The Lotus Grand Tourers

Good result on the stick, an oil change is always worthwhile.

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Yes, its the best way to remove the whole assembly and the easiest. To get the head off you will need to take the right hand engine mount off and just take the bolts out of the left hand mount. This will allow you to push the engine across the engine bay far enough to get the head off.

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Size comparison, note the Elan hiding behind it.
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Heres what mine looked like.
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I will do my usual and see you all on the Sunday at Bamford.

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Had a very close look at the Notts lotus meeting yesterday. Its very well made and finished, and huge yes, but the owner also has a sensible Evora. The wheels and brake discs were enormous on thier own but I can see problems there eventually because they reported that most slowing down was using the...

Save yourself some money.

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Id agree with Stu. The nylon cup at the base of the gearstick disintegrates but it can be sorted from inside the car. Take the centre trim out and then undo the rubber cone under it you will find the gearstick is held in with 4 10mm bolts. Lift the stick out and see if the cups in one piece, it prob...

Wiper delay unit, Excel
Windscreen top trim on an Excel.
Foglights Excel.
Purgepumps later Excel.
Excel Door mirrors, both rubber rover type or Citroen type (+ markets for tvr, astons etc for same mirror for more income to ctl )

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Ive been using the speed on an old tomtom unit, and occasionally on a phone app because my speedo is out due to a new diff ratio. Both seem to lag well behind the analogue speedo when accelerating hard and catch up after a few seconds but I was wondering if a purpose made unit would be better, plus ...

This is the guy I used for rolling road tuning. Does alot of drag and circuit cars so is familiar with supercharging. I dont think you do fbook but he puts regular updates on what he has been doing that week.

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http://www.john-sleath.com/

Belting Pete, just belting !

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Im looking at this on the link, very similar looking to the standard unit, white and yellow numbers and just needs the bezel painting black. It can be driven by pulses or an extra bit can be added for gps.

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https://www.competitionsupplies.com/smi ... eedometers

Thats true, I will have to avoid tunnels

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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.

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