SeanDezart
Well-Known Forum User
Now that the magazine is out and so is the cat, may we discuss these three cars ?
I'll start it off by mentioning that the (secretive) owners' wife was the principal force behind the design of the 'race' Z "essentially built as a design exercise for fun". She wanted the rear wings to ressemble the haunches of a horse - truth, she told me, I swear it on my sons' head !
Next, what did they cost each ? Ok, maybe a crass question but who doesn't want to know the answers ?
And finally, what was the ower output of the red one with the LY cross-flow head, supposedly sourced in Australia ?
And hasn't the Z world evolved since then ? "What?" You cry ! Well, of course, there is a 3.2 unit on 50mm choke carbs. producing the same bhp as mine as a 3.1 on 45s or more importantly Skiddells' as a 2.8 !
No knocking of 4ways work with a huge budget but 15 years down the line and the L series engines can still be pushed still further yet !
Nice article Rob - I was there in Switzerland too, and they quoted top speeds to me of 170 !
I'll start it off by mentioning that the (secretive) owners' wife was the principal force behind the design of the 'race' Z "essentially built as a design exercise for fun". She wanted the rear wings to ressemble the haunches of a horse - truth, she told me, I swear it on my sons' head !
Next, what did they cost each ? Ok, maybe a crass question but who doesn't want to know the answers ?
And finally, what was the ower output of the red one with the LY cross-flow head, supposedly sourced in Australia ?
And hasn't the Z world evolved since then ? "What?" You cry ! Well, of course, there is a 3.2 unit on 50mm choke carbs. producing the same bhp as mine as a 3.1 on 45s or more importantly Skiddells' as a 2.8 !
No knocking of 4ways work with a huge budget but 15 years down the line and the L series engines can still be pushed still further yet !
Nice article Rob - I was there in Switzerland too, and they quoted top speeds to me of 170 !