Great 2 part interview with Tony Rudd

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Reading a 2 part interview with Tony Rudd on the LT-5 development.....a few quick notes....

-The dual injector system was to ensure that the car could idle at 500 rpm to meet CAFE requirements....as was the center throttle body. He refers to the primary as the"swirl port" and the 2ndry as the velocity port...he said the primary had more bend to create swirl...interesting

-Lotus actually mocked up one of their 4V V8s with the LT-5 fueling system to test it and prepare for the LT-5 build....Rudd called it a piece of history they preserved it at Hethel

-Lots of discussing on the oiling system...namely that the engine oil shooting out the top only happened on deceleration...once air speed would slow the oil would drop out of the air into a liquid.....Lotus traditionally used the entire V of the engine to build a giant box to handle the issue, but with the AC/ALT/Starter in the V did not make that possible....

Need to find more on Tony, he seemed to be up to date on both the politics of the build as well as the technical.....