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Lotus Engines design history and theory.

  • Coventry Climax FW Engine

    Coventry Climax FW Engine

    Coventry Climax FW Engine Within the complicated corporate lineage, the reputation of Coventry Climax as the top-rate engine designer/builder is largely credited to Walter Hassan and Harry Mundy, who designed and developed the Feather Weight (FW) together. The following design aspects are credited ...

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  • Coventry Climax FWM Engine

    Coventry Climax FWM engine The FW was designed in response to the British Government's Defence Ministry (MoD) requisition outline issued in 1950, specifying a water pump and gasoline engine combination to deliver 350 Gallons of water per minute at 100 psi, with 35 to 40 bhp at the weight of 350 pou ...

    Coventry Climax | Lotus Engines
  • Ford Kent Crossflow engine (1959-1984)

    Ford Kent Crossflow engine (1959-1984)

    Ford Kent Crossflow engine From 1949 to 1984 1300 Crossflow from my mk1 escort The Ford Kent is an internal combustion engine from Ford of Europe. Originally developed in 1959 for the Ford Anglia, it is an in-line four-cylinderoverhead-valve–type pushrod engine with a cast-iron cylinder head and bl ...

    Ford Engines | TVR Engines | Morgan Engines | Lotus Engines | Reliant Engines
  • Ford Sidevalve engine (1932-62)

    Ford Sidevalve engine (1932-62)

    Ford Sidevalve engine 1932 to 1962 Manufacturer Ford Motor Company Also called Ford Flathead engine Production 1932–1962 Predecessor None Successor Ford Kent engine Ford Taunus V4 engine Configuration Side-valve straight 4 Cylinder block alloy Iron Cylinder head alloy Iron Valvetrain sidevalve Fuel ...

    Ford Engines | Lotus Engines | Morgan Engines | TVR Engines
  • Lotus 900 series Engine

    Lotus 900 series Engine

    Lotus 900 series Engine range A lotus 912 Engine It is a common misconception that the Lotus 900 series engines were modified Vauxhall engines. The 900 series was designed by Lotus as their first self developed engine, and due to similarities in dimensions and layout, Vauxhall 4-cylinder iron block ...

    Lotus Engines
  • Lotus 907 engine

    Lotus 907 engine

    Lotus 907 engine Type 907 capacity 20147cm3 Nb of cylinds 4 compression ratio 12.0: 1 carburator dellorto 45/48 (2) horse power 160 bhp The Lotus 907 was an engine designed and manufactured for automotive applications by Lotus Cars. It was an original design, dual overhead cam, 16 valve all alloy p ...

    Lotus Engines
  • Lotus Ford Twin Cam Engine

    Lotus Ford Twin Cam Engine

    Lotus Ford Twin Cam Engine Overview Manufacturer Lotus Cars Also called Lotus TwinCam, Cosworth Mk.XIII, Cosworth Mk.XV Production 1962–1975 Combustion chamber Configuration Inline 4 Displacement 1557.46cc Cylinder bore 82.55mm (3.25") Piston stroke 72.75mm (2.864173") Cylinder block alloy Ford 116 ...

    Lotus Engines
  • Rover K Series engine

    Rover K Series engine

    Rover K Series engine The K-Series engine is a series of engines built by Powertrain Ltd, a sister company of MG Rover. The engine was built in two forms: a straight-four cylinder, available with SOHC and DOHC, ranging from 1.1 L to 1.8 L; and the KV6 V6 variation. Design history The K-Series was i ...

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  • Toyota ZR engine

    Toyota ZR engine The ZR engine family, introduced in 2007 by Toyota Motor Corporation, uses a DOHC 16-valve cylinder head with a 4-cylinder die-cast block. Engines displace either 1.6-liters, 1.8-liters or 2.0-liters. All engines in this family are equipped with Toyota's dual VVT-i technology that ...

    Toyota engines | Lotus Engines
  • Toyota ZZ engine

    Toyota ZZ engine The Toyota ZZ engine family is a straight-4 piston engine series. The ZZ series uses a die-cast aluminum engine block with aluminum silicon cylinder liners, and aluminum DOHC 4-valve cylinder heads, a first for Toyota. The camshafts are chain-driven. The two 1.8 L members of the fa ...

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