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BenL · 12-11-05, 02:21 AM

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It's a 47GT which originally had the 2Liter Lucas fuel injected twincam. The current engine/transaxle are from a Lotus 30 and identical to the early GT40s. The swap was made in '69 by an Englishman who wanted to emulate Carroll Shelby.

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I wonder if he was also inspired by the GKN 47D, which was a 47 that Lotus built for GKN in 1968 with a Rover V8 engine and a ZF transaxle from a Lotus 49.

GKN wanted the car to show off the manufacturing capabilities (castings (block), fasteners, half-shafts, push rods, ...).

When it was completed, the car was tested at 0-100 in 10 seconds.

12-11-05, 02:21 AM	#12 (permalink)
BenL BenL 6 Tenths Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: USA Posts: 680 Rep Power: 11	Re: Automatic ZF? [ QUOTE ] It's a 47GT which originally had the 2Liter Lucas fuel injected twincam. The current engine/transaxle are from a Lotus 30 and identical to the early GT40s. The swap was made in '69 by an Englishman who wanted to emulate Carroll Shelby. [/ QUOTE ] I wonder if he was also inspired by the GKN 47D, which was a 47 that Lotus built for GKN in 1968 with a Rover V8 engine and a ZF transaxle from a Lotus 49. GKN wanted the car to show off the manufacturing capabilities (castings (block), fasteners, half-shafts, push rods, ...). When it was completed, the car was tested at 0-100 in 10 seconds.