Quote Originally Posted by Steve Holmes View Post
Thanks guys. I always assumed the issue with the Olds motor in the Anglia was that the block was warped. But I've never read anything to confirm this. In the same NZ Hot Rod article/interview, he talks about the larger 4.5 litre Olds motor he bought off Neil Allen to fit into his Lotus. Here he identifies that the block was warped. So if the same was the case with the motor in the Anglia, I assume he would have mentioned this in the article. But perhaps it was just missed from the article.

Out of interest Bob, how were you able to improve downforce by ducting air into a trunk mounted radiator? Single seaters and sports cars from the mid '60s with front mounted radiators had a relief hole(s) cut in the upper bodywork behind the radiator to allow air exiting out the back of the radiator to be released. I think Bruce McLaren was one of the first to discover this when he cut the upper bodywork on one of his cars to try and relieve it of heavy front lift at speed. I think this may have helped front downforce also? Is this how it would have worked with a rear mounted radiator also?
Yes by picking the air up through the radiator and ducting it out through a hole in the boot lid ,must see some time if I can find the Vizard article when he did it some time later ,some one else on here might have it as well !,one thing I didn;t add last night is don't forget that F85 Olds engine and bits nearly got used by be me in a Escort seven years later ,I still believe it was a good option that would have worked ,none of the people who came along later had anything that was not avaliable to us in 66/67