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Originally Posted by zefarelly
40 DCOE's were fitted to the first Cosworth 105E engines, in Lotus 18's, Jan/Feb 1960
I guess that was a floodgates moment in more ways than one.
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I wonder if changes in the UK import duty system at this point in time promoted the use of Webers,
quite apart from the making more power
I remember reading in the history of the Climax V8 F1 engine and early FPFs that the cost import duty on the pricey 58 Webers did hinder development.
does anybody have detailed knowledge of applicaable import duty levels
a short google reveals the import for cars into the UK was a staggering 30 %, so one wonders who imported a Renault or somesuch (France was the leading exporter to the UK at that time) with that kind of premium attached-
RudE