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1. Here's one that should start a lot of discussion..... (score: 1): Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@voyager.net>; Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 14:52:46 -0500; A friend of mine called me today and said he was building a Lotus 7 look - alike and since he knew I messed around with Sprites that I might know where he could get a nice 1275 with a rib case trans.; /html/vintage-race/2004-04/msg00015.html (8,887 bytes)
2. Re: Here's one that should start a lot of discussion..... (score: 1): Author: "Mike/Donna Carpenter" <mail4carpenters@peoplepc.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 16:31:35 -0500; Why not a English Ford Kent Crossflow? Can get a five speed transmission also. Lots of parts and lots of tuning options. The 1275 Spridget combo provides probably the most bang for the buck.; /html/vintage-race/2004-04/msg00016.html (9,592 bytes)
3. Re: Here's one that should start a lot of discussion..... (score: 1): Author: shiples@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 13:53:16 -0800; I just tried to cover this subject in a couple of paragraphs and gave up. Trust me, this has been discussed to death on the Locost lists. It's a problem of size, weight, and available gear ratios. I'; /html/vintage-race/2004-04/msg00017.html (9,432 bytes)
4. Re: Here's one that should start a lot of discussion..... (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 17:13:25 EST; 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?; /html/vintage-race/2004-04/msg00018.html (8,653 bytes)
5. Re: Here's one that should start a lot of discussion..... (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 18:02:55 -0600; The highest volume Lotus replicar builders use the Ford Zetec (Zytec?)engine. They can be had in hp ratings up to 200. I'm rather surprised that no one has mentioned putting one in a TR3 or 4 (wash m; /html/vintage-race/2004-04/msg00019.html (8,842 bytes)
6. Re: Here's one that should start a lot of discussion..... (score: 1): Author: shiples@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 16:41:48 -0800; 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 th; /html/vintage-race/2004-04/msg00020.html (8,665 bytes)
7. Re: Here's one that should start a lot of discussion..... (score: 1): Author: Carney1081@aol.com; Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 10:17:37 EST; Most modern engines are too tall Dry sump it Jim; /html/vintage-race/2004-04/msg00022.html (7,996 bytes)
8. Here's one that should start a lot of discussion..... (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 10:29:11 EST; OK - try a GM 3.1 or 3.4 V-6 with 5 speed trans out of a Camaro etc. Narrow 60 deg. engine, no carbs to stick up, and the block is almost exactly the same length as an MGB block. And you can get as m; /html/vintage-race/2004-04/msg00023.html (8,187 bytes)
9. Re: Here's one that should start a lot of discussion..... (score: 1): Author: Rick Neville <healeyrick@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 08:27:35 -0800 (PST); For something completely different you could go with the Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle engine and 6 spd. tranny. 185 hp: http://vintagecars.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.super7cars.co; /html/vintage-race/2004-04/msg00024.html (9,021 bytes)
10. Re: Here's one that should start a lot of discussion..... (score: 1): Author: Oddcarnut@aol.com; Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 15:55:42 EST; For a 7 clone, why not a Honda S2000 engine & 6 speed box. Race motor like revs, 240 hp and not a lot of torque seem like the perfect comb. That said, a similar project quietly sitting in my garage a; /html/vintage-race/2004-04/msg00027.html (8,124 bytes)
11. Re: Here's one that should start a lot of discussion..... (score: 1): Author: "Chip Mautz" <gacarnut@myway.com>; Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 23:04:28 -0400 (EDT); Champion Motorcars website (I believe) has a customer who built a kit w/ this setup, I believe he ended up w/ a 3.8 0-60 car, 6 forward speeds. Quaife makes a reverse-gear adapter for almost any mot; /html/vintage-race/2004-04/msg00028.html (9,263 bytes)

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