# So who's buying... **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 17, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-whos-buying/170441 "2004-11-17T22:24:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![smokeyburnouts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/smokeyburnouts/32/5987_2.png) [@smokeyburnouts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smokeyburnouts)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-whos-buying/170441/41 "2004-11-19T12:48:20Z")
> [@fshowcars](#): > > oh shit, you aren’t!!! maybe they should pull them out of production… let me shoot them an email > > :rolleyes: > > not that i care one bit, but i hope that you can differentiate the fact that the car posted here has a motor swap… something unique and something that will boost the power of the stock car. i would assume it’s obvious, but you are posting a site about a stock exige or whatever… thanks…i realize that. i’m sure u can find a few Acuras and Honda platforms that r going that fast on ebay also…so who cares? but everytime there is an elise or exige, in general, everyone gets a hard on. i’m just saying i dont think there is anything that special about them. im sure they handle good and everything, but whatever. also, the styling does nothing at all for me. i think they look like shit. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-whos-buying/170441/42 "2004-11-19T13:33:44Z")
> [@smokeyburnouts](#): > > i think they look like shit. fuck yeah they do… i think they are garbage… 40k for an ‘exotic car’ is an onxy … lotus just wants to get some lower paid yuppies to jump on the bandwagon… i think they suck. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-whos-buying/170441/43 "2004-11-19T13:38:17Z")
Did any of the V8 lotus’ ever use a Chevy Block ??? ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-whos-buying/170441/44 "2004-11-19T13:46:13Z")
> [@SHAG](#): > > Did any of the V8 lotus’ ever use a Chevy Block ??? the ones that never made it into production :kekegay: ---
**Author:** ![Gray05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Gray05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gray05)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-whos-buying/170441/45 "2004-11-19T14:25:36Z")
I know a lot of Lotuses used Chevy Blocks actually… they were owned by GM for quite some time but Mercury Marine was responsible for a lot of Lotus’s V8 engines… They also made the DOHC 5.7L thats found in the ZR-1 Vette ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-whos-buying/170441/46 "2004-11-19T14:26:25Z")
> [@Blue4](#): > > I know a lot of Lotuses used Chevy Blocks actually… they were owned by GM for quite some time thats what i thought. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-whos-buying/170441.md?page=2)