Not exactly – the Lotus uses the higher performance 1.8 that was in the last Celica GTS and the Matrix GSR. It's somewhat more powerful in the Lotus, I believe it's perhaps due to tuning and lower restriction exhaust, but it is pretty much the same engine.
I don't believe Toyota puts that in the Corolla though.
yes they do like the Toyota camary has the same engine as the scion tc and the Lexus as well there all made from toyota
mathematicaly is the same, except that the lotus is a high performance engine, it comes with a performance chip and it's got more hp, but in general lines it would come to be the same engine, yeah
Yes, it is the same basic engine. ..and No, because Lotus makes alot of performance mods to the engine to meet their performance standards.
The GT-S, the Corolla and the Elise all share the same block, crank, etc., but the GT-S and the Elise have a different cylinder head which incorporates hydraulically controlled extra valve lift that comes in at higher RPM. Lotus may do extra things and have different programming, but that is the essence of the extra power that they utilize.
Hope this helps.
Kinda, sorta.
But I don't see any 2,000lb. rear-wheel drive Corollas.
well it uses the celica gt-s engine,the 1.8 twin cam vvtl-i (Variable Valve Timing with intelligence)that kicks in at 6000 rpm to give it an extra boost at high rpm, and as many have stated it has performance parts added and tweaked to perfection, and it should fit in the corolla seeing as how some corollas have the celica gt engine (vvti) so hope that helped you