Project 'Sh4rk'

[Monty]

Costas,<br><br>Since i`ve got an open air filter now, i`m considering of doing the cold air feed to the filter as u have done (below). Is it poss u could get a pic of the pipe from under the car? just want to see how u`ve done this + how u stop s**t/dirt getting in to the pipe  :-/<br><br><br>

[Costas]

[quote author=_Monty_ link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=345#349 date=04/06/05 at 09:02:37]Costas,<br><br>Since i`ve got an open air filter now, i`m considering of doing the cold air feed to the filter as u have done (below). Is it poss u could get a pic of the pipe from under the car? just want to see how u`ve done this + how u stop s**t/dirt getting in to the pipe  :-/<br>[/quote]<br><br>Sure thing Monty. I need to lift the car though, so I have schedulled dynoruns either this Saturday or Monday and I shall take the needed pictures for you just before that. I have to tell you though from my experience that the heat shield that I installed that seperates Cold Air Intake from Engine area is VITAL, do it and you ll never regret it, trust me.

[lotos]

Costas - did you end up scrapping the hood intake and just go for cold air from under the car?

[Costas]

[quote author=lotos link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=345#351 date=04/06/05 at 19:27:07]Costas - did you end up scrapping the hood intake and just go for cold air from under the car?[/quote]<br><br>Yes, the stock "mouse trap" filter box gets airflow from beneath. We got rid of the mouse trap but maintained that route and we installed a second one to increase the air flow towards the Cold Air Intake. <br><br>As Marrie wisely noticed it is more urgent to lead the hot air out of the engine bay than increase the fresh air towards the engine bay, therefore no intake vents were made on the hood and remains to decide if an outake vent is needed. That will be decided after some hard use during summertime. So far all the instruments readings are perfect...<br><br>Costas

[Monty]

[quote author=Costas link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=345#350 date=04/06/05 at 10:16:14]<br><br>Sure thing Monty. I need to lift the car though, so I have schedulled dynoruns either this Saturday or Monday and I shall take the needed pictures for you just before that. I have to tell you though from my experience that the heat shield that I installed that seperates Cold Air Intake from Engine area is VITAL, do it and you ll never regret it, trust me.[/quote]<br><br>Thanks Costas, no rush on those photo`s. The shield  you have that seperates the engine from the filter what is iy made off? Look forward to u`r Dyno results. <br> ;D

[Costas]

[quote author=_Monty_ link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=345#351 date=04/07/05 at 08:49:22]The shield  you have that seperates the engine from the filter what is iy made off? [/quote]<br>Its plain metallic painted black, not aluminium, and it has a rubber shield attached round the edges . It is screwed at 3 spots at the base of it that is corner shaped.<br><br>You can paint yours red and add some colour flavour! I ll post some pictures ASAP. Best one I have uploaded up to now is this one<br><br><br>

[F1 LOTUS]

Okay Costas...I give up!<br>What is that thing on the corner of your camcover with a little Lotus badge?

[Costas]

The Manual Boost Control? <br><br><br>It was posted at page 4 of this thread... <br><br>

[Monty]

Its plain metallic painted black, not aluminium

<br><br>Costas, what do u mean by metallic? Is that just mild steel painted black  ???<br><br>Nice Bleed valve by the way  ;D

[Costas]

Monty its a Steel Plate of 1mm thickness (had to ask how to describe it )<br>Sometimes my english make simple things seem hard to describe :-/

[Costas]

Drove 800km with no NOS or Turbo, at under 4000rpm. Was supposed to do dynoruns today, but Greg insisted on driving another couple of hundred kms before going for +1.5bar boost and dyno runs. His opinion is my command so dynoruns postponed for another week....   :-/<br><br>My bad luck continues, today I saw that someone had damaged my hood Lotus badge  :'(, perhaps while trying to steal it? Oh well, theres the chance to replace it with a Black one  ;)

[TommyK]

