Intrest?

[Nolat]

Hey guys,

As a fellow 2zz-ge owner (toyota matrix xrs) I know how anoying the jump is in power from low to high transition. I can only imagine in the elise what it mean say in a corner. So anyways, Im 90% complete a Lift controller. Vid seen here (yeah the car is much slower than you guys ;) 2800lbs ). The thing is you will have to have a vvt-i controller (such as a PE camcon) to lower it because factory cam timing settings are out of whack when lift engages lower (ECU still thinks low cams are on). Im not going to lie, its nothing special, its not a kit or anything like that, its DIY. The only reason others dont lower it is because they never controlled cam phasing (vvt-i), so they never got power. My lift engagement is no longer harsh. My car engaged at 6500 stock before this...

If anyone has any intrest just pipe up :D... It will be dyno tuned come end of feb 06 so I will have results for you guys around then. I had just an intake and ran 169.5hp to the wheels, I now have more.

EDIT BTW that vid is with the cam setting butt tuned for 5 mins. Lots of room for improvement

[khamai]

Nolat,

There may be interest, but there's a high probility that your solution may not work with the Elise because Lotus retuned the engine by replacing the Toyota ECU in favor of one from EFI and custom Lotus map.

Kiyoshi

[Nolat]

the controller uses the solenoid to activate VVL. So, it will work in that regard. The Camcon however uses the camshaft position sensor, modifies the signal and makes the ECU correct the camshaft position to what you imput it as. As long as you still have the sensors and the solinoid (which you do or there would be no lift), it will work. Im surprised no one has used a camcon on a lotus yet. Their gains are extreemly impressive.