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GTM K3
The GTM K3 or Rossa K3 is a Metro based 2 kit car by GTM Cars GTM Cars were a component kit car manufacturer located in Kingswinford, UK. History The company was founded in 1967 when Bernard Cox and his friend Jack Hosker created the Cox GTM (Grand Touring Mini), a mid engined sports car based on Mini ... The car was based on two front Rover Metro subframes, with the steering being locked on the rear subframe, these were fitted to a fibreglass monocoque tub. Coupé or convertible bodywork could be specified. References {{reflist External linksOfficial GTMOC Forum Kit cars K3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GTM Cars
GTM Cars were a component kit car manufacturer located in Kingswinford, UK. History The company was founded in 1967 when Bernard Cox and his friend Jack Hosker created the Cox GTM (Grand Touring Mini), a mid engined sports car based on Mini parts. It was an instant hit and they built kits as fast as they could in their garage in Hazel Grove, Stockport. In the autumn of 1968, Bernard Cox decided to stop production after 50 kits. Production was taken over by Howard Heerey, who had raced a GTM, and his father who renamed the car to simply GTM. The design evolved over time and by 1971 about 170 kits had been made and they were up to GTM 1-3 (model 1, variation 3). But in 1972 the road outside their garage had to be widened and they were forced to close. In 1972 a fibreglass company in Hartlepool bought the demonstrator car, moulds, jigs and spares, but never produced any cars. Instead the GTM project was bought by KMB Autosports in 1976. They made spares for existing cars, but n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rover K Engine
The Rover K-series engine is a series of internal combustion engines built by Powertrain Ltd, a sister company of MG Rover. The engine was a inline-four engine, straight-four cylinder built in two forms, Overhead camshaft#Single overhead camshaft, SOHC and Overhead camshaft#Double overhead camshaft, DOHC, ranging from . Design history The K series was introduced in 1988 by Rover Group as a powerplant for the Rover 200 / 25, Rover 200 car. It was the second volume-production implementation of the low-pressure sand-casting (or LPS) technique in a new plant sited between East Works and Cofton Hackett. (The first volume application of the LPS process had been for the Rover M-series engine, M-16 cylinder head, produced in South Works, adjacent to the former forge). The LPS process pumped liquid aluminium into a chemically-bonded sand mould from below. This reduced oxide inclusions and gave a casting yield of around 90%, compared with 60% for more conventional gravity casting proces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inline-four Engine
A straight-four engine (also called an inline-four) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft. The vast majority of automotive four-cylinder engines use a straight-four layout (with the exceptions of the flat-four engines produced by Subaru and Porsche) and the layout is also very common in motorcycles and other machinery. Therefore the term "four-cylinder engine" is usually synonymous with straight-four engines. When a straight-four engine is installed at an inclined angle (instead of with the cylinders oriented vertically), it is sometimes called a slant-four. Between 2005 and 2008, the proportion of new vehicles sold in the United States with four-cylinder engines rose from 30% to 47%. By the 2020 model year, the share for light-duty vehicles had risen to 59%. Design A four-stroke straight-four engine always has a cylinder on its power stroke, unlike engines with fewer cylinders where there is no power stroke occu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kit Car
A kit car is an automobile available as a set of parts that a manufacturer sells and the buyer then assembles into a functioning car. Usually, many of the major mechanical systems such as the engine and transmission are sourced from donor vehicles or purchased new from other vendors. Kits vary in completeness, consisting of as little as a book of plans, or as much as a complete set with all components to assemble into a fully operational vehicle such as those from Caterham. Related terms There is also a sub-set of the kit car, commonly referred to as a "re-body", in which a commercially manufactured vehicle has a new (often fiberglass) body put on the running chassis. Most times, the existing drive gear and interior are retained. These kits require less technical knowledge from the builder, and because the chassis and mechanical systems were designed, built, and tested by a major automotive manufacturer, a re-body can lead to a much higher degree of safety and reliability. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kit Cars
Kit may refer to: Places *Kitt, Indiana, US, formerly Kit * Kit, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province * Kit Hill, Cornwall, England People * Kit (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Kit (surname) Animals * Young animals: ** A short form of kitten, a young cat ** A young beaver ** A young ferret ** A young fox ** A young mink ** A young rabbit ** A young raccoon ** A young skunk ** A young squirrel ** A young wolverine * Old collective noun for a group of pigeons flying together Kinds of sets * Standard equipment and attire in sports: ** Kit (association football) ** Kit (cycling) ** Kit (rugby football) * Kit (of components), a set of components such as ** Electronic kit ** Kit car or component car **Testing kit (other) Other uses * Kit lens, a low-end SLR camera lens * Kit violin or kit, a small stringed musical instrument * Tropical Storm Kit, tropical cyclones named Kit * ''Whale (film)'', 1970, Bulgarian title See also * * * KIT (disa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
