The Lotus Grand Tourers

I cant find my original post on this, but from memory I think it was the V6 one.

Bash

Well, as some of you may have guessed from my posts elsewhere that it hasnt been all tea and biscuits lately. I was still having problems with the 4 barrel weber carb, fuel dribbling down the venturis causing very rough running and an inability to tick over. The carb is brand new, at least it was wh...

Well, as some of you may have guessed from my posts elsewhere that it hasnt been all tea and biscuits lately. I was still having problems with the 4 barrel weber carb, fuel dribbling down the venturis causing very rough running and an inability to tick over. The carb is brand new, at least it was wh...

The rad cap and bleed are in a different posn on yours, otherwise it all looks the same as mine and I know all the bits connected to the system are good. Id just come to the conclusion myself that I was going to change that for a TVR arrangement with a swirl pot system. Fingers crossed.

Bash

Cheers for that I'll have another look. Was there a link to your thread ?

Bash

Cheers, thats one off the list then. As you have guessed, its not going well at the moment. After sorting out the float heights its still running like a dog, mainly because its dribbling fuel from the venturi booster horns in the primaries, so it wont tick over. So its off with the carb again cos su...

Im sure its in the 'book' somewhere, but I cant see it, does anyone know what pressure the standard SU Excel se pump runs at ?

Bash

Cheers, I'll give that a go.

Cheers, I'll give that a go.

Cheers everybody. Im going to get the timing etc sorted today, the oil level hardly moved from the dry fill up so all my prep seems to have worked. Incidentally, I sat the oil filter upright on my bench and filled it with oil prior to fitting, an hour later I had to do it again. I left it overnight ...

Cheers everybody. Im going to get the timing etc sorted today, the oil level hardly moved from the dry fill up so all my prep seems to have worked. Incidentally, I sat the oil filter upright on my bench and filled it with oil prior to fitting, an hour later I had to do it again. I left it overnight ...

Woohoo !!!! red letter day, fired the car up for the first time, sounds cool and not too loud. Still needs tuning to get it to run right but I had to vacate the garage after all of the paint and stuff burnt off the exhaust. A couple of weepy joints on the oil lines need a fettle too, but otherwise I...

Woohoo !!!! red letter day, fired the car up for the first time, sounds cool and not too loud. Still needs tuning to get it to run right but I had to vacate the garage after all of the paint and stuff burnt off the exhaust. A couple of weepy joints on the oil lines need a fettle too, but otherwise I...

didnt have much luck the following day either, lumenition module playing hard ball this time. I will get it started soon hopefully.

Bash

didnt have much luck the following day either, lumenition module playing hard ball this time. I will get it started soon hopefully.

Bash