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A very worthy project of this ignored but iconic sports car.


A few thoughts in no particular order.

Consider the 030 Solarbotics standard motor.....a short ff050. Increases possibilities for full sidewinder or low degree anglewinder.
1.5mm motor shaft and a 64pitch pinion bore? I have seen them but only 7 tooth at the highest tooth count
Some of the higher pitch pinions used a small bore but still low tooth count.
Parma and some others do make a 64pitch spur gear slightly less than 15mm with a 3/32 bore
Putting the motor on its side could compromise body clearance, as you said this is a small and low car.
Dont solder anything to the motor....use a plate and 4mm m2 motor screws....these small motors would lose some of there magnetism with that heat blast....plus being able to dismantle everything can help a lot.
Gear ratio on the 050 motors can be tall (as you already know), taller than 2.5:1 but the 030 motors like to rev so 3:1 is a good starting point for them.

aahh....that is about it for now except if you need some Lotus wobbly inserts in small diameters I could probably help.

Regards
John

Ps get out your jewellers loupe