I totally agree with Mike about the Twink vs 1275 A series. I had three
Spridgets before the Lotus with the Twink. You can get more power from the
Twink due to the larget capacity, but that's all, and the rebuilding cost of a
Twink is much higher than for a A series. The Twink is no lightweight either.
As for the sound, my Bugeye with its race 948 cc engine sounded AWSOME!
I will retire in 14 months and move to Colorado... As soon as this is done,
I'lll have two cars on my shopping list: A street Bugeye, hopefully with a
1275, and a Lotus Seven Amreica (series ll) with the Bugeye running gear. The
Lotus 7 with A series running gear is the most reasonably priced of the earlier
cars, and that engine is powerful enough for a car that weighs even less than a
Bugeye.
JLC
---- Mike/Donna Carpenter <mail4carpenters@peoplepc.com> wrote:
> Hi Derf,
>
> The Twink is fine but most Lotus Sevens were not sold with it. It is pretty
>much a few late series threes and some of the series four. I have owned both
>and I actually still prefer the simplicity and excellent power that you can
>get out of the 1275 A-series. I remember if the head of the twink is dual
>webers, it was a bear to get the headers and manifold off to replace a gasket.
> Also, very much so, the dizzy is extremely difficult to get to and almost
>impossible to set with out totally removing it.
>
> I do like the sound and hp of the twink ;^)!
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