Lunatic Transplants Audi A8 4.2-Liter V8 Into 1981 Lotus Esprit

Posted by Admin on April 23, 2008

While most enginge transplant stories can go by mostly unnoticed, this is one of those rare occurances that you should stand up and give this man a round of applause. It takes a certain kind of crazy to remove the already nice-for-the-time 2.2 liter 4-cylinder Lotus engine and it’s Citroen gearbox from an otherwise impeccably well kept 1981 Lotus Esprit and shoehorn in a monster 4.2L German V8 of aluminum and steel. Read more about this wild project thanks to the miracles of forums at Motorgeek.

I have to wonder how a 4.2L Audi V8 fit into a 4Cylinder space to begin with?

Check out the thread at Motorgeek here.

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