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1 hour ago, JonSE said:
Lovely idea to maybe get a few of these cars together once we all finish them?
Funny I had the same thought when reading through your thread. I also noted I had been there before in another life as evidenced by likes I left 😂
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22 hours ago, JonSE said:
Image below of my saggy you know what…...saggy tax disk holder! Gotcha.
I'll go check now but do you have a build thread on your car? Interested to see.
I was only having a conversation with Pete from PNM Parts on Friday and they do a linkage upgrade kit for the S1 & S2. It's a kit of uprated bushes that are heat and oil proof and just slightly stiffer, but retain a subtleness important to prevent resonance and vibration coming back to the gear lever. The components of each bush seemingly click together too so that they're secure once in. I have ordered a kit.
I read an owner in another thread who said that his brother insisted on the rose jointed upgrade kit for his Esprit, while the posting owner rebuilt his own Esprit with standard items and found his brother's car unpleasant to drive for the harsh gear change.
EDIT - Found your build thread. Great stuff
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Cheers Jon, I saw your gear lever story in another thread when I was scrounging around for intel. I'd me more of a mind that yours got some sort of heavy knock in it's past so was weakened. Or are you just super strong?
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Hard at work on 458G. I managed to get the gear shift assembly 75% dismantled, I stopped shy of going max effort on the centre pin lest I broke anything. Far as I can tell the forum has one pic of a disassembled unit, but no real info other than 'drift the pins out'. I'm probably just being too cautious, but anyone done it recently?
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Yes, yes! photos!
especially interested in how the alcantara looks. I figure it has to be the only thing remotely like the original [not even uttering the word]
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@ Neil, Well Lotus called it Martini but it might have gotten brightened up a little in the mix. It was the colour of the Lotus 80 F1 car, less known because in service development wasn't enough to make it a winner.
@ Ian, I'm stealing the bejingos out of that
@ Steve, have you ever read about Nick Offerman? He's a professional boat builder and wood worker. You can def see that influence in the Ron Swanson character once you know.
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Ok I've put some speed holes in a little bit of my Esprit, do your worst
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If only there was a spreadsheet, it would make everything so much easier
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23 hours ago, JonSE said:
Any big road trips planned once you complete the build?
There'll be a trip to the 6hr Classic at Spa, and possibly a lap of the Nurburgring, but there is a long list of people who I owe at least a spin to, not least my good pal who I bought the car from. I'll be making a b-line for him first, and he's not in Ireland.
8 hours ago, Djs44 said:...You've a bit of catching up to do now thou .
haha casting shade there man? I'll step up
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The metaphorical difficult second album of my return to the Esprit project... so many plates and only so much spin 😂
I'm very excited about next week's work schedule, and not thew we didn't know it around here but finding excess weight on the Esprit without going to considerable expense isn't so easy. But I suppose thats a great example of exactly the issue Lotus would have had when designing it. I always wondered did it irk Chapman that it wasnt far over 1000kg.
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@brian_gt4 I love you 💚
For anyone who doesn't know the significance... http://www.lotusespritworld.com/EOtherstuff/MrEsprit.html
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I love that. Although you need money to go down the pub.
I fuel Soup on the other two
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It's been incredibly difficult to kick start the Esprit project again, but I'm only days away from starting to build up a rolling chassis...
So close now I can taste it.
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Thanks Rohan. I did see that but because Lotus Marques are in Australia I was wondering whether ROW spec cars are the same as Domestic spec or Federal? It could make a big difference.
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Just a follow up: my rear dampers are confirmed Armstrong, part number 64 8016. They are not rebuildable. Even the Armstrongs from way back when that are rebuildable can be a hit and miss endeavour because they have some sort of alloy core that degrades. They while they can be rebuilt and brought back to original tolerances, they can start to leak in short order.
For the sake of reference the front Armstrong dampers should have the part number 63 3305 stamped in them. The Armstrong catalogue lists this 64 8016 rear / 63 3305 front damper combination for all M70 Esprits 1975 to 1983.
If by chance someone sees this and can shed light on my original question, i.e. length of euro spec Esprit S2 springs, especially the fronts, I'd be grateful. I've not been able to find a definitive answer.
George
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I actually bought a used set of Protech shocks as a backup and to compress/extend by hand side by side with my [presumed] original rear Armstrongs, they feel completely different. That said I didn't play with the adjustment knobs.
Will be checking the old rear for makers marks/part number later today.
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The spring seat looks very similar doesn't it. That's an interesting spring compressor, haven't seen the like of it before.
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That’s some lovely intel, I’m all for rebuilding anything that is serviceable.
There were Gabriel Red Riders on the front when I got my car, I believe they were cheap but common aftermarket items back in the ‘80’s. So I’m out of luck there.
The rears are something different. They’re not in great nick aesthetically, but seem to work well still. There’s a distinctive shape around the spring seat, and blue paint evident elsewhere. Would be very interested to know if they look familiar…
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As gorgeous as ever Pete, the car too. So off the shelf springs, and which dampers?
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A search here didn't bring any up to date info, so I need to pick the collective brain on the right springs for my S2 Esprit. I see some G cars riding high, presumably because they have federal or aftermarket springs. I believe the later cars, from S3 on, had a ground clearance of 17cm [6.6"], while the S2 is quoted at 14cm [5.5"]. I don't want to correct ride height with adjustable spring mounts or some other trick.
I've been told there's only one correct set of springs for the S2 Esprit, but are proper factory spec S2 springs still out there?
Thanks!
George
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I quite like it! The wheels do look like an old TV test card, but you have to love the tip of the hat to the 5 Turbo, in the whole back 3/4 area
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I shouldn’t have been surprised, but it wasn’t a good feeling watching the new Top Gear (now the old Top Gear… again) wreck a lovely bronze coloured one.
SOUP - My new series about my Series 2
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You can just make out in your pic that it's empty there too. It must have been something factory or casting related. It's irrelevant now anyway because....
... it's gone.
Will be interesting to know whether I have to build up a weld sometime in the future and redrill/tap it though lol