The 4 cylinder engine in the Esprit was a Lotus-built engine. They siamesed it into an 8 cylinder for the 1998 Esprit till 2004. All the while using the UN-1 Renault transmission in various configurations and upgraded models. The last incarnation being the UN-1 027. The same basic transmission we have in the Delorean. And guess what, in the Esprit V-8 they snap the input shaft at the coupler and knock off the 5th gear too! For a lot more info on the trans try www.hollowayperformance.com David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <martin@...> wrote: > > One small point: Until the V8, Lotus used someone else's engine in all > their cars, albeit often modified. Not just the Esprit - The Europa had > a Renault engine, the baby Elan had an Isuzu engine, the Elise started > with a Rover engine and now has a Toyota lump etc... To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/