Lotus Elan Central

by **Sy V** » Thu 18.08.2005, 16:47

Alan

You'll be glad to here that your judgement is as sound as ever. I replied to Paul via IM recommending TD and then read the latest offerings on this thread.
No more ES dumps for you as yet because, on opening my bonnet for the first time since reteurning from Hethel I was alarmed to see the engine bay very dirty and black deposits on the cross member of the heat shield at the front of the engine.

Finger probe revealed black substance to be soot (I did tell you I'd converted the Elan to run on horse droppings and Silver Birch chips didn't I?) :wink:

I had also said that I suspect a leak somewhere in the system because of the engine note change at above certain revs.
Looks like my mega turbo has blown the outlet to stiffy gasket (wastegate manifolf to turbo) A100E6098S.

by **Monty** » Fri 11.11.2005, 17:03

Had some Graphic`s made up today, just in time for stoneleigh

by **Doug** » Fri 11.11.2005, 18:00

cool

more pix please . . .

by **Monty** » Sat 12.11.2005, 11:23

Here u go Doug

by **Monty** » Tue 21.02.2006, 17:32

Not much has gone on with the car of late except the Samco hoses. Since i went with blue hoses i had to replace my red ones which were on the IC pipes and the vaccum pipes, also had to order a reducer for the pipercross 80mm to 70mm. The pipercross is now fitted but with out the air feed as i need to work out were to put this which i will sort when i replace my gearbox (if and when i get it back from quaife)

by **Paul.P** » Tue 21.02.2006, 18:22

This looks good Monty, presume its really similar to the Hurricane kit mentioned elswhere ?. Question, because the casing is smaller than the original one, will this flow as much air ?, or does it condense it more ?. I'm certainly interested in this sort of set up, but is it just for show, or is there any benifit ?

by **Monty** » Tue 21.02.2006, 18:37

I believe it`s similar to the Hurricane, this pipercross is £250 on there website :shock:

but i got it of ebay for £62 :-D

, the last one i saw on ebay went for £125. On there website there getting a 10bhp + with induction kits but these are NA cars but saying that IIRC they do one for the turbo esprit. For me, i`m going for the looks + it`s design to stay cooler than the engine bay.

Have a read of this:-

http://www.pipercross.net/viper_technical.asp

by **Rambo** » Thu 23.02.2006, 11:36

Monty,

Take these HP gains with a pinch of salt. I'm sure they don't just replace what's there originally with a shiny new Pipercross and get an instant +10 HP gain. I bet there's a bit of subtle tweaking/timing/tuning before they measure the increase in performance.

Call me a sceptic but...

Mark

PS BTW you need a new coolant expansion tank. That orginal one lets the rest of your nice shiny engine bay down. Reasonably cheap at SJS - about 20 - 25 quid for the tank and new cap IIRC but minus VAT and postage

by **pjohn151** » Thu 23.02.2006, 14:41

Re: Coolant expansion tank - go to Vauxhall and they are only £16 - every penny counts!

Phil

by **Monty** » Thu 23.02.2006, 17:29

Rambo wrote:Monty,

Take these HP gains with a pinch of salt. I'm sure they don't just replace what's there originally with a shiny new Pipercross and get an instant +10 HP gain. I bet there's a bit of subtle tweaking/timing/tuning before they measure the increase in performance.

Call me a sceptic but...

Mark

PS BTW you need a new coolant expansion tank. That orginal one lets the rest of your nice shiny engine bay down. Reasonably cheap at SJS - about 20 - 25 quid for the tank and new cap IIRC but minus VAT and postage

Mark,
I hope the peeps who pay £250 do get the extra 10bhp :shock:

Not sure if they`ll be any extra HP on a turbo thou

I know of one fell who use to be on here that when he dyno his car he also removed the air filter and got an extra 5 bhp

Would love to have a Ally expanstion tank but this would have to be done correctly to match the cap unless we mod one of a shelf.

by **DeeAitch** » Thu 23.02.2006, 20:09

Would love to have a Ally expanstion tank but this would have to be done correctly to match the cap unless we mod one of a shelf.

I think this might do it http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BAILEY-MOTORSPORT ... dZViewItem

by **Monty** » Thu 23.02.2006, 20:39

Good find dave,

That would look kool, but wonder if that cap would release the pressure the same as ours

by **Paul.P** » Thu 23.02.2006, 21:01

Must admit, it does look cool, are you gonna find out if it releases the pressure Monty ?

by **DeeAitch** » Thu 23.02.2006, 21:10

The Nova tank is the same as ours so the cap might be same

BTW just checked Baileys web site and the price is similar to e-bay so you may as well get it direct. I'm sure they could supply you with a 17.5 PSI cap if you ask nicely

by **John_W** » Thu 23.02.2006, 21:24

But you won't be able to see the water level. :smt017

Form? Function? :smt102

Or are we LotusEblingCentral now? :smt075

Or am I missing something?

John (standing in for the long lost Richard) :roll:

by **pjohn151** » Thu 23.02.2006, 21:45

The Vauxhall pressure cap is the same rating as the Lotus one, so if the Bailey tank is the same as the standard, then you will be fine.

Phil

by **F1 LOTUS** » Thu 23.02.2006, 22:00

John_W wrote:But you won't be able to see the water level.

Form? Function?

Or are we LotusEblingCentral now?

Or am I missing something?

John (standing in for the long lost Richard)

Add lightness!

(Unless it's a Oil Filler Cap :oops:

)

by **Monty** » Fri 24.02.2006, 11:39

pjohn151 wrote:The Vauxhall pressure cap is the same rating as the Lotus one, so if the Bailey tank is the same as the standard, then you will be fine.

Phil

Excellent, but i need my dosh for other things at the mo, hoping to get my gearbox back with the quaife fitted, AB gearcables, then fit the stiffy and hopefully have a 21/2" exhaust fitted all before Donny

John.W

Just look at the Bling badges on u`r boot LMAO :-D

All my bling is under the bonnet the body is staying standard (if u don`t count the stripes and decals :roll:

) and the interior is staying the same except maybe for different colored clocks.

ps u can take the cap of to check the water level :roll:

by **DeeAitch** » Fri 24.02.2006, 14:04

I'm not into Bling either - well I do have a few Stainless bolts / washers :shock:

- but each to their own. As for the water level my tank is so cloudy I have to take the top off as well

Anyway the Bailey cap is 19 PSI to "increase the boiling point". which is true - in fact that's really the point of the cap in the first place. I used to run old minis and even a Lotus twin cam without a pressure cap as the water pump leaked under pressure. Worked a treat in this shite climate! I'm sure the M100 can withstand an extra 1.5 PSI if everything is in good condition ;-)

Might even let us run a hotter stat to improve the heater :roll:

by **Monty** » Fri 24.02.2006, 18:30

When i was replacing my vacuum pipes i noticed a spout which was open with nothing conected to it and just looked at Dico`s engine and his has a rubber blank on it. Does any one know what this is for and would it effect the runing of the car?

Here`s a pic

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