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Chargecooler pre rad + fans fitted
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74mm pulley not quite and exact fit !
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So, right now the car is running. Not mapped , but running. Reason being injectors.
The lotus engineers for some reason use narrow injectors.
Narrow injectors don’t exist in today’s market. It’s proving hard to find anything that fits.
There is one company , but it’s OEM design and years behind modern tech.
Investigating some avenues.
However, car looks like this at moment.
The lotus engineers for some reason use narrow injectors.
Narrow injectors don’t exist in today’s market. It’s proving hard to find anything that fits.
There is one company , but it’s OEM design and years behind modern tech.
Investigating some avenues.
However, car looks like this at moment.
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Here are the end results :
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Things are going well on the exige. It must be about time for my luck to change. Taking the youngest to school tomorrow so it could be then.
Loving life with the loltus ( as its now nicknamed ) driving it loads ..
Loving life with the loltus ( as its now nicknamed ) driving it loads ..
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Best clean the car ..
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Fitted said vessel tonight. Not 100% happy with one of the clips, so I’ll get a jubilee clip for it as well.
Few pics
Hole where plastic one was
New one in and not leaking
Old one kicked to the kerb
Just been out in the lotus to return a non fitting windscreen wiper and all appears to be fine. Got stuck in some stop/start traffic for around 15 minutes and temps went upto 96deg C. Literally after getting into some clear, moving air they dropped down to 92 and then 88degC.
I did a short ( 4mi ) blast on the motorway and they went further down to 87degC which was sustained until the end of the run.
No leaks, so all appear to be good.
Few pics
Hole where plastic one was
New one in and not leaking
Old one kicked to the kerb
Just been out in the lotus to return a non fitting windscreen wiper and all appears to be fine. Got stuck in some stop/start traffic for around 15 minutes and temps went upto 96deg C. Literally after getting into some clear, moving air they dropped down to 92 and then 88degC.
I did a short ( 4mi ) blast on the motorway and they went further down to 87degC which was sustained until the end of the run.
No leaks, so all appear to be good.
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Milestone!
I cleaned the dash on the loltus on Sunday.
It now whooshes when I am gaining speed like a turbo when you lift. Its 100% at the front of the car, not the back.
Wonder what I have disturbed?
I have looked at the schematics of the s2 and I think one of the plastic pipes that is on the “heater box” has shifted a bit. I am going to remove the dash top and take a look*
In other news I have on yoko v105 which I have learnt are now OE tyres for the s3 exige base model.
I am curious how much extra grip I might get with a set of AD08R , or I have noticed that yoko now have the AD052 out which is their top of the line tyre..
Next day..
ooks like I am going to be getting some AD08R faster than planned.
The arse end drivers side has a flatty. Bugger.
Got a company to call tomorrow and Ill get them fitted ASAP.
Service on 22 MAR so a reassuringly expensive month
I am going to paint these two bits I think. Just undone the mounts. Car isn’t going anywhere for a few days..
k, had a spare 30 minutes at lunch so sanded them ( both plastic ) and panel wiped. Waited for the panel wipe to evaporate.
Heated the can gently with a lamp I have and repeat for the plastics.
Painted 3 coats to just before the point of runs and left the lamp near the paint in between every coat.
Left it 5 minutes between each coat.
Brought it inside to dry faster and it stinks. I am so dead when wife Bond comes home.
I’ll let it cure / dry for 3H and then stick in over at 100 deg C For 10 minutes.
Apparently wrinkle paint is a bit of a black art for if it wrinkles or not.
Still wet but looks like it’s forming
100% not in the oven baking while the wife is out ..
I cleaned the dash on the loltus on Sunday.
It now whooshes when I am gaining speed like a turbo when you lift. Its 100% at the front of the car, not the back.
Wonder what I have disturbed?
I have looked at the schematics of the s2 and I think one of the plastic pipes that is on the “heater box” has shifted a bit. I am going to remove the dash top and take a look*
In other news I have on yoko v105 which I have learnt are now OE tyres for the s3 exige base model.
I am curious how much extra grip I might get with a set of AD08R , or I have noticed that yoko now have the AD052 out which is their top of the line tyre..
Next day..
ooks like I am going to be getting some AD08R faster than planned.
The arse end drivers side has a flatty. Bugger.
Got a company to call tomorrow and Ill get them fitted ASAP.
Service on 22 MAR so a reassuringly expensive month
I am going to paint these two bits I think. Just undone the mounts. Car isn’t going anywhere for a few days..
k, had a spare 30 minutes at lunch so sanded them ( both plastic ) and panel wiped. Waited for the panel wipe to evaporate.
Heated the can gently with a lamp I have and repeat for the plastics.
Painted 3 coats to just before the point of runs and left the lamp near the paint in between every coat.
Left it 5 minutes between each coat.
Brought it inside to dry faster and it stinks. I am so dead when wife Bond comes home.
