Greg Fletcher
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Garry Kemp in the UK has had some very interesting Lotus engine projects over the years, converting older Lotus engines to modern 90's specs with such things as a Zeus head that has a custom water cooled exhaust valve set up. He also has built a custom 2.6 liter Lotus stroker engine. Garry has billet steel cranks with 88mm stroke and lightweight rods that can get close or at 300hp and still be good for 8500 rpm. If I heard this claim from anyone else I would not believe it, but Garry is the real deal and has the experience and dyno results to back up his claims. Expensive? Yes. But personally, if I was going to drop some cash into a super engine conversion, I'd rather be investing in more modern Lotus go fast bits that Japanese engines. It always makes me sad to see another aborted JH conversion project on ebay because the owner lost interest and money to complete it.
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