stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 21/11/03 at 11:35 PM |
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nope, wasnt a lotus. it was made by a bunch or american racers.
here is a piccy...........Its worth a visit AlanB....
 
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MikeR
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| posted on 22/11/03 at 09:57 AM |
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I think someone in the uk did do a jet powered car in the 60's / 70's tho.
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Bob C
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| posted on 22/11/03 at 04:44 PM |
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rover made a gas turbine "concept car" round 1960. Lotus did some gas turbine F1 experiments - like the american thing above they had 4
wheel drive. Problems were lousy throttle response (I think the drivers had to gas it all the time & modulate speed with the brakes!) &
regulations - how do you compare a gas turbine with a piston engine? They ended up regulating a choke area on the inlet & effectively strangled
the power advantage. This is dodgy memory - I have a book with good info in if anyone's interested.
Bob C
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greggors84
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| posted on 22/11/03 at 06:33 PM |
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Westfield mount their rear diffs like this..
Some sort of crossmember, you cant really that well in this pic, but i wasnt interested in the diff mounting.
Sorry for the size of the pic, but i couldnt be arsed to resize it.
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Chris
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