[Esprit Market Watch]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2000-lotus-esprit-v8-8/

[Esprit Market Watch]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2002-lotus-esprit-v8-2/

[Esprit Picture & Video Thread]

It is SID indeed!

 

https://www.vehicledynamicsinternational.com/john-miles-archive/remembering-sid-a-significant-active-dynamics-programme.html

 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.pistonheads.com/news/blog/ph-blog--if-you-see-sid/26259

[Esprit Picture & Video Thread]

[Esprit Market Watch]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1988-lotus-esprit-turbo-2/

[M100 Elan photos]

[M100 Elan photos]

 

[M100 Elan photos]

I wonder why there are only 3 wheels nuts on each wheel of the coupe?

I guess they probably wanted to simplify the car, and then add a bit of lightness.

[M100 Elan photos]

On the profile photo (first picture) it's pretty low on the rear axle, isn't it?

[Esprit Picture & Video Thread]

10 hours ago, Bibs said:

It's a nice garage you have there!

[Esprit Picture & Video Thread]

(https://journal.classiccars.com/2022/08/15/pick-of-the-day-1995-lotus-esprit-s4s/)

 

[Esprit Picture & Video Thread]

https://twitter.com/dratpirsna/status/1736486321038741673

[Esprit Market Watch]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-lotus-esprit-9/

Sold for $70,000 on 12/17/23

[Drones...]

On 22/11/2023 at 10:26, Bibs said:

4 stories and then a tall chimney high, someone decided flaunching was the best place to share his love!! 

Maybe it's for you?

 

[M100 Elan photos]

I guess an electrical fire can come from anywhere

 

[Esprit Picture & Video Thread]

it looks similar to this video?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CwLg9typrqv/

I would try to look for that user on youtube maybe?

[M100 Elan photos]

2 hours ago, jep said:

Tough crowd 😁

And where is the coupe? (and the M200!?)

[M100 Elan photos]

No FED either ^^

[M100 Elan photos]

7 hours ago, Rambo said:

It seems to go even better in the cold air (9C)

Sure, denser air is better!

[Esprit Picture & Video Thread]

I wonder where the big white letters went. I would have put them in my garage

 

38 minutes ago, JR said:

Had a factory tour a few weeks ago

Is it possible for anybody owning a (couple of) Lotus? Or just someone buying a new one? (an Evija? )

[Esprit Picture & Video Thread]

lol @Jacques

[Esprit Picture & Video Thread]

Nice!

[Esprit Picture & Video Thread]

I think I know who the owner is!

 

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

21 hours ago, Chillidoggy said:

Having worked in the marine environment for a very long time, I’d disagree. In my experience, stainless steel and aluminium is fine for use on engines that don’t get immersed in seawater. And I’ve had more broken mild steel studs than stainless, usually because they’re rusted through. But you make your own choices.

Stainless steel & aluminium I don't know, actually I was more generic than that as, as far as I know there is a potential galvanic corrosion between steel and stainless steel. But if stainless steel & aluminium is fine, then it's nice to know!

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And I’ve had more broken mild steel studs than stainless

But maybe you have worked with less stainless steel than mild steel? (real question ^^)

 

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

1 hour ago, Steve V8 said:

A TIG welder may have worked with stainless but I don't have one.

A MAG welder (steel wire+argon/CO2) can weld steel on stainless, the only issue is that there is a carbon addition to the melted stainless so it could rust afterwards (near the weld). And obviously the weld is made of steel, so ... But it still welds, and if you scrap the studs afterwards I guess it doesn't matter at all anyway.

 

8 hours ago, jonwat said:

I always thought the whole point of SS studs & bolts was they wouldn't seize in the threads?

Stainless steel bolts (A2 or A4) are weaker than standard 8.8 automotive grade bolts, plus there is a risk of galvanic corrosion, so it's not the best idea in my opinion.