Lotus Esprit cars never had the Renault engine, they had the Lotus 910
2.2 later they added a turbo which made the 912 engine.
Kees Oudesluijs
Op 6-8-2018 om 17:21 schreef Peter Dzwig:
> Early Esprits (S1, S2) also sported a turbocharged version of the
> Renault engine (which by then had a bigger capacity). I have a picture
> atsomewhere of the engine running on a test rig at Hethel, with the
> exhaust pipes glowing red hot!
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> On 04/08/18 09:08, Patrick & Caroline Quinn wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> Lotus did indeed design and built the engine that went into the
>> Jensen-Healey. Initially the gearbox came from Vauxhall while later cars
>> were fitted with a ZF five-speed. It was the first modern DOHC four-valve
>> engine built on a production line.
>>
>> There were a few problems with the engine as Jensen pushed Lotus to supply
>> the engine before it had sufficient testing. There were faults that came out
>> in the hands of owners and subsequent expensive service claims. It was the
>> costs to repair the engines that sent Jensen into the red.
>>
>> However to drive a well sorted Jensen-Healey is a delight, especially one
>> fitted with the ZF gearbox.
>>
>> As to the Renault engine, I think you might be thinking of the Lotus Europa
>> that was fitted with a Renault 16 engine and gearbox that was turned around
>> the other way than what it was in the Renault. Later Europas had the DOHC
>> Lotus engine, but still with a Renault box.
>>
>> Hoo Roo
>>
>> Patrick Quinn
>> Blue Mountains, Australia
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bob
>> Spidell
>> Sent: Saturday, 4 August 2018 12:15 AM
>> To: Healeys
>> Subject: [Healeys] Jensen-Healey Question
>>
>> Reading an issue of 'Old Cars Weekly,' I came across an article about
>> the Lotus Elite. It stated:
>>
>> "... the new rear-drive 1974 Elite offered a front-mounted Lotus
>> 907-series 1973cc twin-cam four-cylinder engine. In fact, it was the
>> first Lotus to offer this potent mill. This was essentially the same
>> engine that the company supplied to Jensen Motors for its Jensen-Healey
>> sports car."
>>
>> I don't know much about the J-H, but I'd always heard it had an engine
>> from Renault. I doubt a small company like Lotus could design and build
>> its own engine, was the short block supplied by Renault or did Lotus
>> actually design and build an engine, and did it power the J-H?
>>
>> Bob
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