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LOTUS
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MARK
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STREAMLINER
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.MARK
8
1954
Sports Racing
Car
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Engine: MG 1467cc--------------------
Gearbox: MG 4
Speed-----------------
Chassis: Tubular
space frame-----
Front Suspension:
Independent
Rear Suspension:
deDion axle---
Wheelbase: 7
ft 3.5 in.-----------------
Front track:
4 ft 0.5 in.----------------
Rear Track: 3
ft. 11.5 in.-------------
Length: 13 ft.
8 in.---------------------
Weight: 1025
lbs.----------------------
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Chapman brought
aerodynamics to----------
racing
with Frank Costin, an aeronautical--
aerodynamics
engineer with De Havilland
Aircraft Company.------------------------------------
The Mark 8 could
exceed 125mph with-----
only 85 horsepower.--------------------------------
The Mark 8 had
a fully paneled undertray,
illustrating
that Costin was fully aware----
that the air
flow beneath the car was--------
as important
as that above the car, a-------
lesson that Chapman
was to later take---
to the extreme.---------------------------------------
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