>I believed the book to be stating truth when it said 
>that the Lotus engine was based on the Vauxhall block, although they had 
>plans to render it in alloy eventually rather than cast iron.

Well, it depends on your definition of "based on".  It was certainly developed 
using the Vauxhall block, but Lotus supposedly had the same dimensions in 
their minds before Vauxhall first showed their engine.

Ed

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