Re: The joy of Engine-Cars

On 2 Nov 2024 22:58:53 GMT, rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 21:30:39 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
 

On 2 Nov 2024 19:25:27 GMT, rbowman wrote:
 

The Corvettes rules the straights but would get passed by Minis in the
corners.

 
Presumably those were Mini Coopers, not the regular Leyland Minis.
Regular Leyland engines were even worse than USian ones.

 
Yes, Mini Coopers, probably the S variant.

Cooper was the racing team that totally wiped the floor with Ferrari, back
in the 1950s, I think it was. Enzo had a mouth that was bigger than his
engineering credentials, and he was adamant that the engine should be at
the front, because “you don’t put the cart before the horse”, or some such
cant like that. The Cooper racing cars popularized the mid-engine concept,
and their superior handling spoke for itself. Finally even Ferrari was
forced to embrace the idea in some of their cars.