One NASTY Lotus Equipped With A BMW S85 V10 Engine

One NASTY Lotus Equipped With A BMW S85 V10 Engine

Light weight and big power is the simple and unrefined combination that will make just about anything on this Earth move as fast as possible.

This time, we check out a Lotus Exige that might as well be a go cart. What’s under the hood of this car? When you take a close look, you might just discover a BMW S85 V10 engine.

It seems like the potential is there for a killer track or street car once this build is all tied up. We aren’t given a taste of exactly what this thing can do, but we get the feeling that it’s quite nasty when put in motion.

Check out the video below that shows off the one of a kind swap. What do you think of a swap like this? What engine would you put in this small and maneuverable platform?

This engine gets so hot on the dyno that it turns purple!