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1970 Lotus Europa S2 Racecar - SOLD
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Description:
A frame up rebuild of a previous road car turned this car into a purpose built Historic
Production Race Car. The regulations used were the competition rules from VARAC,
the Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada. It is a fully race prepared
competition car.
History
The Lotus Europa S2 or Type 54 is the second interation of the classic mid-engined coupe.
The S2 shared the Renault engine and transaxle of the Series I car, with a bodyshell featuring
improved headroom and headlight height to meet safety standards. Also abandoned was the Series
1 practice of bonding the body and chassis together, making for a much more serviceable vehicle.
While the later Lotus twincam Europas are often favored the all-aluminum Renault 1565 crossflow
engines can produce near
twincam power levels with an engine weighing 100 lbs less in a car several hundred pounds lighter.
Competition History
One SCCA street race since go-through and repaint.
Engine
- all alloy 1565cc Renault
- matched, relieved, high compression, pistons and sleeves
- large valve Gordini cross-flow head
- extensive flow-bench work, ported and gas-fiowed
- Alpine high lift race-profile cam
- twin 40DCOE Webers
- ITG air filter
- Bosch distributor
- aluminum flywheel
- Jet Hot header
- dynoed at 135 Hp. by ART in Toronto
- fuel safe bladder
- aluminum cell enclosure
- front mounted oil cooler
- alternator
- full street lighting
- car completely rewired with internal and external kill switches
- stripped to gellcoat and refinished with epoxy primer and basecoat/clearcoat D.B.U British Racing Green
- helmet bubble added to accomodate tall driver
- stainless hinge pin kits on both doors
- galvanized factory replacement chassis
- rollbar and cage constructed from 1.5"x.125" wall steel
- Spax adjustables
- double wishbone, adj. spring perches, lowered competition springs, stock front bar
- trailing arm, transverse lower link, driveshafts act as top link, adjustable camber link
- modified Tirumph rack
- front Girling calipers, rear drum with competition linings, braided lines
- new Panasports 5-1/2" x 13" fronts, 6"x13" rear, Dunlops Formula Ford fronts all around
- approx. 1250 wet
- two light fibreglass seats
- dash and door panels powdercoated aluminum
- full guages
- 6 point harness
- 5 lb Halon with nozzles in interior, front trunk, and engine bay