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by **Monty** » Thu 13.09.2007, 19:12

Dico wrote:Nice pics

You're just teasing us with that turbo

Engine bay looks superb :wink:

and that turbo is just to die for :cry:

by **Ekapol** » Fri 14.09.2007, 20:14

Monty wrote:
Engine bay looks superb and that turbo is just to die for

Thanks Monty. I've just passed the CA Smog check this morning. Big relieve for me from worries

by **lotusgirlmarie** » Fri 14.09.2007, 22:14

.....and you were nervous that you wouldn't pass :oops:

by **Ekapol** » Sat 15.09.2007, 01:50

Just that it was my first time taking this car there without changing all the intake pipes to the original black rubber hoses.

And also I wondered how much the smog check gent would know about re-circulating the BOV :-D

by **Ekapol** » Fri 21.09.2007, 10:09

My 1000th post, Halloween season -- Pony Farm. :-D

by **F1 LOTUS** » Fri 21.09.2007, 16:21

Nice pic

by **GeoffSmith** » Fri 21.09.2007, 16:33

Is there something different? :smt017

by **Dico** » Fri 21.09.2007, 16:58

Front splitter? :smt017

by **Doug** » Fri 21.09.2007, 17:05

might have to change the name of the thread :shock:

looks mighty fine! :-D

by **Specky** » Fri 21.09.2007, 17:06

It took me a while....

But why is there a pumpkin truck in the background?

and why did you look?

Memory man

TTFN

by **F1 LOTUS** » Fri 21.09.2007, 19:38

There you go Ekkers - just for fun :roll:

by **Ekapol** » Sat 22.09.2007, 05:39

Holy cow Brian. :shock:

That looks pretty neat .. in a mean way. Very shiny too. Been thinking that the next respraying -- don't know when yet -- would be that shade ... deeper shade of green.

M101?

Love those black rims.

by **tigerdog** » Sun 23.09.2007, 00:06

F1 LOTUS wrote:There you go Ekkers - just for fun

Now that's some quality photo retouching. Nice one!

by **Doug** » Sun 23.09.2007, 03:34

I'm pretty sure those scoops wouldn't clear the engine though

but I like it -- where do we get the headlight units from?

by **F1 LOTUS** » Sun 23.09.2007, 07:44

It was all a quick photoshop job - the lights were just sketched freehand, but rest assured the dry-sumped-lowered engine leaves plenty of room for the top intercooler exit ducts :roll:

by **Ekapol** » Thu 27.09.2007, 08:09

Doug wrote:might have to change the name of the thread

Thanks Doug. Stripes will return. ;-)

Now I enjoy waxing the whole bonnet, staying low and off CHP's range... for a while.

by **rip** » Thu 27.09.2007, 13:06

Ekapol wrote:
Thanks Doug. Stripes will return.

Not the same without them.

by **Ekapol** » Thu 27.09.2007, 23:04

I agree.

Now more babbling...

Sweet dream I had lastnight... That I forgot to close my coolant tank and drove out somewhere. then it boiled up and there I had my coolant problem all over again....

Woke up this morning shaking my head... Must be Elan-crazy... :lol:

Later that afternoon ...

Stepped out from the company getting ready to jump in to my car heading back home, I notice some water stain coming from underneath my car... OK... might came from the other car... On freeway.. 1/2 temp scale all the way driving back home. Parked my car and saw the trace of coolant dripping all along my path....Heard the waterpump... sounded like it's pumping more air in the hoses.

WTH.. OK... I'll try to deal with it later tomorrow..

by **Ekapol** » Thu 27.09.2007, 23:08

Look what I found this morning on my 2nd new coolant tank :oops:

by **tigerdog** » Thu 27.09.2007, 23:20

Two questions:
Is that a genuine Lotus coolant tank or generic GM equivalent?
What's the vacuum tube/valve device in the background?
:offtopic:

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