motors for kit cars (was Re: [geeks] Hmmmm fattening)

[Kurt Huhn]

> > > Eh. Just go with a Lotus Elise and you'll be fine.
> >
> > Blah - a high-winding 4-cyl is not my idea of a muscle car.  It works,
> > no doubt.  However I like to feel the pistons throbbing up and down
> > vibrating the car all over, er, I mean.  crap....
> 
> I thought that all the elises were V8s.  The current espirits also seem to be
> most V8s.

Nope - the Elise is 1796cc (1.8 liter) inline-4cyl.  But the curb
weright is rated at about 1700 pounds - so it moves pretty quickly...
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