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1. Race Engines in Street Cars (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 12:42:13 EDT; You may recall the question I raised about engines originally designed from scratch (i.e., not based on some previous design) for racing purposes that found their way into street models. The score so; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00155.html (9,707 bytes)
2. Re: Race Engines in Street Cars (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 10:38:48 -0700; I previously mentioned the Ferrari/Fiat Dino. The motor was designed as a Formula 2 motor, but they had to put it in a street car to qualify by the FIA rules. The only reason Fiat became involved was; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00158.html (10,914 bytes)
3. Re: Race Engines in Street Cars (score: 1): Author: "Roger Sieling" <Rogsie@telesistech.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 13:42:29 -0400; I don't think Chapman had anything to do w/ the Climax engine being a race engine. The FWA was used in Bobtail Coopers before Lotus and it's first reported use was in a one off Elva ?, I think, ente; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00159.html (10,655 bytes)
4. Re: Race Engines in Street Cars (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 15:45:29 EDT; I did, and you are right - another one added! Bill; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00161.html (7,665 bytes)
5. Re: Race Engines in Street Cars (score: 1): Author: "Roger Sieling" <sarl45@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 17:44:21 -0400; I did a little digging and it was a Kieft at '54 LeMans that first used an FW Climax engine. Then later in the same year, two Kiefts and one Lotus ran FWA's at the Dundrod TT, so Lotus was in before; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00162.html (12,349 bytes)
6. Re: Race Engines in Street Cars (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:08:38 EDT; Sorry I overlooked it. My recollection was that the engine was designed for the street car and they took one for the Lola as an advertising attempt (too bad it did so poorly). They switched to Chev p; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00164.html (7,985 bytes)
7. Re: Race Engines in Street Cars (score: 1): Author: S800Racer@aol.com; Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:34:27 EDT; << How about the old mid 60s Brabham Formula 2 engines sourced from Honda - did the same design wind up in the street Honda S600 and S800? Neat engines in any case. >> From the sources that I have re; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00166.html (8,133 bytes)
8. Re: Race Engines in Street Cars (score: 1): Author: MGVADICK@aol.com; Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:48:10 EDT; Roger, Re FWA use in a race car application, I have a different story. My research indicates that Cyril Kieft was the first to put the FWA Climax into a race car. Chapman, Cooper and Harry Lester all; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00167.html (8,051 bytes)
9. Re: Race Engines in Street Cars (score: 1): Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>; Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 10:13:30 -0700 (PDT); Depends on how you want to define this. Most of the 60s Ferrari V-12s were the same design, if not the same specs, as the V-12 race engines of one or two years before. (If you were a friend of Enzo,; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00168.html (8,323 bytes)
10. Re: Race Engines in Street Cars (score: 1): Author: "Roger Sieling" <Rogsie@telesistech.com>; Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 13:17:54 -0400; Isn't that what I said to correct myself. I too looked it up in Climax in Coventry, after my first mis-step thinking it might have been an Elva. Note, I put ???? after Elva, then remembered I had a c; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00169.html (8,663 bytes)

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