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1. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 09:55:19 EDT; members of this group might find interesting. I have just become the owner of an older Lamborghini, and so have been researching all the technical fun stuff about that marque. One of the interesting; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00105.html (9,238 bytes)
2. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: MHKitchen@aol.com; Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 11:23:52 EDT; Hmmmm....interesting question.... The Lotus Twin Cam had racing objectives from the very start, although its use in street cars and racing occurred at virtually the same time. Another one I'm not su; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00106.html (7,788 bytes)
3. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: Michael Frank <mfrank@westnet.com>; Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 11:35:17 -0400; The V12 that went into Jaguar's XJ13 was a one off, based on the XK six cylinder engine. The V12 introduced on E-Types beginning in 1971 was designed ground-up for street use. Mike Frank; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00107.html (7,818 bytes)
4. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 08:58:25 -0700; Of course there are examples of a race engine going into a street car. The one that might be of most interest to vintage buffs is the Fiat/Ferrari Dino. The entire car was produced just so the motor; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00108.html (10,699 bytes)
5. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>; Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 12:11:30 -0400; I'd say that the Lotus Twin Cam was a variant on the Ford 109E stock block, so doesn't qualify, as don't the various Cosworth variants. How about the V6 used in the rear engine Metro rally car? Was i; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00109.html (8,701 bytes)
6. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: PaceCars@aol.com; Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 12:24:48 EDT; How about the Lotus Elite and its Coventry Climax engine? Harold Pace <<; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00110.html (7,803 bytes)
7. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: MHKitchen@aol.com; Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 12:33:28 EDT; << How about the Lotus Elite and its Coventry Climax engine? >> The Climax engine was originally designed for pumping equipment (irrigation and fire pumpers) and was "borrowed" by Colin Chapman for h; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00111.html (8,006 bytes)
8. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>; Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 12:49:24 -0500; Race engines adapted to Road cars: Harold Pace moots: << How about the Lotus Elite and its Coventry Climax engine? >> Myles Kitchen corrects: (irrigation Methinks sportscar guru Harold Pace set Miles; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00112.html (8,447 bytes)
9. RE: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: Mike.Savin@nokia.com; Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 13:05:11 -0500; This is an interesting question. I am sure that if you look back in automotive history say from early 1900s on, there must be a number of examples of engines originally developed for racing purposes,; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00114.html (9,113 bytes)
10. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>; Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 14:18:23 -0400; I thought the rules were that the engine had to have seen the first light of day, in any form related to basic design of the block, etc, in a racing car, then get used for mundane applications...Cove; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00115.html (9,450 bytes)
11. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 12:27:56 -0700; According to the article in Vintage Motorsport a few years back, the Climax FWA engine was actually designed to Interior Ministry specs as a fire pump. It had to be light enough to be carried by 2 so; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00117.html (9,696 bytes)
12. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: "Roger Sieling" <sarl45@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 18:11:13 -0400; I'll have to pretty well agree with you on that one, although, there probably wasn't anyone around in UK at that time with as deep a pockets as the gummit, so better to design a thinly disguised race; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00121.html (9,735 bytes)
13. RE: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: Mike.Savin@nokia.com; Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 18:56:48 -0500; As a mechanical engineer, and an engine designer myself, It seems to me that a good transportable, light-weight efficient engine would not necessarily be different in design from an engine designed; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00128.html (11,380 bytes)
14. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 22:18:17 EDT; I did not think that was the origin of the 6R4 engine - I thought it was much further to the east! BTW, the Rover was not a Chev engine, it was a Buick,Olds Pontiac (BOP). Bill; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00129.html (8,564 bytes)
15. Fw: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>; Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 21:34:25 -0500; Simon Favre adds: Yes, I think that WAS the official Coventry-Climax story line. Consider however: The chief engineer of Coventry-Climax, Walter Hassan had a resume that included working with Bentley; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00130.html (9,363 bytes)
16. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>; Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 21:17:07 -0500; Brian Evans specified: models... I read Spohn's note: design that was built specifically with racing in mind finding it's way into a street car."<<< It's surely still interesting . . . the segue of t; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00131.html (8,900 bytes)
17. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 22:41:52 EDT; Buick Special, Olds F-85, and Pontiac Tempest - the neat one with the flexible driveshaft and the rear transaxle! Bill; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00132.html (8,272 bytes)
18. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: Jhalfdime@aol.com; Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 22:43:31 EDT; Didn't that flex drive Tempest run the 326 and not the 215? Plug; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00133.html (7,704 bytes)
19. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 20:21:17 -0700; Pretty impressive credentials. Recalling the history from that article I mentioned, the specs included several things, and there would have to be some not reported in the article. Since it had to be; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00134.html (10,949 bytes)
20. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: "TONY CLARK" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>; Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:38:39 -0500; The firepump version had a cast iron crank . . . = 8-O Tony_____@Sherman.Texas; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00145.html (7,667 bytes)

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