Lola T70 Mk III Starting Up

Lola T70 Mk III Revving

Contry of Origin - Great Britain
Year of Production - 1969

Engine

Configuration -90º V 8
Location - Mid, longitudinally mounted
Weight - 250 kilo / 551.2 lbs
Construction - cast-iron block and head
Displacement - 5.7 liter / 347.8 cu in
Valvetrain - 2 valves / cylinder, OHV
Fuel feed - 4 Weber 48 IDA Carburetors
Aspiration - Naturally Aspirated

Drivetrain

Chassis/body - Glassfibre reinforced body over steel (15%) and aluminum (85%) monocoque chassis
Front suspension - double wishbones, coil springs over Armstrong shock absorbers, anti-roll bar
Rear suspension - lower wishbones, top links, twin trailing arms, coil springs over Armstrong shock absorbers, anti-roll bar
Steering - rack-and-pinion
Brakes - ventilated Girling discs, all-round
Gearbox - Hewland LG 600 5 speed Manual
Drive -Rear wheel drive

Dimensions

Weight - 750 kilo / 1653.5 lbs
Wheelbase / Track (fr/r) - 2413 mm (95 in) / 1473 mm (58 in) / 1473 mm (58 in)

Performance figures
Power -550 bhp / 410 KW
Torque - 730 Nm / 538 ft lbs
BHP/Liter - 96 bhp / liter
Power to weight - 0.73 bhp / kg

This car has had a full rebuild and is race prepared to compete in the Historic Masters tournament this year (2009)

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Lola T70 Mk III
• Chevrolet V8
• Le Mans
• Historic Masters
• Great Britain

[mugencivic88]

It sounds like that at idle because there is no cat and prob no muffler either

[revega]

@mugencivic88 amazing though isnt it!

[fsca72]

didnt the t70 have a smallblock chevy

[revega]

i think that this actual model did, but its been replaced with this engine,

sounds great wouldnt you agree?

[zorule1]

WOW! GO uncle pete!xx

[revega]

is pete chambers your uncle?

i absolutely adore his car!

[wbc564]

@mugencivic88

No, d.a., it sounds like that because its pistons are bigger than the penny-sized ones in your rice-mobile

[Panthercholo]

@mugencivic88 You're an idiot. No cats? Probably no muffler...really? How about no $hit!

[elefantboys]

Nice! iv seen and talked to the current owner of the #6 penske/sunoco t70 mkIIIb-nice car he did donuts it was amazing!

[alexander1485]

I've seen a Lola T70 coupe with a 8.3L chevy... but it was built on a spyder chassis, since the coupe chassis can only handle small block chevys.

[navitimer54]

Great exhaust note^^! It' like a beast.

Thank you for posting.

[StylinRed]

ew.... exhaust fumes all over those other pristine cars

[Duckyistrippin]

@fsca72 what makes you think this is anything but a sbc? its a 90 degree v8 5.7l sounds like a sbc to me. if they had replaced the engine you would think they would put an all aluminium one in there.... we just built a 427 for our lola :) painted it cast iron too lol.

[weeleybin]

@revega I was there too, it was indeed awesome. I'm going this weekend too! :D Can't wait! Hopefully these guys will be here :)