> >Well friends, bury me with ideas and opinions..........
>
>Call me an iconoclast, but for a Super 7 sized car, I can think of nothing
>better than a Mazda Miata engine and 5 speed. Around 140 bhp, dead reliable,
>passes emissions tests......what's not to like?
>Bill
Check the dimensions.
Most modern engines are too tall. I don't know anything about Miatas so I
may be way off base. But I did go out in my garage to measure a 1300cc
Ford X-flow sitting just off the floor to illustrate how low the bonnet is on a
Lotus. Roughly 23inches to the top of a single downdraft.
The Locost will have a bit more room than a Lotus. But I bet that with the
Miata it'll need bulge in the hood suitable for a ProStocker
Steve Shipley
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