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Re: Car is running
Dear Evan I recently purchased 23B #23S102 and it has a very nice twin cam engine. It is quite quick and very delicate in the handling department. I can't imagine this car with a V8. I was a racer in
By Carl Moore · #14 ·
Re: Car is running
Evan, I agree with Bill regarding your chassis. To be honest there are probably only a 'few' people using original chassis in race situation even with 200 or so HP. Chassis fatigue and stress as you'd
By silvenm <Nigel@...> · #13 ·
Thanks for the encouragement
All, Thanks for the encouragement. I have a set of of 23 frame drawings and have compared the car to those. The wheelbase, track, chassis height, width, etc.. are all the same as a 23B. There are some
By marinmcgreevy <marinmcgreevy@...> · #12 ·
Re: Car is running
Evan, Another small thing: It would help me a lot if all would mention the car number - 23SXXX - or chassis number - AMXXX in the subject or in the body of emails. Thanks. Bill marinmcgreevy
By William Steagall · #10 ·
Re: Car is running
Evan, My answer about the original chassis and 300 BHP is no, I would not race a car with that configuration. Nor would I use a Curtiss 'exact' replica. But I may not be the best person to ask. I am
By William Steagall · #11 ·
Re: Car is running
You are right, the engine sounds great. My only worrys about this installation would be first if the frame could take the torque of the engine in the rear section and second how big a tire are you
By Don Stark <homes@...> · #9 ·
Re: Car is running
Evan: Gawd! Wish my 23 sounded like that! Then again, I think I might be afraid to put my foot down on the accelerator as the car would probably do a wheel stand for a good long distance! Great work,
By Gary Horstkorta <horsty@...> · #8 ·
Car is running
All, I have placed a MPEG (movie) file in the files folder. This movie shows (and lets you listen!) to the car's original engine being started for the second time since 1965. The first time was a
By marinmcgreevy <marinmcgreevy@...> · #7 ·
Suspension - Part Two
I second Don Stark's comments regarding L23 suspension checks. I had a similar failure of a right front, lower A Arm without any warning. Fortunately, my incident happened just after I had braked hard
By jmf94550 <horsty@...> · #6 ·
Update on 23 w/ Olds V8
I have placed some additional photos of the California Racing Partnership Special showing the original radiator installed on the car. The radiator is from a 1964 small block Corvette. The original
By marinmcgreevy <marinmcgreevy@...> · #5 ·
Re: Hello and Body Flares
Gary, First of all, thanks for the info., your participation, and the good words about the site. Next, I want all to know that Lotus made three types of Lotus 23s: Lotus 23 Lotus 23 Series 2 Lotus 23C
By William Steagall · #4 ·
New file uploaded to L23Registry
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the L23Registry group. File : /23 Parts Supplier Uploaded by : silvenm
By L23Registry@... · #3 ·
New file uploaded to L23Registry
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the L23Registry group. File : /NEWBOY.TXT Uploaded by : steagall99 <steagall99@...>
By L23Registry@... · #2 ·