I’ll let it cure / dry for 3H and then stick in over at 100 deg C For 10 minutes.
Apparently wrinkle paint is a bit of a black art for if it wrinkles or not.
Still wet but looks like it’s forming
100% not in the oven baking while the wife is out ..
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quite happy with that
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Its tight in here!
Thats the reference part number - as found on a 2001-2004 Diesel (!) d4d Corolla.
Do you think something might have gone wrong here? This might have been my slight issue
Thats the reference part number - as found on a 2001-2004 Diesel (!) d4d Corolla.
Do you think something might have gone wrong here? This might have been my slight issue
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Car now has a years MOT.
AD08R fitted ( great tyres! )
My cheeky ginger fleabag cat sat on the car.
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AD08R fitted ( great tyres! )
My cheeky ginger fleabag cat sat on the car.
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I took my son to his drumming lesson this afternoon.
I went over the usual speed hump and it was accompanied by a loud ccccccrrrrrrrrrrkkkkkkk noise as something scraped over the hump. Must have been going too fast I thought so crawled over the next one.
ccccccrrrrrrrrrrkkkkkkk
Balls. Something is hanging low.
Threw him in the studio and went outside. My naca duct from the mid undertrack has tried to leave the car.
I was dead lucky that it was wedge and I simply maneuvered it out of the void. I got home, put the car on a jack and put it back in place. Whacked it with my hand and its back in place. How bizarre!
The weather has been great today and I planned on washing the car. It was slightly grubby but with still enough QD on it to make it look like this when it rained earlier in the week
I set to work with various lotions and potions and spent a good few enjoyable hours on the stone afflicted paintwork. Its never going to win an award for the paint , but it will do.
Quite happy with the results.
I went over the usual speed hump and it was accompanied by a loud ccccccrrrrrrrrrrkkkkkkk noise as something scraped over the hump. Must have been going too fast I thought so crawled over the next one.
ccccccrrrrrrrrrrkkkkkkk
Balls. Something is hanging low.
Threw him in the studio and went outside. My naca duct from the mid undertrack has tried to leave the car.
I was dead lucky that it was wedge and I simply maneuvered it out of the void. I got home, put the car on a jack and put it back in place. Whacked it with my hand and its back in place. How bizarre!
The weather has been great today and I planned on washing the car. It was slightly grubby but with still enough QD on it to make it look like this when it rained earlier in the week
I set to work with various lotions and potions and spent a good few enjoyable hours on the stone afflicted paintwork. Its never going to win an award for the paint , but it will do.
Quite happy with the results.
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I ❣ this car.
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Car is at RSTuning for toelinks ( spitfire ) and fuel pump.
Car is up on the ramp at RSTuning now
Looks like I have a weeping rear right shocker , small oil leak ( TBC ) and the aux belt is fraying.
I’ll get the aux belt done immediately , the oil leak investigated and the shocker sent away after Blyton.
There is only the clam to replace now and I have rebuilt the car
Car is up on the ramp at RSTuning now
Looks like I have a weeping rear right shocker , small oil leak ( TBC ) and the aux belt is fraying.
I’ll get the aux belt done immediately , the oil leak investigated and the shocker sent away after Blyton.
There is only the clam to replace now and I have rebuilt the car
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Couple of pics ...
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So the lotus have developed a character trait or fault as they are known in Renault parlance.
When I turn off the car sometimes it stays ignition live, sometime not.
Its a good game.
However, I have left the negative terminal on the battery finger tight and take off the wire if it wont go off.
Job , er jobbed?
Booked in for a nitron rebuild in a couple of weeks and some general housekeeping. Ill ask them to look at it then.
When I turn off the car sometimes it stays ignition live, sometime not.
Its a good game.
However, I have left the negative terminal on the battery finger tight and take off the wire if it wont go off.
Job , er jobbed?
Booked in for a nitron rebuild in a couple of weeks and some general housekeeping. Ill ask them to look at it then.
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Nitron just called. Looks like I am going to have to put some new springs on as well due to corrosion.
I knew I should have bought a new S2 ...
I knew I should have bought a new S2 ...
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Whooooooooooo 2 weeks since my op. I now have a great scar and hope to collect my car soon.
No idea when though.
Its going to need a full alignment as well, so I am going to take it to Dan at HPE as I want to talk about the setup I want. Last time on track it had all the front end grip and some that I wanted but the back end was a little unsettled. It was really unsettled under braking as well. I hope to get a progressive breakaway so I can feel the grip rather than have it stick and spit me off track which it did once in the most spectacular 180 spin and recovery that I have ever done .. )
No idea when though.
Its going to need a full alignment as well, so I am going to take it to Dan at HPE as I want to talk about the setup I want. Last time on track it had all the front end grip and some that I wanted but the back end was a little unsettled. It was really unsettled under braking as well. I hope to get a progressive breakaway so I can feel the grip rather than have it stick and spit me off track which it did once in the most spectacular 180 spin and recovery that I have ever done .. )