The Lotus Grand Tourers

Hello! Lotus Excel- need to change head gasket. Is it possible to remove the whole inlet installation without removing the carbs? I bothering about the cooling hose connection between inlet manifold and waterpump. It is very tight. I looks like I cannot push the tube left or right. cheers! Maikel I...

Hi all, The image below is of a pair of F pipes that were purchased from a UK supplier as new, not used. They have been on the car about 9 months tops, but are showing signs of splitting already. Given they were about £40 each, it seems really poor quality, and they have not been moved since they w...

tezzan wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:07

And if you look up "What is the approximate torque loading of a screwdriver grip" it suggests 10Nm (7-8 lb/ft).

That's really giving it some!

Hawaiis0 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2024 20:13

Chap on facebook thread is using GPS as his gearbox drive is shagged. He's looking of the drive so seems not happy with GPS.

The cheap solution is a battery powered bicycle computer

bash wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:52

Has anyone any experience with a gps speedo they could share. Ive noticed on phone apps that they can be a bit lazy when accelerating hard.

Bash

No experience, but a long tunnel and a speedcamera sounds like a recipe for disaster

For reasons I'll go into elsewhere, I've had my rack rebuilt, but the main casing was beyond help, so it was rebuilt with a different second hand casing the company had kicking around. On collection I note it has isolation bushes pressed into the mounting points. For some reason, Lotus used two top...

The only other Way that came to my mind was the classical Method of getting the whole Drivetrain out through the Engine-Bay - but that definitely is a lot more Work. Once you've done it a few times (because Lotus ;)) pulling the engine/transmission is probably a lot more comfortable. Provided you h...

Dwaynem884 wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 07, 2023 16:20

I'm going with 6mm MDF, may be slight overkill, but the original masonite clearly wasn't up to the job

Don't, it will go wobbly pretty quick, it just isn't dimensionally stable if not perfectly dry.

See my v8 link from page 15 onwards. https://www.lotusexcel.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8397&start=210 Also andy did it to a standard excel. https://www.lotusexcel.net/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=12499 To be honest a combination of the two methods means you could do it without all of the kit from another car....

I hope those bonnet vents serve some actual practical purpose and are not just there for styling. My pet hate (well, the top out of many...) in current car design is fake features - chromed rings at the lower rear that don't actually have exhaust coming through them, Aston Martin style front wing v...

Would anyone know the weight of a completely bare Excel bodyshell? Stripped of all glass, interior, doors, bumpers, boot and bonnet. I need to move it from chassis to a dolly for painting. Wondering if 4 blokes can lift it - I think so but just wanted to check! Many thanks... Should work. Look up t...

Doc Si wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 15, 2023 06:47

Does anyone know where I might get a replacement clutch master cylinder?

'Toyota Carina 1984-1990 FWD 1.6 2.0 Clutch master cylinder Item no 290669189561. ADT33431 according to the spreadsheet I have

Andrew - thanks for this advice. It looks like the entire week (for me, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire), is looking much much warmer so was going to leave it to the end of the week (shed does get hot) so any moisture has come out (for the most part). No one is going to see it (especially after I've rapt...

If you really want to research this thoroughly, I keep seeing the same book being recommended: How to restore fibreglass bodywork, by Miles Wilkins. The book has a picture of an Elite on the front cover. It's available second hand on ebay, but it's very pricey (which makes me think it must be good)...

Today I have been investigating why my drivers side footwell filled with water in heavy rain when the car was outside last year. After spending some time in the lotus position in the drivers foot well while my partner sprayed the car with the hose pipe I found no leaks from the windscreen, wiper me...