sorry to be not on the topic of Z'z but I ran into this while I was board at work and started to fantasize about the fun I could have with something like this in something around the weight of the current lotus elise...mmm. too bad they only lease them to their certified racing teams...

 

yea man... the power to weight ratio would be ridiculous and the NA power curve must be a dream with that heavily tuned engine. The second pic looks like the Toda 4AG built engine

 

my thoughts exactly...I guess its good to dream. The second pic is the 4AG but the 4A-GE should generate more horsepower due to the carbs, the dry sump and multi stage External Oil Pump.

 

There's guys with street engine Honda B series that are making more than 240 whp all motor. I had a 178 whp all motor B series in my 2300 lb Civic hatch and it was the most fun I ever had driving.

 

This must be rated at the flywheel.

There are already Honda B series 1.6L running 200+hp AT THE WHEELS which must be roughly or even more than 240hp at the fly. This is of course with aggresive camshft, high compression and ITB's. Who the f cares about the Toda engine. There is proven replacements. I bet the Honda motor sounds sweeter nevertheless

 

i have a 2100LB civic hatch. but its only got the SOHC 70hp motor... but the car still can get around decently... i wonder wat a nice 300whp Turbo motor would be like!!!

 

Nissan supports CORR, and there little 2.5l trucks put out 298 hp @ 8200 rpm and 260 lb-ft of torque at 6200 rpm....

 

How about one of these:
http://www.ariel.us.com/04/frames.htm
makes that lotus look lardy.
It comes with a 300hp supercharged engine.

 

I used to have a variation of that motor in my mr2 aw11. 20valve 4age 1.6... no itb's though. The thing revved up to 8500 no problem