Project 'Sh4rk'

[lotos]

[quote author=Costas link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=315#325 date=03/25/05 at 10:54:34]<br><br>[/quote]<br>Is a cigarette ashing into an engine bay a good thing?  

[Monty]

[quote author=Sy link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=315#326 date=03/25/05 at 12:27:22]Just my bit towards Greko-Turkish relations...<br><br>[/quote]<br><br>LMAO  [smiley=rofl.gif]

[Costas]

[quote author=w@ntonsoup link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=315#327 date=03/25/05 at 13:11:02]Is a cigarette ashing into an engine bay a good thing?   [/quote]<br>You are an eagle eye arent ya?  :P<br><br>Anyways thats Greg and that engine bay is his creation, his baby, he is developing and working on it every single day for the past 3 months Enough said...  :-X<br><br><br>Oh and SY? ..... I am gonna kill you for that!  [smiley=dark2.gif]<br><br>I am only J/K of course... I ll just race ya! [smiley=big_teeth.gif]<br><br>Costas<br><br><br><br><br>

[LXADO63]

I would like to know how the wiring is done when switching to the elise/esprit tail lights.  Is it as simple as plugging in your existing sockets into the new lense housings?  Are the wiring harnesses compatible- or does it require a lot of custom wiring? thanks.

[Costas]

[quote author=LXADO63 link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=330#331 date=03/28/05 at 06:40:06]I would like to know how the wiring is done when switching to the elise/esprit tail lights.  Is it as simple as plugging in your existing sockets into the new lense housings?  Are the wiring harnesses compatible- or does it require a lot of custom wiring? thanks.[/quote]<br><br>It wasnt a "plug & play" thing, it did need of some wiring but not something messy or scary. The DSP guys did like 15-20 minutes to do the wiring. If you want I could a take a picture of the wiring, if that helps in any way.<br><br>Anyways, here is a picture for comparison <br><br><br>

[M6TT F]

seems greece got it's unfair share of black elans then

[Doug]

thanks for the comparason picture  ;)<br><br>sure looks nice next to the usual rear end!

[LXADO63]

Costas:<br><br>If you could take a photograph of the wiring it would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

[lotos]

I'm sure I'm not alone when I put in this request for more video and pics of this beauty!  Great job!  I'm anxious to hear what sort of performance numbers (0-60, ET) you're getting now (without nitrous)

[Peter_W]

[quote author=Doug link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=330#334 date=03/28/05 at 09:14:26]thanks for the comparason picture  ;)<br><br>sure looks nice next to the usual rear end![/quote]<br> [smiley=agree.gif]<br><br>

[Costas]

First of all Peter W's left part of signature picture is the best image posted in this thread!  ;)<br><br>w@ntonsoup this Monday I am doing Dyno runs and soon after will video some track use of the Sh4rk, and of course the little Diablo thingy  ;) (there are 3 small videos in previous posts on this thread though allready)<br><br>LXADO63 will do so tomorrow  ;D<br><br>M6TT_F Amazingly, tiny Greece has about 30 Elan S2s and another 100 SE, no NAs.<br><br>Doug call me crazy, but I like both rears perhaps the same for different reasons, the fact is that the Esprit one makes Elan look younger  8)

[LXADO63]

Costas/lotus Girl Marie:<br><br>The lotus dealers I have contacted have only the elise s2 light assemblies (lense and housings) in stock- these do not include the sockets.  Did you order the sockets as well or did you modify the existing elan wiring to work with the new lights?

[M6TT F]

[quote author=Costas link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=330#338 date=03/28/05 at 12:02:06]M6TT_F Amazingly, tiny Greece has about 30 Elan S2s and another 100 SE, no NAs.<br><br>[/quote]<br><br>Tiny?!?! - depends if you count all the islands <br><br>Seen a couple of elans on various greek islands over the last few years.

