On 16/02/00 Clarence Verge wrote:
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>It might be a good idea to put a Honda engine in a Reynard chassis
>to enter an F1 race, but putting a supercharger on a Honda Civic to
>pull a trailer uphill is just silly.
>
>I hope the fractured analogy is amusing to some.
;-) The late Frank Costin, having made his name as aerodynamicist
for Jaguar cars, went on to design the plywood-chassis Marcos
in the early 1960s. Part of the design rationale was to have a car
light enough to return a good performance with a "bog standard"
easily maintained engine.
He also designed a single seat shopping vehicle for "housewives"
to buy on hire-purchase. The "Sparrow" single seat electric vehicle
has just reached these shores from the States, but isn't so affordable.
Jake
