Project 'Sh4rk'

[desmondsee]

Thanks Costas! The prices seem about right over here as well. I intend to get the gaskets and maybe the pistons. Does DSP still sell?<br><br>I have just 3 words for you now...YOU DID IT! Cheers!

[lotos]

[quote author=Costas link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=360#365 date=04/18/05 at 17:42:36]<br><br>[/quote]<br><br>IMO this is the best angle an M100 can be viewed from.  Beautiful picture!<br>

[M6TT F]

great shots costas! - the greek landscapes look great! very twisty roads - a bit like the peak district over here (but its cold and wet here )<br><br>You should get a piccy of the shark infront of the mythos brewery - beer of the gods

[Game-on]

What can i say.....<br><br><br>Nothing.....<br><br>Well done f**king great car !<br><br>Gerome

[mark29]

[quote author=lotos link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=360#368 date=04/19/05 at 08:23:11]<br><br>IMO this is the best angle an M100 can be viewed from.  Beautiful picture!<br>[/quote]<br><br>i agree, the shark looks like a shortened diablo...<br><br>i must costas the car looks the bolloxs, those black BBS alloys just set it right off, well done...<br><br>any idea of the total in euros ??<br>

[Costas]

mkt29 more than 10.000Euros less than 20.000Euros (I hope?). I never added the costs actually.... If I did I wouldnt keep going on and on and on and on .......<br><br>Doug always enthusiastic  ;) ty buddy! The best is yet to come !!!<br><br>Desmond Greg told me a big YES. You can contact DSP and Greg at info@dsp-cars.gr<br><br><br>Once again Thank You all for the kind encouraging words.

[lotos]

[quote author=Costas link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=360#372 date=04/19/05 at 14:08:07]mkt29 more than 10.000Euros less than 20.000Euros[/quote]<br>Is that including the cost of the Elan??

[Doug]

uh -- no !!<br><br>Most of us by the Elan first, and then modify it !<br><br> [smiley=1poke.gif]

[nitroman]

Costas, might I suggest the black nose badge which I also put on my car?  I can't think of another Elan it would look better on!<br><br>http://www.lotusespritworld.com/EHistory/lotusbadge.html

[Costas]

[quote author=nitroman link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=375#375 date=04/19/05 at 22:43:52]Costas, might I suggest the black nose badge which I also put on my car?  I can't think of another Elan it would look better on![/quote]<br>Are you in my Mind?  ;D<br><br><br><br>Since last week that someone damaged my nose badge, I am searching the ebay on daily basis for a Black one (Black-Silver) or a JPS one (Black-Gold). Hopefully I shall manage to get one soon or at least sooner than the Mark Hughes Elan book  :'(

[desmondsee]

Thanks for taking the time to check with DSP Costas!<br><br>If i may ask 1 more question, did you get a standalone ECU replacement ? A piggy back ? when u run at 1.6Bar boost.. Also, did u need to change the Con-Rods?<br><br>Sorry for the barrage of questions...<br>Thanks!<br>ps: i will be contacting Greg of DSP really soon.

[Scott J]

Dico,<br><br>with the sunshine in greece guess Costas see's it reflected on many surfaces.   Unlike our chocolate brown/red salt winter Elans  >:(

[nitroman]

Lee Chapman Racing here in the states had a nice supply of black nose badges.  He is who I bought mine from.  Several others followed my post & purchased one from him as well, so I hope for you he still has some remaining.  Contact him & find out as the price then (which used to be listed as $50 & cost less than the standard badge; I know as I kept a screen-printout!) was truly reasonable.  I have a feeling he was sitting on a supply of them for many years which gathered dust in their factory boxes.  Purely speculation on my part but I am guessing earlier LECers either cleaned out his original supply -OR- caused him to rethink the VALUE these black badges really have, as he has removed his price.  He has been involved in racing Lotus cars for his entire life long though, and I imagine he has enough contacts to find you one.  Just my hunch.  Good luck, Matt<br><br>http://www.lotuselancentral.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=upgrades;action=display;num=1086402701;start=4#4<br><br>http://leechapmanracing.com/lotus51-61.htm<br><br>p.s. - if anyone else is thinking of acquiring one of these why not ask after Costas first to be sure he received his?  You will talk to Lee Chapman directly so if done in a timely fashion he will certainly remember shipping a black-badge to Greece.  Remember, it should be our duty to help Costas finish his black beauty at this point, as he has come so far on his own.  What say you men?  May we take a private oath on this?

[Nige]

Black nose badges were standard fitment on old Elans, +2s and Europas for a time in the late 60's and early 70's, I have one on my '68 S4.  Urban Myth has it that they commemorate the death of Jim Clark but as I say that's an urban myth.  However, I do not believe these are rare or unobtainable items, SJ sportscars have them listed at £45 each and I'm sure Paul Matty's have them as well.  The script (Sans Serif) is wrong for the M100 and the fixings are not compatible either so you are looking at drilling holes or glueing.  None of these are reasons not to fit a black badge, your car, your choice, but obtaining one should not be a problem.<br><br>Nige

[Scott J]

also pretty sure Club Lotus were selling them at Donny this year

[Costas]

Desmond<br>I have no idea what a piggy back is.<br><br>I havent gone yet to 1.6bar, you see engine "1000km smoothing" finished last week, I drove 250km at 0.5bar, another 100km at 0.8bar and now I am driving at 1.0bar for another 100km and I never go over 6500rpm. We keep postponing the dynoruns because we want to make sure 100% that everything is ok. We are checkin  fueling, all temperatures etc and so far everything is PERFECT even better from what expected. For instance from 40-200km/h acceleration at 1.0bar and with gearin at 6500 we were afraid that temperature at Turbine would rise up to 900 degrees yet it didnt even reach 700 while oil pressure was normal (I guess the second oil cooler does its job ). <br><br>1.6bar will be the dynorun boost pressure, after that I doubt its gonna be set over 1.3-1.4 considering the simultanous use of NOS.<br><br>The conrods were not changed but they were microbalanced, we used a jewllery balance and found differences between them of almost 5gr. Then found which one was weighting less and treated the 3 remaining at that exact weight. <br><br>Ask anything you want, my pleassure to answer all I know, after all it was LEC that enlightened me in many cases and encouraged me to keep going.<br><br><br>Dico<br>Seriously? too many times, my neck hurts <br><br><br>Nitroman<br>Mat thanks a million, your posts have always been of great help. I shall contact Lee Chapman first thing tommorow! <br><br><br>Elanman<br>Nige, that was news to me, thx, at least I dont worry now. I know that one way or the other I am gonna get one black badge.<br><br><br>ScotyJ<br>Thats one more reason to be ungry at myself because I missed Dony.... those rear lights..... but can you blame em?

[lotos]

I'd love to see more videos of your car, too.  It's really a work of art.

[Costas]

Last week I bought the domain name www.sh4rk.gr (gr stands for greece of course ) in order to upload all the videos we are gonna shoot and link them strictly with LEC only. I also rented a 10gb bandwidth per month and a 1GB storage space. <br><br>Happy?  [smiley=sorcerer.gif]<br><br><br>PS. By the way, when It will all be set up I shall give SY, Doug and a couple others password for LEC use if needed.

[lotos]

[quote author=Doug link=board=project;num=1102128446;start=360#374 date=04/19/05 at 22:35:53]uh -- no !![/quote]<br>For all I knew he bought an Elan for $3k and then spent $15k modding it.

[lotos]

That's awesome, Costas.   Looking forward to it.