Last year in Japan I came across a Lotus Europa with a rotary swap, but that car is nothing compared to this project that Amemiya-san built back in the 1980's. With a tuned 13B making just under 280ps, this hybrid Lotus was able to reach 282km/h on the famous Yatabe Test Course. During this bygone era, the growing Japanese tuning industry was focused almost entirely on 0-400m acceleration and top speed runs on the now-demolished oval course in Ibaraki Prefecture.
-Mike Garrett
Ah, Yatabe, RIP.
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That's the most awesome Lotus Europa i've ever seen!! Brilliant stuff!
omg the sickest sh** ever !!
That's incredible! I've always had a thing for Europas. Where is this car now?
That looks awesome, I wonder if RE Amemiya will look at cars like the Exige or old school Elan and tune them. Body Shop Happy make some gorgeous modified Europa's and Elans.
The rest of the pics are here: http://www.re-amemiya.co.jp/retuden/swaping/d_r_europa.html
That is so cool!!!!
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