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  1. Brake upgrade

    in Suspension/Brakes/Wheels/Hubs/Steering/Geo

    Posted · Edited by Exploded

    Just wanted to say thank you to Felix and all others who have contributed to this topic. I kept the original uprights, added the Peugeot discs and even the Brembo calipers as they look very much like the later Esprit brakes. Should I add AM calipers or Porsche GT3 brakes, the Porsche brakes are actually cheaper to buy, I could never pass MOT in Belgium. It's very strict and when there is AM or Porsche on them I'm quite sure they will spot, it ain't original ;).
    It took a while to create all the pieces and a lot of help from a good friend of mine, but my "Monza" brake conversion, as my friends call it, is finally ready. Thanks all!

    Now I want to have a new master cylinder fitted as the pedal is too deep imo. Any one who has a cross reference for it? much appreciated.

     

    the "Monza" is referring to the shape of my adapter plates ;-)

     

    monzabrakeconversion.jpg

  7. TVR Tasmin FHC comparible to the Elite/Éclat

    in Elite / Eclat / Excel Chat

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    i owned both  and they are NOT comparable (as LOTUS is never compareable with TVR imo):

     

    Lotus is light, crisp, small engines

    TVR is big, heavy and usually come with bigger and heavier engines.

     

    back to Tasmin-Eclat:

     

    the tasmin is not near crisp nor sportive suspensionwise as the eclat....and even an upgraded tasmin with polybushes and coilovers would not handle as the lotus with worn bushes.

     

    but the TVR is much easier to maintain:

     

    ford components throughout which hardly fail or make trouble.

     

    as said b4, most tasmins came with the cologne V6...a pinto engined one will be a bit lighter on the front, but the engine in original spec will be all show, but no go

     

    The way the brackets for the suspension are made that is clear where that came from.

    You are right about handling, but man that V6 sound... so gorgeous... People are already starting to turn heads and stare while I'm still 250 meters away from them... ;)

  15. No points for Lotus in Austrian GP

    in Motorsport

    Posted · Edited by Exploded

    Team Lotus only has 79 victories in F1, the team from Enstone called Lotus F1 team has 2 victories, so actually this should have been a very select series, with only 2 cars in this series.

    It's despicable to claim someone's 79 victories, when there is nothing Lotus in/on your car except from a few stickers.

  18. Lotus in the post DB era

    in Lotus / Motoring / Cars Chat

    Posted · Edited by Advantage

    I would suspect a very large number of people haven't, but like Advantage said, it's a booring story to shout about, the fact your car hasn't broken down!

    Personally wether it has an in house engine or something like that LFA engine wouldn't stop me buying one of the new Esprits or not, it would be the fact I wit got enough money!

    Mclaren F1 LM in Burnt orange, my dream car of ALL time, bar none. BMW engine.

    If they chose right, it will be good either way. But like has already been pointed out about the Evora engine, journalists do like to shout about its Camry roots, no matter how good it is or how nice it sounds with a sports exhaust.

     

    I just wanted to say, that the last time Lotus built an engine, GM paid for a lot of the costs and with so little Esprit V8 sold the engine was still missing a bit further development. And with such a small volume of engines it is too expensive to keep your engine up to date with all Euro regulations. You'll never make a profit from a 4.x V8 anno 2014. Bringing such an engine to the market these days is like committing suicide, if you are not Porsche or Ferrari or another upmarket brand.

     

    At the moment Bahar left the factory, the Esprit still needed 2 years of development to get it in to final production spec, IF they wanted it be delivered in the quality standards that was eyed in the initial project. Don't be fooled by the article of the mule.

  19. Lotus in the post DB era

    in Lotus / Motoring / Cars Chat

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    It's worth remembering that the V8 wasn't designed with the Esprit in mind, but a rather mundane front engined saloon car.

    A lot of its perceived problems stem from the inappropriate application.

    please explain a bit more. I know it was originally designed for an FWD car and that the S4s was to be the last Esprit. But why you mention inappropriate appllication? Cooling was never the issue I believe.

  20. Lotus in the post DB era

    in Lotus / Motoring / Cars Chat

    Posted · Edited by Exploded

    Well what can I say; it seems I got it all wrong again. :( The Esprit V8 is only unreliable on this side of the channel ;)

    Since you never experienced any problems with your V8; Can you give me 5 numbers between 1 and 50 and 2 extra numbers between 1 and 11, that just come to your mind? There is 48 million to win tomorrow and with you close; I'm starting to feel lucky: http://www.euromillions.com/en/

    I promise to buy you another V8 engined Esprit should I win the jackpot ;)

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  21. Lotus in the post DB era

    in Lotus / Motoring / Cars Chat

    Posted · Edited by Exploded

    I've owned two and sold many more.

     

    So YOU are that one person who never had any issues with that engine? I know/knew more than 12 people whom have/had a V8 Esprit. NONE of them got to 30k kms without engine rebuilt... in fact most of them did not get to 25k kms...

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