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Old 07-23-2009   #33
secondchance
 
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Default Re: Dodge Viper vs ZR-1

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Originally Posted by Aurora40 View Post
Interesting.

I wonder if they just wanted to buy the design? I'd think any tooling and such would have been gone by the time Lotus was putting a V8 in the Esprit.

It was a 3.5L TT though, that they came up with. Around 350hp. I don't think it started out with a 180-degree crank though, I remember when they had advertisements about adding it (the ad talked about the wail the engine made).
You are right. It was 3.5 TT (excuse me for saying 4.4. got confused w/ BMW V8 - it's been a while...).

Good catch!
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