Type 65 S2 for Sale eBay

[literarymadness]

Seller claims to be second owner and that the engine makes 195-200 HP.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-Lotus-Europa/383895214112?hash=item5961f01820:g:s8gAAOSw30df-RW9

[jbcollier]

He likes siamesed ports?

[Richard48Y]

Price is escalating very rapidly but not that many bidders.
Still five days to go.
Seller says it can be driven cross-country if he puts $300.00 worth of tires on it first.
I wonder if it will break the $20K barrier?

[literarymadness]

The color looks like Bahama Yellow which I'm a fan of. @ JB  Can you run that motor on 93 Octane if the compression is no in12:1.  200 HP seems optimistic.

[jbcollier]

Sure you can get 200 hp, just put a blower on it and leave the HC pistons in.  The real question is, how long will it make 200 hp?

;-)

[MRN I J]

Can you run that motor on 93 Octane if the compression is no in12:1.  200 HP seems optimistic.

No it cant, it would need to be on 98 octane as used in the UK & a cross flow 'big' bore engine, large capacity engine with very hairy cam, induction & exhaust system using lots of rpm, mainly above 4000, 200 bhp could well be possible but 100 bhp per ltr is very hard to achieve, 1960s GP engine target.

[Bainford]

Looks like an Else rocker cover.

As discussed, HP claim is wildly optimistic.

[Richard48Y]

49 bids, sold at $12,100.00 and no last second bids.
I hope the buyer is not too disappointed when the engine does not produce 200 HP as claimed.

[literarymadness]

@MRN I J  The UK uses a different octane rating system than the US so 98 (RON) octane is the same as 93 (AKI) octane in the US.

[MRN I J]

@MRN I J  The UK uses a different octane rating system than the US so 98 (RON) octane is the same as 93 (AKI) octane in the US.

Sorry, didnt realise, I thought you had poor quality fuel in the US.

[Richard48Y]

"Sorry, didnt realise, I thought you had poor quality fuel in the US."

We do, without paying $7.00 per gallon the best I may readily buy is only 91 RON, or two points lower than your 98.
At 12-1 compression this becomes a real issue for my S2.
One of the reasons I am looking at fitting a second fuel tank.

[BDA]

When I used to frequent a Mercedes forum, a poster, who seemed to know what he was talking about, said that European gasoline was better than US gasoline. Unfortunately, I don’t remember what made it better. If I had to guess, and I do, his point was likely that it burned cleaner leaving fewer deposits. I did find this (https://www.etuners.gr/fuel/) which states US and European gasoline are equal. I don’t know the truth but just present those two perspectives.