Yella Fella

[GeoffSmith]

(he's still installing the hood scoop, lambo doors, and fat can exhaust pipe)

Careful, you'll put him in hospital!

[nitroman]

Very well done! Two questions: how do you like the low-beams? And don't your high-beams feel incredibly wimpy now?

The car's still up on ramps, but I'll give you an answer in a few days. I measured the gap on each adjustment screw before I took the lamp assy apart, and reassembled accordingly, so very little aiming should be required.

[nitroman]

1/8" flat Al bracket to ensure that the plastic piece cannot warp. Warpage causes the majority of oil leaks here as the rubber O-ring then becomes canted within the channel, pulling it progressively out of contact.

[nitroman]

General statement here: I had not intended to replace many of my coolant hoses this week, but am noticing how even hoses on a seldom used car (16k) are nearly dryrotted. Obviously we've not had reports of people being stranded with burst hoses, but it is still bothersome to think about on any car still with the original hoses. I hope to stop short of replacing the BIG hoses this week! I actually am at a logical 'hose' stopping point now, but???

[Monty]

Matt, engine looks as clean as ever. Thats a good simple solution to the stupid plastic cover for the cam oil seal

[nitroman]

Which spark plug cover, silver, black or yellow?

[RichardK]

Easy one - Black!

[nitroman]

For now I switched back to a black blow-by cover with the silver spark cover.

The lower-temp (165F) thermostat works great with the low-temp (the lowest of the two Dickman switches) fan-switch. The fans come on at just under 1/4 and turn off very shortly afterwards. The temp stays right in the middle of the 0 - 1/4 range.

[GeoffSmith]

Easy one - Black!

[Specky]

The contrast thing works...either silver or black... Silver for me...

I think you've got a bit of corrosion there .... on the "O" in Lotus

TTFN

[GeoffSmith]

The lower-temp (165F) thermostat works great

Surely you mean 180°F Matt.

[tigerdog]

Silver +1

With the silver wires, BOV, etc. it just looks right. Nice job!

[lotos]

Wow, stunning. Thanks for the pics!



Anything but yellow for the plug cover... Maybe I'll take that off your hands and we can see how it looks on a stock-color engine.

[nitroman]

The contrast thing works...either silver or black... Silver for me...

I think you've got a bit of corrosion there .... on the "O" in Lotus

TTFN

Actually I freshly polished the 'O' but not the other letters (yet)!

[lotos]

For now I switched back to a black blow-by cover with the silver spark cover.

What is the blow-by cover?

[nitroman]

For now I switched back to a black blow-by cover with the silver spark cover.

What is the blow-by cover?

It's the cover on the little 'box' which the fuel vapors from the engine (there's a port in the cam cover) are scrubbed of oil before being routed back into the intake tract. In my 1st three pictures it has a yellow cover on it, afterwards a black cover.

BTW I'm leaving on Tues for surgery and probably won't back until the weekend.

[lotos]

For now I switched back to a black blow-by cover with the silver spark cover.

What is the blow-by cover?

It's the cover on the little 'box' which the fuel vapors from the engine (there's a port in the cam cover) are scrubbed of oil before being routed back into the intake tract. In my 1st three pictures it has a yellow cover on it, afterwards a black cover.

BTW I'm leaving on Tues for surgery and probably won't back until the weekend.

Ahh, I see it, thanks!

Good luck on Tuesday - I'm sure things will go well. Stay strong - the community needs you!

[max and andy]

Nitroman are the pipes the same as the ones Marie is doing the group buy with. Just painted with calliper paint instead of polishing. Max & Andy

[lotos]

Nope - they're from an outfit here in the states called Top End: http://racetep.com/lotus.html Their pipe utilizes a TurboXS brand blow-off valve, whereas LGM's is made for a GReddy BOV.

[max and andy]

I mean did he paint them and did they start off the same material as Marie's?