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Old 02-02-2009   #1
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Default LT-5 prototype engine

Anyone got one of these:

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Old 02-02-2009   #2
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Default Re: LT-5 prototype engine






Hmmm....
All these Lotus engines look vaguely familiar.
What's up with that?


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Old 02-02-2009   #3
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wow wouldnt that have been nice to have a timming belt instead of chains
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Old 02-03-2009   #4
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wow wouldnt that have been nice to have a timming belt instead of chains
Yup...
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Old 02-03-2009   #5
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Default Re: LT-5 prototype engine

Forgive my dumbness.....but why a belt/ or belts(?) instead of chains?
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Old 02-03-2009   #6
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rubber bands will go on passed the 8,000 rpm. Are chains will not. Weight of the metal chains not so good.
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