Costas,<br>You and your crew are Gods walking among men... I finally had the chance to catch up with this thread and have been left absolutely speechless. I only wish that I had a friendly neighborhood Lotus shop that I could take my own Elan to. Keep up the good work with the posts and the car both.<br>TommyK

[desmondsee]

Hi Costas,<br><br>It's great to read someone has finally got the custom gasket and pistons with 1mm overbore. I have written earlier in another thread but wasnt to successful.<br>May I ask the price of these? I would like to consider these if it's not too prohibitive.<br><br>Thanks a heap!<br>Yes, i will be spraying my car black too

[Costas]

[quote author=Desmond See link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=345#359 date=04/16/05 at 01:33:47]It's great to read someone has finally got the custom gasket and pistons with 1mm overbore. I have written earlier in another thread but wasnt to successful.<br>May I ask the price of these? I would like to consider these if it's not too prohibitive.[/quote]<br><br>Desmond, if my memory serves me correctly, the JE Pistons were about 900 Euros (Including USA import tax & Greek VATax) and the DSP Gasget was about 200-300 Euros but consider its specially made to handle with ease Turbo Boost Pressure of over 1.6bar and custom made to fit the 1mm wider JE pistons. You need to treat the Engine block accordingly as well for the pistons to fit.... [smiley=light_bulb.gif] <br><br>TommyK thx for your so kind words, we will keep trying for a better result until my pockets dry out  [smiley=why_me.gif] or the engine shows a finger to me  [smiley=fingers2.gif]<br><br>Roumors for a bigger IC and 8000rpm remap are not yet confirmed  [smiley=notsure.gif]<br><br><br>

[Costas]

While waiting for the dynoruns I arranged a Photo shooting by my good friend and pro Photographer Burzum. The pictures will be posted within next week. Prior to the Photo Shooting, Sh4rk recieved a 5+ layers of polishing and waxxing and the result was stunning.<br><br><br><br>Now, keep in mind that this picture is indoors under very poor lights and see how the technician is mirrored on the hood and consider the low quality of todays pictures since I didnt have my own camera with me, imagine that shot at outskirts under sunshine!<br><br><br><br><br>PS. Must thank Konstantinos, for his great help today  ;)

[Doug]

[smiley=thumb.gif] simply beautiful [smiley=thumb.gif]<br><br>can't wait to see all the results

[Costas]

Over 100 photos shot allready in first cloudy session and remain 3 more sessions, one under sunshine, one of the engine, and one on racing circuit.<br><br>A sneak preview of the first Photo Shooting session done by Burzum! <br><br>The original size of all the photos is 1840x1232 and 1 Mb big, but we shrinked them to 800X and 0.2 Mb to help loading of forum pages despite the fact that the quality of the photographs is minimized.<br><br><br>Shark overviewing Athens!<br><br><br><br>Pac-man Sh4rk<br><br> <br><br>Sh4rk on City Motorways Homeground<br><br><br>Sh4rk on Mountain curlyroad Homeground<br><br><br><br>Even on a cloudy-rainy day, clouds do mirror-ize on Sh4rk's hood! <br><br><br>Many more to come! <br>

[Doug]

AWESOME, COSTAS !!<br><br>You are the Man !!  [smiley=thumb.gif]  [smiley=thumb.gif]  [smiley=thumb.gif]  [smiley=thumb.gif]<br><br>I vote for an all SH4RK calendar  ;)<br><br>I like the one with the hoodlum at the wheel   <br><br>I've found the next Elan of the Month too !!!

[Costas]

A few more!<br><br><br>Vrouuuuuuum!<br><br><br><br>Hello Sh4rk!<br><br><br><br>Where is that "rear of the year" thread again?<br><br><br><br>A dream come true!<br><br><br><br>Frontal assault!<br>

[Doug]

As Meg Ryan said in "When Harry Met Sally":  "Yes, yes, yes . . . . "   ;D<br><br>CLICK HERE<br><br>Who needs porn with these great new pictures   ;D<br><br>keep them coming -- they are fantastic<br><br>where do I sign up for the "SH4RK Fan Club"  :-*