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Those are cool but you need 600+HP to spin one!
And 600 for the other...
Knurled wrote: (The original Lotus 7 weighed 975lb with an all iron engine. Shooting for sub-1000lb with a modern drivetrain is not a bad thing)
....and 42 hp
remember how small the original engine was. It was a 1172 cc Ford Side Valve.
Motorcycle engines and rotaries are perfect for theses things if you want to stay true to the spirit of the original.
Weren't some of the earliest cars made with A series engines?
I'm so happy this thread has been brought back from the dead.
In reply to Keith Tanner:
Yes, I believe the BMC-powered cars were a Series 2 "America" aimed at the American market where British Ford products have never really been too thick on the ground.
Flight Service wrote: remember how small the original engine was. It was a 1172 cc Ford Side Valve. Motorcycle engines and rotaries are perfect for theses things if you want to stay true to the spirit of the original.
I'll assume that your main rotary experience is Internet knowledge.
Rotaries fool you into thinking they have "no torque" because they don't really have a discernable powerband. You don't feel it come on and fall away, it's just always there. Kinda like how old, laggy turbo cars feel more powerful than modern ones because they have a more late and forceful boost response.
In reply to Knurled:
That and an FB non-turbo. I thought it had no torque (I was raised on old big blocks). Fun, very satisfying to drive, but no torque. Drove the crap out of that car. Best part was it wasn't mine!
Maybe no torque is an inaccurate statement. How about not-exciting torques?
Keith Tanner wrote: Weren't some of the earliest cars made with A series engines?
The Series 1F started in 1957 with the Ford 100E side valve. The BMC A engine came in in 1960. The same time the 2A started.
The history of these cars are so cool.
The Lotus 6 trials car.
Am I the only one who noticed the original 7 has 6" of ground clearance????
I guess the trials roots still show if you look.
6" to the bottom of the frame, but not to the sump. Some things don't change.
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