Re[2]: Lotus / DeTomaso similarities

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DWhitesdJr <DWhitesdJr@aol.com> wrote on
Date:    3/9/98 3:38 PM:


>Hate to be anal about this, but the Lotus 30 had a 289 (4.7 liter) while the 
>Lotus 40 had a 302 (5 liters).  At a couple of races, Team Lotus had problems 
>with the 302 and used a 289 as a backup.
     
>Another difference was the 30 had a ZF 5DS30 box (similar to the Pantera) 
>while the 40 had a Hewland.

Thanks for the correction.  I didn't know and now I do (I'll try to 
remember).  But I thought the 40 had *10* more mistakes... ;-)

Rod