dr_jayhart
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Hi, has anyone used white plastic to colour the LOTUS letters on their back bumper like for your eyes only?
Jay
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Your very right this should be elsewhere my apologies.
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Yeah I get they are split rims but if you look at the smaller dished front wheel the barrels is different. See pic as comparison.
One has the outer barrel on top of the centre essex pic the ones i have the centre pokes through.
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So the 4 stud compomotives I have bought have arrived but the front ones have a 2 inch barrel instead of 1 inch and the centre pokes through. Any one else seen them like this before? May see if i can get the centre machined so i can fit a barrel like the essex ones. Any thoughts? Still toying with making up a 5 stud set tho rather than convert the hubs.
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So I’ve bought a set of 4 stud compomotive wheels for my 5 stud dry sump. Has anyone tried aluminium welding up the 4 stud holes and re drilling for 5 stud?
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Been talking to south west lotus centre and they are looking to get a company to re make oil pump belts. I’d buy 4 or more who else would? Give them an idea on numbers when they approach maker. J
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Thanks for that. A tensioner has been mentioned on a few threads but I have never seen completion of any of them. Neither can I find a decent picture or diagram of a dry sump to try to figure it out. Do you know of any? J
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I’m off to the nec tomorrow anyone been? Bumped into a chap who works on aircraft engines and we were talking about the whole oil pump belt shortage and he suggested fitting an electric oil pump. Anyone thought of this? J
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Just managed to get some 5 stud 120 pcd compomotive wheels which I think were bmw. Also some scruffy 4 stud esprit compomotives. Plan to swap the barrels for my 82 dry sump. Had the engine and the roof stereo now for the wheels.
Why were the compomotive centres milled out flat for the 5 stud I’ve seen?
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Just a thought is the offset etc the same for the bbs and the compomotive wheels?
Sorry to be clear. What I’m planning is to put 5stud centres into 4 stud barrels shouldn’t they just bolt on? J
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Just a thought is the offset etc the same for the bbs and the compomotive wheels?
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Don't know if its Malcolms old car picture attached. I have found 5 stud comps but will swap the barrels for some of a set of 4 stud i have just bought as the current barrels were for a BMW.
Jay
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Can we put mine on the register
White/champagne leather roof stereo soon to have compomotives.
number 1279
I know it shouldn't exist but lotus have said
"although the build book should be a wet sump it wouldn't be strange that it is a dry sump car as there are gray areas and anomaly cars out there. Always go with the engine in the vehicle"
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Thought I'd piggy back this thread. Been talking to a guy in Canada with some 5 stud compomotive cx500 wheels he posted on this forum a few days ago. pcd is 120. Was thinking of using the centres and getting barrels to make up a look a like set of compomotives. He says the centre hub size is 76 mm which looking at this thread will be an issue. I guess i could get someone to turn some rings to make the difference up?
Many thanks.
Jay
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Hi there I'd be very interested are they still for sale?
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I have a new belt too. But don’t know what my engine needs or what your + and - numbers mean is it numbers of teeth on the belt. Is there any way of looking too see what I need. All belts changed by sw Lotus in 2013 except oil pump as was not available. So nervous about driving it. Only had it 9 months. Can I see belt if it’s on a ramp ?
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Have found a company who may make dry sump oil pump pulley belts for those sizes not available any more. Problem is how can I count how big mine is can you do it on ramp or do I have to take belt off? If so is it engine out? J
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How easy to change? Engine out?
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How often do people change their belts? And what do you do for your oil pump belt. Mines more than 6 years old south west lotus centre couldn’t source one as no longer available. I have found a company who may be able to make some if enough interest is raised. Also another company who will make 5 stud compomotive replicas if we can get 5 orders.
Merry Christmas.
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so engine number matches build sheet from lotus. I’ve spoken to south west Lotus who rebuilt the engine in 2003 to the tune of £4600.00 they have always known it as a dry sump. The chief engineer who is rebuilding another dry sump today says a wet can’t become a dry fundamentally different engine and why would you? He has another dry sump in the garage who has had one owner but lotus says it’s a wet sump so records must be scetchy at lotus. So I’m comfortable with car being correct. Andy grayham says it’s foggy when the changeover happend could be middle 82. Non AC cars became wet sump before AC cars. AC cars were still built as wet until they sorted it out. Mines AC from factory.
Jay
Sorry AC cars built as dry.
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It’s in a picture earlier in post and on build sheet.
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Ok so just got into garage and engin number matches lotus build sheet. So it’s an original dry sump? If not I’m going after the seller.
J
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Reservoir right of engine no cam oil filler. J
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The plot thickens, what date and number is your car?
Compomotive CX500
in Suspension/Brakes/Wheels/Hubs/Steering/Geo
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So build so far. Should I black out where lotus milled the original wheels or keep?