[Water methanol injection]

There are folks that have used water/methanol injection very successfully to combat high inlet temps.  Jason Suttle in the US used it on his higher compression 918 engine and made  a lot of power.  On the 918, the trick seems to be to avoid going too heavy on the flow rate and only start to progressively bring in the foggers from about 7psi.

It would be useful to consider some kind of IAT gauge when setting up the system.

[Chasing the holy grail of an Esprit Sport 350]

@ianeldy Your gorgeous S300 was the previously rebuilt lime green one, right.  So nice to see it back in the Norfolk Yellow.

Good luck with your hunt for a S350.

[Esprit Market Watch]

1 minute ago, Fridge said:

Have you read the description?

Doh.... I just scanned it.

[Esprit Market Watch]

The 2002 V8 is also missing the later style fibreglass and rubber front lip.  Only the rubber part is present...

[Esprit Sport 350]

Hand laid bottom half.  The lower half is really quite thin in places.

[Esprit Sport 350]

Yes, that is right.  You can see it on the paperwork that I shared.

It doesn`t have the lightweight body of the S350 or the carbon interior parts.

[Resurrection and development of V8 Project GT1]

SOLD !

[Esprit Sport 350]

1 hour ago, TpupNomad said:

Can anyone tell me if this VIN is an actual LHD Sport 350?  I ask because while it looks like one some of the bits don't match the description I've read online.  This is a European car and some of the docs refer to it as a "V8-GT".

SCCDA08291HD10253

 

This is not a genuine Sport350, but a V8-GT with cosmetic bits added.  I had a lengthy exchange with the vendor when it was first advertised.

[Resurrection and development of V8 Project GT1]

I will be leaving Germany at the end of December and will really struggle to take the car with me.

Having advertised the car some weeks ago, I find myself needing to move faster than planned.  I am very motivated to find a buyer asap, so if there is any interest please PM me and let`s see if we can do a deal.

 

[SteveV8s V8 (Big project in a tiny garage)]

I have re-used in the past Steve.  Torque it to spec. and bring a check of that bolt into your routine annual servicing.

[SteveV8s V8 (Big project in a tiny garage)]

7 minutes ago, lotuslover1 said:

hi,what role does that plate at the front play?

The alignment plate simulates the bearing support from the front cover so that there can be no bearing nip when setting the chain tensioning.

[PUK.de]

It is amazing to hear that people still spend tons of money with PUK.

[Cam belt schedule?]

2 hours ago, Thartje said:

They were more ambitious with the longevity of their cam belts in '97 it seems @mike_sekinger

The cambelt story for the US market was weird. I think that the dealerships ended-up taking a big hit related to belt changes due to the overly long service interval that was mandated.  Clearly the belts themselves were never intended for that tour of duty.

[Esprit Market Watch]

13 minutes ago, tomcattom said:

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/auction/15976125

Guide price seems quite low compared to some recent S4s auctions.

Why does this late S4s have the earlier chargecooler design?

[Cam belt schedule?]

The original UK owners manual states 36K miles or 3 yrs. There was a Service Bulletin in late 2000 that recommended the interval be reduced to 24K miles. This was not changed for the US market due to legislative requirements - but the whole cambelt servicing for US cars was done differently.

The 102K miles/8 yrs is for the fuel filter

[Crankshaft Timing Mark]

I always aim for the upper range for a new belt.  You should be absolutely fine with that.

[Crankshaft Timing Mark]

6 minutes ago, LotuStuart said:

I think the issue here is you, Mike.....

 

Yep.  I`m to blame for practically everything.

[SteveV8s V8 (Big project in a tiny garage)]

11 hours ago, Steve V8 said:

The service notes state to use loctite 243 to retain the front bearing, 243 is a medium strength thread locking compound, I have used it but just wanting to check, the service notes have made typos before.

Yep.  243 to secure the bearing

[Any Members from Hungary on here (I need a favour)?]

I`m in Germany if that helps.  Happy to post on if you need it.

[V8 Garrett T25 turbocharger]

Nice job.  That really is as far as you can go within the restrictions of the small frame.

[Crankshaft Timing Mark]

Yeah, but why do I need to specify the object in order to measure the vibration?

[Crankshaft Timing Mark]

.... but frequency is ... frequency - vibration, wavelength?

[Crankshaft Timing Mark]

I didn`t realise that you needed to calibrate your chosen machine prior to being able to measure frequency..

[Crankshaft Timing Mark]

I`m not sure why you are trying to calculate the freq.  I have fitted many sets of the Gates blue belts and always shoot for higher-up in the Lotus specified freq. range

- new belt tension 120 - 135Hz

[V8 4 Pot or 6 Pot Brakes ?]

It depends what hardware you have currently fitted.  If you have 4-pots on the front already, then moving those to the rear and taking 6-pot in the front brings benefits.  If you make this change in conjunction with an increase in disc diameter you will observe a big difference in braking performance.

Building a bracket to mount calipers on the rear trailing arms on not too challenging.