The Lotus Grand Tourers

Just got finished with my Maserati video. I am planning to do one like it about my Excel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUj4TEZN8DE

Well, I don´t think they pcked it up for the video´s technical excellence.. :-) Good timing, silly idea and (at least in Finland) a very unusual car. A lot of exposure for Excel. People have been amazed by driving a Lotus in snow. A rough translation of the Top Gear lead in: "Santa Claus arrives in ...

Top Gear picked my Excel/Santa video as their lead christmas story in Finland.

http://www.topgearsuomi.fi/content/nain ... rikoisauto

3000+ hits and counting...

Lotus Excel, the practical family sportscar. Santa´s favourite transport!

Thank you for your kind comments. We just got our first snow, so I got the idea for a silly video. As I filmed it by myself in about an hour, it doesn´t have all the movie magic it could have. I will make a proper video this winter, but that will take more time and a proper video editor (mine is cur...

Showed it to my (nearly 5) grandson who stated "That's not the real Santa, that's a man in a Santa suit. The real Santa rides a sleigh pulled by Reindeer." I enjoyed it though. Many thanks and best wishes. That is a common misconseption around the world. Here in Finland, everyone knows that the Rea...

Was feeling silly, so I made a little video about Santa & his Lotus Excel..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqc8Vo3 ... BHKEqzPDFw

Merry Christmas!!

Ok, took the car to friends garage, and we measured the temperatures. When the temp gauge was at the first mark after 90, all the measured temperatures at the engine (expansion tank, radiator, radiator top hose, otter switch housing) were 82 deg or less. In conclusion. Me thinks it is the voltage st...

oh yes............the great thing is that no matter what i do to my Pacific Blue car it will never go pink.....................[/quote] http://donhasi.gmxhome.de/hjoo_gruebel.gif I do not remember, if we ever have had a sensible colour debate in the past http://forum.opel-speedster-club.de/html/emot...

Turned the otter switch downwards. Ran the car up to temperarure and after a short drive left it idling for a while. The fans came on at first marking after 90 degrees and ran for 45 seconds keeping the temperartue stable. I´m starting to think that now the problem is the voltage stabilator. I will ...

Btw, what is the temp gauge indicating when it´s on the first mark after 90 deg? The interweb says variable numbers.. 100, 115?

-Jani

^Have to try that tomorrow. Read about the Smiths gauge voltage stabilizers. My fuel gauge reads too high, could be wrong voltage?

-Jani

Is the otter switch fully in contact with the coolant? The metal pipe in which it is situated should be positioned so that the switch is at the side rather than on top of the tube. http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d21/chrisw2811/Excelcooling_zps229247d9.jpg Jep, it´s positioned to the side (toward...

Well the fault for the RHS fan not running was too stupid for words.. I had checked that all the fuses were ok, but not that all fuses are present! The RHS fan fuse was missing. Unsuprisingly it stared to work when I put a fuse in. Silly f***ing me... Now the problem remains with the trigger tempera...

MrCoolA wrote:welcome to the mad house.....

you dont have to be mad to reside here, but it helps.................

i also have an Excel with lacquer issues...........

Thanks.

If madness helps, I will have no problem whatsoever...

Well, just tried a 87/87 relay and still had the same problem. Hmm..

-Jani