The Lotus Grand Tourers

Here a few pics when I took the engine out. I will take a few more pictures later from the cleaned parts. https://www.lccf.fi/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/default_attachments/1658902585-Excel-1.jpg https://www.lccf.fi/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/default_attachments/1658902703-Excel-3.jpg https://www.lccf...

Ok then I wonder what was the mod Mike made to my oil pump assembly? A stiffer spring maby or what? Anyway to thread an restrictor makes sense to me so that one will be done. I guess it would also make sense to try to seal the whole pickup line good too to negate it from sucking air and hench not le...

Tanks will definitively look into that. Where does the restrictor go? Mike mentioned some modification on the oilpump/distributor assembly that was suposed to rice the oil pressure that he allready made on the assembly when he rebuilt it, but I did not see the difference in pressureafter I assembled...

I have ordered the whole schabang, that includes new bearings New inliners new rings Secondhand good HC pistons New lifters cups nd clutch. The old engine block is mesured to be in spec All the componets been alredy cleaned with dry iceblasting. I will still check the valve guide play (The valves he...

I decided to strip the engine on the Excel to get to the reason of the slightly high emmissions. I also gathered that the oilpressure was on the lower side. Well bearings showed signs of wear so that was half but thepistons liners and valves are all ok so the reason for the high unburned is still un...

I do not have that on the Excel but the Esprit already have that in the gutter, strange that the excel is the quieter one of the two. I had the door open to lubricate the electric window assembly and the inner plastic inside the door was pretty perisched and I thoght that might have some influance. ...

Now it sounds like it should, no ratles from the exhaust and no squeeks from the timing bearing. So now I notised that the doors whistle a bit much to my liking, any ideas what to do to those?

Now the timing gear on the Esprit is back togather and I have an appointment with my stainles steel welder to get the ratling exhaust sorted tomorrow. Next I will renew the fuel lines. Still have to figureout why the heater fan blows the fuse. Today I got the fronk latches repaired. Thehanger mechan...

Ok wher do I find these documents are the awailable online? Is there a list of changes to the engine and when they occured. Can one identifye the different engines purely on externals like cambelt pulleys etc. The only andwer I got so far thatwas not much is red covers should be HC but e. g. does di...

I am trying to learn to identifye the different engines and the cam covers confuse me. My esprit has the camcovers that I would say are older without the big hexa bolts and my Excel has the newer with the hexabolts. When did this changeofficially, I asumed it should have already changed for the Espr...

The seller sayd that all the tensioner and belt came from Paul Mattys sport car. Has anybody else stumbled on this? I did now order a new one from Lotusbits not knowing if it is any better. Mike claimed they are good and come from italy wich in my book is a bit of contradiction but better than china...

I lifted the rubberlip seal on the old bearing and the ammount of greace was pretty small if any. So I suspect the bearing has come from the part suplier more or less dry or with inadequet lubrication.

This was alegedly changed 2 years ago and 3000 km 2000miles before and the car was kept in warm garage the previouse owner stated that the noice came a few hundred kilomeeter after the belt change. So either the guy making the change did not change the roller or he ruined it in the instalation proce...

Strange is that the seller said that it was changed 3000km ago. So or so this one was making a hell of a squil. even when rolled with the fingers.

With the belt offcource