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rkreigh · 12-11-2015

there was a lotus race car recently for sale on ebay that had a small displacement short stroke lt5 with a flat plane crank engine and a carbon fiber "calliope" style manifold with a cool air box and scoop on top that stuck out above the car

engine was reported to make 700+ hp at over 8k rpms

car was a mid engine setup and looked to be very well engineered

wonder if graham can tell us a bit more of the r&d work that went into that engine

the crank is definitely lighter and less windage and if the 526 HP the litte voodoo cranks out and the Ferrari faithful mondelloo stalions have to say that there really is something to the efficiency and strength

the voodoo goes to 8200 rpms and looks like a pretty spiffy little deal.

12-11-2015	#8
rkreigh Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Alex VA Posts: 1,080	Re: Flat plane crank. there was a lotus race car recently for sale on ebay that had a small displacement short stroke lt5 with a flat plane crank engine and a carbon fiber "calliope" style manifold with a cool air box and scoop on top that stuck out above the car engine was reported to make 700+ hp at over 8k rpms car was a mid engine setup and looked to be very well engineered wonder if graham can tell us a bit more of the r&d work that went into that engine the crank is definitely lighter and less windage and if the 526 HP the litte voodoo cranks out and the Ferrari faithful mondelloo stalions have to say that there really is something to the efficiency and strength the voodoo goes to 8200 rpms and looks like a pretty spiffy little deal.