HI all, heres some details of a little buggy i built last year, its a scratch built Lotus 23 race car, originally built with a K20 Type R engine, but a minor mishap saw it repowered with a K24 Turbo unit.
engine is mounted in the rear in a north south configuration and runs through a Subaru trans axle converted to front drive and turned upside down.
engine is stock with a Skunk inlet manifold and manual 80mm throttle body and is dry sumped with an IT power integrated pump pan unit.
running on E85 with a mild tune it has 310 RWHP and 460ftlbs of torque, and in a car that only weighs 550kg its fairly quick to say the least.
Only major problem so gar has been the drive line wasnt strong enough for so much torque, the original Lotus 23 uprights ran a Ford Festiva CV and axle which we broke on its first outing, so i have had the uprights modified to take a chev CV and hub, with a much bigger axle so hopefully that will fix the problem.
It runs on 13 x 10" slicks on the rear and 13 x 8" slicks up front, same as a F3,
any questions, ask away and i will answer as best i can.
heres a few pics to show what it looks like.
and a short clip of its third run on a damp hill climb run , which was good enough for a first in class on its debut.
https://flic.kr/p/2gv4Y2X
cheers Kaspa
engine is mounted in the rear in a north south configuration and runs through a Subaru trans axle converted to front drive and turned upside down.
engine is stock with a Skunk inlet manifold and manual 80mm throttle body and is dry sumped with an IT power integrated pump pan unit.
running on E85 with a mild tune it has 310 RWHP and 460ftlbs of torque, and in a car that only weighs 550kg its fairly quick to say the least.
Only major problem so gar has been the drive line wasnt strong enough for so much torque, the original Lotus 23 uprights ran a Ford Festiva CV and axle which we broke on its first outing, so i have had the uprights modified to take a chev CV and hub, with a much bigger axle so hopefully that will fix the problem.
It runs on 13 x 10" slicks on the rear and 13 x 8" slicks up front, same as a F3,
any questions, ask away and i will answer as best i can.
heres a few pics to show what it looks like.
and a short clip of its third run on a damp hill climb run , which was good enough for a first in class on its debut.
https://flic.kr/p/2gv4Y2X
cheers Kaspa
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