As a bit of homework from our day jobs myself and a colleague are currently looking at the feasibility of installing the 2.0TFsi in a series 1 Lotus Elise. We've already had a Duratec based vehicle completed but are looking for more grunt.
The intention is to buy a written off car (KO4 based and manual box) and take out, engine, loom, ECU and gearbox. Mechanically I'm not too fussed on the packaging of the engine within the Lotus as we have access to engine drawings on Pro E and seeing if it will fit doesn't bother me at the moment. This is my colleagues area of work so that's for him to investigate.
The information I'm after is how to get around major obstacles such as immobilisers to get the engine to run. I've run VAG units before on test beds but had to connect a dash to the ECU to get the engine to run. This was a few years back mind. We don't want the VAG dash in the Lotus
Anyone seen this done before or know of random vehicles using this engine setup.
I know this can be done, there's a company offering the setup for £15K !!!!! What I'd like to know is how difficult it is to get around these issues before we go any further.