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Lotus Cortina is the commonly used term for the Ford Cortina Lotus, a high-performance sports saloon, which was produced in the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1970 by Ford in collaboration with Lotus Cars.
The Lotus-Ford Twin Cam is an inline-four petrol engine developed by Lotus for the 1962 Lotus Elan. A few early examples displaced 1.5 litres, but the majority were 1.55-litre (1557cc) engines. It used a Ford 116E iron cylinder block and a new aluminium cylinder head with dual overhead camshafts.
Lotus was notable for its use of fibreglass bodies, backbone chassis and overhead camshaft engines, initially supplied by Coventry Climax but later replaced by Lotus-Ford units (Ford block, Lotus head and twin-cam valve gear). Lotus also worked with Ford on the Lotus Cortina, a successful sports saloon.
The Lotus 38 was designed by Colin Chapman and Len Terry as Lotus' 1965 entry for the Indianapolis 500. It was an evolution of the previous Lotus 29 and Lotus 34 Indy designs, but this time with a full monocoque tub chassis; it was powered by the same four-cam Ford V8 fuel injected engine as used in the 34, giving out around 500 bhp.
A Lotus 49 with Ford V-8 engine drawing Clark won the first race of the 1968 season, the South African Grand Prix and the Tasman Series in Australia, but was killed in an F2 race at Hockenheim . Hill took over as team leader and won his second World Championship title, after clinching three Grand Prix wins - including the fourth of his five ...
Ford 4,195 cc (256.0 cu in) OHV 90° V8, naturally aspirated, mid-mounted. ... The Lotus 29 was a British racing car built by Team Lotus for the 1963 Indianapolis 500.
Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. ... the team signed a deal to use Ford's HB V8 in their new Lotus 107s, ...
The Lotus 69F was built to Formula Ford regulations and featured a space frame chassis with a modified front end and narrower wheels than the Formula 2 and Formula 3 variants. It was delivered with 1.6-liter Ford/Lotus engines. [6] A total of 57 racing cars were produced by the Lotus 69, of which eight cars were built for Formula 2. [7]