Description:

I bought this car in 1987 (have pink slip and CA license plate) and restored it for the street. I slowly changed it to a slalom car, then into a race car in 1995 and have been up rating springs, sway bar and engine mods til present to stay competive in class. (I still have all parts to convert car back to street use.) I had the fenders moved out 1 1/2 inches to accommodate wider wheels and tires. 1770 cc engine with 230 HP. Weight 1430 lbs. Only has about 6 hours since last engine rebuild Hethel Engineering of Chatsworth CA. It is a well balanced very competetive vintage race car. Transponder installed. The wife and I would rather spend our time travelling than stay home to work on cars and race them. You may notice the very tall roll bar--that's because I'm 6 foot 10 inches tall (and I fit in the car!).


History

Has been vintage raced with VARA for 10 years.

Competition History

12 first place finishes out of 29 races.
Performance Data

• CP-3
  
• 1430 lbs
  

Engine

• Hethel Engineering
  
• Ford block, Lotus head
  
• twin cam
  
• 1770 cc
  
• 230
  
• 162
  
• Twin Weber DCOE 45
  
• Lotus Twin Cam
  
• Ford
  
• steel
  
• 80.8 mm stroke fully counterweighted steel billet crank,
  
• Cunningham rods with ARP bolts
  
• JE pistons 83.5 mm
  
• .460 lift
  
• 1.63 intake, 1.38 exhaust valves
  
• overhead cam
  
• Tilton OT2
  
• Tilton OT2 with annular slave
  
• light weight steel
  
• Dyno developed equal length SS headers, Burns collector
  
• 6 hours
  
• 2
  
• swinger oil pick up and accusump for oil control
  

Fuel System

• 
  
• Fuel Safe
  
• about 10 years
  
• 5 gal.
  
• Facet (Blue Top)
  
• 110 octane race gas
  

Oil/Water System

• 4 pass aluminium stock configuation
  
• stock
  
• removeable
  
• 10 row
  
• in front of radiator with exhaust out bottom of car
  

Electrical System

• Pertronix
  
• none
  
• lead acid
  

Transmission

• Lotus/Ford
  
• ultra-close dog ring
  
• Quaife 2.25/1 first straigt cut gears
  
• stock
  
• about 4 races
  

Rear End

• Lotus
  
• Salisbury limited slip
  
• no
  
• 4.11
  
• Salisbury limited slip
  
• full CV special hardened output shafts and stub axles
  
• about 7 years
  

Body

• fiberglass
  
• yellow
  
• good
  
• some minor stress cracks and rock chips
  

Chassis

• stock frame has been straightened, boxed-in and reinforced with roll bar attachment points welded in
  
• Lotus
  
• steel
  
• black powder coat
  
• great
  
• adjustable upper suspension arms and GT6 spindles
  
• camber plates and adjustable lower suspension arms
  
• Spax adjustable front and rear about 5 years old
  
• GT-6 front, and stock rear with Porterfield pads
  
• stock
  
• 13 X 6 Panasport (8 of them)
  
• Hoosier 185/60/ZR13 R3S04
  

Interior

• black with teak dash
  
• naugahyde covered seat and door panels,
  
• 5 lb fire bottle (halon)
  
• Simpson 5 point camlock restraints rewebbed March '06
  
• stock except for Auto Meter tach
  
• good
  

Spares

• 4 Panasport wheels and tires
  
• Additional sets of springs with lower rates
  
• Various lower suspension arms
  
• 3.54 : 1 and 3.9 : 1 Diff's
  
• Lumenition rev limiter
  
• 1600 block
  
• Weber head (lost temper, suitable for street motor)
  
• stock close ratio trans gear set for street