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Re: Engine Trivia

To: "Simon Favre" <simon@mondes.com>
Subject: Re: Engine Trivia
From: "TONY CLARK" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:38:39 -0500
Simon also wrote:

> The other FWA story in the article was that Chapman heavily modified
> one and sent it to Coventry to be run on the dyno, where it grenaded
> in spectacular fashion. Coventry sent it back to Lotus in pieces with
> no explanation. ;=)

The firepump version had a cast iron crank  .  .  .   = 8-O

Tony_____@Sherman.Texas

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