Re: Engine Trivia

["Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>]

Race engines adapted to Road cars:

Harold Pace moots:

 << How about the Lotus Elite and its Coventry Climax engine? >>

Myles Kitchen corrects:

> The Climax engine was originally designed for pumping equipment
(irrigation
> and fire pumpers) and was "borrowed" by Colin Chapman for his race cars.

Methinks sportscar guru Harold Pace set Miles up on this one:  It's widely
understood that the racing enthusiast designers at Coventry-Climax took
advantage of a government development contract for the mundane fire pump to
design a seriously dedicated basic race engine.

Tony_______________________@Sherman.Texas
Lotus Eleven, Lotus Elite, Bearcat 85