01-05-2020, 04:06 PM
Thank you Henry.
I don't think Chapman admitted to his modification until later, and then only in part. The real 8-port block wasn't widely known until many years later.
I believe, and Holly would agree, that the Lotus would have been a winner even without that block. When it wasn't in trouble it was so far ahead of the rest in 1951 it was silly. But then, compared to most of the rest it was a well-engineered professional car, and expensive too.
I don't think Chapman admitted to his modification until later, and then only in part. The real 8-port block wasn't widely known until many years later.
I believe, and Holly would agree, that the Lotus would have been a winner even without that block. When it wasn't in trouble it was so far ahead of the rest in 1951 it was silly. But then, compared to most of the rest it was a well-engineered professional car, and expensive too.