> >I keep hearing this "tractor engine" stuff. I know it's funny and it's a
> >myth we perpetuate ourselves, but really, the B-series engine was an LBC
> >powerplant all along... I suspect the canard is derived from the
> >characteristics of an earlier generation of British engines, with the
> >extremely high stroke-to-bore ratios (hence high torque compared to peak
> >power, as in a tractor) driven by the antiquated tax laws.
>
> Yes, I understand they used to tax the bore.
> >
> >Paul Hammarstedt had this to say:
> >>
> >>Still, I'm anxious to get the B on the road. The footroom, tractor
engine,
> >>required fiddling, and Brit character are badly missed.
> >>
> In fact, wasn't it some early Tr***ph engine that originated in a tractor?
> Or is that a myth also?
early lotus cars used the coventry climax motors . they where orginally used
as water pump motors on firetrucks
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