Lotus Elan Central

by **Dico** » Fri 27.01.2006, 20:10

Its out!

by **Monty** » Fri 27.01.2006, 23:21

LMAO

Honest guv it was n`t me who scratch your lotus :shock:

We want more pic`s.

:agree:

by **Dico** » Fri 27.01.2006, 23:29

Gutless

by **Paul.P** » Fri 27.01.2006, 23:32

Dico wrote: Dissembowled Beast

& will she never be the same again !

by **stevo** » Sat 28.01.2006, 08:45

look at that skinny wee exhaust pipe! needs sorting dico.

by **Doug** » Sat 28.01.2006, 09:00

at least he has all the wiring clearly marked to allow easy re-instalation . . . :roll:

looks like a lot of work for a simple oil change

by **Gazza** » Sat 28.01.2006, 09:56

Is this what an N/A looks like under the bonnet? :lol:

by **nitroman** » Sat 28.01.2006, 11:58

I am in awe of your tenacity. Not to underestimate what you've achieved, but now is the perfect time to tighten the drive belts, access the alternator or anything else you can think of, remove the exhaust to fit a "stiffy", and have the exhaust manifold Jet-Hot coated. Basically, the list never ever ends.

Congrats on having the guts or suitable quantity of beer to do what you've done! :wink:

p.s. - You don't suppose a FWD Northstar V8 would fit do you? :smt029

by **Monty** » Sat 28.01.2006, 14:34

Doug wrote:at least he has all the wiring clearly marked to allow easy re-instalation . . .

looks like a lot of work for a simple oil change

Actually there wasn`t to much wiring to disconect, but some were just difficult to get to. U`ve got the wires going to the coil side and the ones to the alternator, starter and think there was only one more going to a sensor. There was only 2 earth leads just above the alternator, which i thought there would be more

Then u`ve got the gear cables, fuel pipes and oil cooler pipes which were a pain to get to. If u`r going to remove engine and gearbox out in one go, remove the filter bin and it`s bracket as it`s dam tight to get out :evil:

Dico`s got alot to do, cleaning, rust treatment :roll:

waxoyl change all the belts. Things to be painted or blinged. but i think he`s already lost the will to get it done :-D

maybe ready for Donny 2007

Gazza wrote:Is this what an N/A looks like under the bonnet?

LMAO

by **Dico** » Fri 17.02.2006, 22:22

I have just removed the cast iron piece of cr@p (which was a job and a half, with the engine out!)
The stiffy is being sent away next week to be ceramic coated.
My question is - Could porting the wastegate to 20mm have any negative effect? (should i just do it to be on the safe side)
Its an easy job whilst the engines out.

by **pjohn151** » Sat 18.02.2006, 09:35

(Rant mode on)

Porting the wastegate IS the right thing to do. It is the wastegate aperture that is the major constriction in being able to control boost effectively. If you do not port the wastegate, then fitting the stiffy alone could potentially encourage boost creep due to the better flow characteristics. I am willing to be disproved on this, but as I see it the 16mm hole for the wastegate can only flow to a certain limit, and thus after that limit is reached, everything else goes through the turbo - which is uncontrollable, and hence we get boost creep. However below the flow limits of the wastegate, boost is controllable through the BSV. Thus there will be no ill effects to porting the wastegate as you will not be losing any boost.

(Rant mode off) :lol:

Phil

by **Dico** » Sat 18.02.2006, 18:56

Cheers cock. I'll go get me grinding stone

by **Paul.P** » Fri 24.02.2006, 18:06

Dico asked me to post pic of his nice newly painted cam-cover, think there's more bling going on in Manchester than we know of ?

by **Gazza** » Fri 24.02.2006, 18:32

Dico

Cam-cover looks excellent, come on then how much, who did it, how long did it take and what type of paint was used?

Cheers Gazza

by **Paul.P** » Fri 24.02.2006, 18:42

Gazza wrote:Dico

Cam-cover looks excellent, come on then how much, who did it, how long did it take and what type of paint was used?

Cheers Gazza

Gazza, i had a local bodyshop do it for him, same people that did mine. Time is really imaterial because we told them we were in no hurry, & they used 2 pack paint. They reckon theve done loads of these & never had a problem yet. Price was £50, as it was mettalic, its £40 for normal.

by **Enright** » Fri 24.02.2006, 20:10

That looks nice. Bit surprised that the Isuzu is still there, but that's just personal preference I suppose.

Hey Dico, I notice that when you removed the engine you split the exhaust at the front pipe, rather than (as I would have expected) at the next joint back. How tough were the nuts to undo?

I'm just about to change my exhaust and mine look rusted to cr@p. Did you have to use lots of penetrating oil/heat/excessive force?

by **Doug** » Fri 24.02.2006, 22:22

Enright13 wrote:That looks nice. Bit surprised that the Isuzu is still there, but that's just personal preference I suppose.

by **Costas** » Fri 24.02.2006, 22:43

by **Dico** » Fri 24.02.2006, 22:52

Cheers Paul

Neil, I suggest you have an exhaust/garage seperate your front pipe for you, unless you have access to oxy acetelene. I only managed to undo one of the three nuts, the other two broke at the stud.
I seperated it there as its being replaced with the stiffy so would have had to have been parted anyway.

Spent half an hour porting the wastegate this afternoon, 16mm to 20mm.

Isuzu? bit of a miscomunication there. But I'VE accepted it!

by **Dico** » Sat 25.02.2006, 07:50

project creep -

Having removed and painted the fan cowlings i've now decided to remove, de-rust and paint the radiator support mount (the long box section that the rad sits on).
I have removed the two 13mm nuts along the bottom edge, what next? Does the fiberglass protection panel need removing? (hope not, rusty looking screws

) What holds the rad on at the top, or is it possible to leave the rad in position?

Cheers

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