[Costas]

[quote author=LXADO63 link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=330#339 date=03/29/05 at 09:46:14]The lotus dealers I have contacted have only the elise s2 light assemblies (lense and housings) in stock- these do not include the sockets.  Did you order the sockets as well or did you modify the existing elan wiring to work with the new lights?[/quote]<br>The Lotus Elise MK2 rear lights are the same with the Lotus Esprit V8 rear lights, I just use the expression "Esprit lights" rather than Elise lights because the panel is an Esprit Look pannel as well like it would have been built at a supposed S3 Elan M100, and has nothing to do with Elises. <br><br>DSP installed the lights by modifying the wiring but it was not a hard job. Must mention that the socket of the Elan remains intact because at anytime I can reverse the rear look to stock look since the rear pannel is screwed on and not glued on.<br><br>Here is how the installation looks from the inside, exactly like the stock lights one.<br><br><br><br><br>A picture of the wiring taken from the side<br><br><br><br><br>A picture of the wiring taken from the top<br><br><br><br><br>Hope it helps!<br><br>Costas

[Costas]

Final adjustments were made on Nitrous today since dyno day is coming [smiley=big_teeth.gif]<br><br>A new NOS Switches pannel was created to include the NOS bottle warming blanket switch, then we set the NOS shot at 75hp even though we did think of setting it to 100hp (150hp shot was out of the question  [smiley=cussing.gif]). We hope we manage a 325hp without the NOS and a total of 400hp  [smiley=yikes.gif]  with the use of NOS (God help us! [smiley=help.gif])<br><br>The switches (all with safety on) go like this<br>Top left is the Purge valves button<br>Bottom left is the NOS bottle warming blanket button<br>Middle is the NOS bottle electrovalve switch<br>Right is the NOS circuit activation switch<br><br><br><br><br>And with all safety off<br><br><br>

[Costas]

Bad news today...   [smiley=sick.gif]<br><br>I had Sh4rk parked outside of my office downtown Athens. A few hours later an old Taxi driver in his Big Mercedes tried to park in front of me but as he said "I didnt see your car in any of my rear or side view mirrors, this devil thing is like a lizard!" and he only stopped moving backwards when he heard "Crrrraaaaackkkk" from my front bumber....  [smiley=po.gif]<br><br>Not a big damage, but it feels terrible since I spent months on transforming Sh4rk to "a dream come true" project and had also done a fresh coat of paint job a couple of weeks ago  [smiley=sad2.gif]<br><br>Now I have to fix-repaint the bumber and lose "braindamage time" with insurances to collect the cost of the damage. Thank God the Taxi driver did make a statement admitting full responsibility and honestly apologised to me  [smiley=sorry.gif]<br><br>Oh well.......... s**t happens....

[Monty]

Thats a Sh*tter, what a total D**k  >:(<br>How can u miss M100 in u`r door mirrors it`s wider than u`r average car  :-/<br><br>Costas sorry to hear the bad news to u`r Baby Shark, hope all goes well with the insurance.

[Fubar1764]

Costas,<br>My hats off to you for your composure! I'd have gone ape-sh*t on the taxi driver and given him a good suing!!! [smiley=badass.gif] Well, it's nice that he did apologize and stay around for the statement. Mixed blessing, I suppose.<br>Onto more pleasant things. . .I love your sense of humor with the NOS! Safety switch to prevent accidental arming of NOS? Brilliant! Your work on Sh4rk is only outdone by your sense of humor. Since I have no hat to take off anymore, my toupee to you!  [smiley=bow.gif]

[Costas]

[quote author=Fubar1764 link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=330#344 date=04/05/05 at 14:07:07]Safety switch to prevent accidental arming of NOS?....[smiley=bow.gif][/quote]<br><br>Mostly from my co-passengers who like to "play" with switches  :o or from someone to whom I would give Sh4rk for a ride  ;)<br>

[Fubar1764]

[quote author=Costas link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=345#347 date=04/05/05 at 23:58:23]Mostly from my co-passengers who like to "play" with switches  :o [/quote]<br>May I suggest an ejection seat? I understand the U.S. Air Force has plenty of surplus you may purchase for a song!  [smiley=stirthepot.gif]<br>