2012 Lotus Elise Honda K24 (Built)

Red 2012 S3 Elise K24 swap for sale.

Vehicle / Body:

- 2012 Elise (1.6 base) fully converted to ‘beyond Cup specification’
- Approx 30,000kms
- Lotus hardtops roof
- Exige 410 carbon wing
- Splitter / side sills etc
- Carbon front blade hatch
- Carbon canards
- Helslow carbon wing mirrors and billet stalks
- Body in good bright condition with some but not many front end and lower side sone chips (some removable film protecting sides)

Engine / Drivetrain / Fuel system

- K24 Honda conversion on Toyonda mounts with freshly built motor (11.2:1 compression Wiseco pistons, Manley rods), Toda C cams, 50 deg vtc, baffled sump, valve springs
- Bosch 68mm drive by wire throttle body on T7 adaptor plate to ported RBC intake manifold and thermatic gasket
- Type R 6 speed built box with BF helical gears (little more noise but much stronger for boost), updated detents, LSD, new HD clutch and flywheel and new shift cables
- Toyonda 4-1 headers with ceracote in black
- Larini clubsport exhaust
- Toyonda 75a mounts
- Bosch 980cc injectors on Radium fuel rail and fuel pressure regulator
- Spitfire in-tank high flow fuel pump and external filter
- Integrated flex sensor for E85 use
- Pro Alloy 60L fuel tank
- Pro Alloy triple pass radiator (top fan configuration)
- Pro Alloy fuel filler assembly
- Radium coolant header tank
- Davies Craig electric water pump with T7 delete plate
- Laminova builkhead mounted oil cooler with T7 oil filter feed plate
- Unit 2 steel flatplate baffled oil sump with K20 ported and shimmed oil pump
- Dormant nose mounted charge cooling radiator and hoses running to engine bay (capped off)

Chassis / Braking / Wheels

- Nitron Clubsports, Eibach stiffer springs / sway bar
- Elise parts front upper steering arms
- Insane driveshafts 500hp+ capable
- Rays ZE40 wheels in satin Gold (unmarked)
- Yokohama A052 tyres (standard spec)
- AP racing 4 pot big brake kit (new) front
- 2 pot stock brake relocation kit to rear axle

Interior

- Stock Probax harness-hole seats
- AIM MXS dash with GPS
- HPE billet manual H-Pattern shifter (perfection) with ecu controlled reverse lockout
- Harness bar / Schroth 4 point harnesses
- Stereo deleted, speaker grilles in place
- AC is currently deleted, reinstatement is possible via electric AC system retrofit

Management / Performance

The car has been through a few states of tune from NA, to a couple of different superchargers topping out at 270kw at one stage before it ate the box. This was rectified along with a new ECU and the engine recently built with forged internals. Current spec is as follows:

- Custom tuned to 180kw / 260nm at the wheels @ 8200rpm (can rev to 8500 if required) on 98 octane
- MaxxECU Race standalone ecu (supports DSG / Sequential operation), very powerful and easy to use for road and motorsport
- Custom raychem shielded engine loom with provision for additional sensors if requried
- E85 capable with installed sensor and fuel system

There is a bit to digest here. The car will suit a certain someone who either knows exactly what all this means from a time and cost perspective or wants a vehicle to upgrade for other turbocharging or supercharging given the selected compression and dormant charge cooling system. The advanced ecu supports both power and transmission upgrades (see other parts available at end of thread).

Bought 5 years ago with the sole intention of swapping to Honda power. All works completed at my workshop Underground Performance. I have owned and looked after a lot of Lotus over the years. I wanted the best possible implementation of a Honda powered car in the last Elise chassis. It is a track-focused car for those who know how to drive a mid-engined vehicle and therefore not for the faint hearted.

Good as a road or race car and is VIC registered but not engineered which was my initial plan for converting back to NA. I have some stock parts like airboxes and stock catalyst section included in sale for this activity. There are certainly more things to optimise, which makes for some personalisation / development by the new owner.

Entertaining offers in the $87k range.

Subsequently I also have a new Merc Racing tvs1900 charge cooled supercharger kit ($10k) for sale separately as well as a new Quaife sequential dog box with lsd and shifter with strain gauge available ($16k).

Located in South East Melbourne, viewings welcome.