The Lotus Grand Tourers

Hi all........... :D Has anyone seen the book yet please? Is there any engineering drawings of the Type 75/83 ? I have always wanted to see these drawings/plans and more photographs of the bodies being moulded and finished. The same few pics always come up on the net and in the known Lotus books. I ...

Nice to see someone got (nicked) my pic of my Elite at 0.25 secs on this youtube vid recently uploaded...............
regards,
DC.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4LQ6PTjJ0g

Happy New Year ! :D :D :D We had our 1987 Excel in use EVERYDAY ( over eight years ) and apart from a preventable cam belt failure (long story but previous owners garage never did that properly), the car was as reliable - if not more so in some cases - than most 'moderns'. :D In my opinion get the l...

HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR TO ALL FELLOW LOTUS NUTS..........

HAVE A GREAT SEASONAL BREAK AND MAY YOU ALL EXCEL AT EVERYTHING YOU DO IN AN ELITE WAY IN THE NEW YEAR !

HOPE THERE IS LOTS OF CHOCOLATE ON YOUR CHRISTMAS ECLATS...............

regards, DC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FozXHG1rpqw

JayEmm was responding to another member of thelotusforums.com posting of this Youtube vid.

best regards, DC.

'' It's a weird car. One of the 7 weirdest cars in the world? Not by a long shot. I am afraid the Elite and the Europa are the two Lotus I may never love. I just can't get on with the looks of them. In truth I'm not a big fan of the S1 Esprit either. '' QUOTE ON THELOTUSFORUMS BY JayEmm. :twisted: :...

Yes thank you very much for that. I did think the same. I can remember having a problem with an MG BGT I once had - and it was simply the weights as you say needed freeing up. very best regards. DC.

many thanks for you help. the guy who tuned it also put on his report about the wear etc in distributor so im guessing he must be right. when ive used a timing gun it appeared normal. the fuel pump pressure seems fine. no doubt the carbs need rebuilding. i think i need to remove the dizzy and look i...

thank you very much. i was hoping someone knew. they did seem just too cheap and after all, it is one of the most important parts to get the car running ! :wink: i think i will take the original out of my Elite and investigate it more fully and go the recondition way with my present dizzy. thank you...

thank you for your replies. it is the original elec ign dizzy with no vacuum on the S2.2. i am looking to replace due to wear. ( please see beginning of thread ). my query is has anyone bought one of these apparently very cheap new ones off Ebay or should i send my original for reconditioning? best ...

hi everyone......... has anyone bought or used one of these please.............. ? ( for a 1981 S2.2 Elite - electronic ign ). http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lotus-Esprit-Elite-Eclat-43D-Electronic-Distributor-/170650300574?hash=item27bb8cf09e:g:0TwAAOSwmLlX~mO0 they advise they are NEW and not recon uni...

semper autem videtur contentiosus ?

it is interesting............my S2.2 Elite is indeed an auto. frowned upon by some but much in character of the car i think. i also find it interesting that automatic transmission is not seen as driving or sporting in such cars - ironically F1 cars have had auto systems and most top performance cars...