Dave Freeman

hi Grahame, mine oil temp has never worked, whilst doing the core plug I should have checked mine, not even sure if there are any wire to connect it, when you have done yours let me know how you got on.

Sounds alot like binding brakes to me

Yes and yes, now fully on the road.

Hows Tuesday morning, could be there around 10.30, to miss M25 traffic.

no freescan available, that sounds like a great excuse to pop in to see you Mr Sparky, whens best for you.

you should only do one mod at a time, thats what i was alway told, however if you get a big difference overall then you can claim success.

I have lowered my car by some 40mm, I have 235 on the front and 285 on the rear, they are Goodyear F1's, they seem good but not sure of the profile, anyway my point is that I had rubbing and I ground a groove in the front arch to accommodate the tyre, it worked well.

It looks good, see it on PNM site but was unsure of the claims, if it is mucvh better then why did lotus not do it, be interesting to see how you get on with it.

Ok so I have now completed a few miles and I am unsure as to how long it takes for the ECM to re establish itself, whilst happy with the car as previously stated it does have a curious hesitation, occasionally it will die when dropping down into second at a junction, ie turning right, when accelerating slowly from first to second gear there is a slight hesitation, like someone turned it off, but just for a millisecond, no popping or misfire just a hesitation. What should I be checking as I do not remember the car doing this in the past.

You are welcome to a nose anytime, over my way call in for a coffee.

Just taken it for a shakedown, forgotten how quick it is, compared with the Fiat 500, it run beautifully, surprised how quite the gear box is with fresh oil, engine sounds stunning, fresh oil filter plugs air filter , wow. Cannot stop smiling. No issues with temperature, runs at between 80 and 90 on the gauge, just above 90 the fans kick in, no water from the rads. Well Happy

Its all the work that is involved, these parts should fit perfectly for the money.

I bought one of the first exhaust manifold and mine fits well, no offset, I did however have an issue with the adjustable support bar which they changed, so mine is some 10 years old now, a little tarnished but is all still there and working well, been very happy with the purchase.

So I changed my header tanks on my 1990 SE, and I was wondering if anyone had the same issues as me in their design, so I noted a couple of points which I will share with the supplier (not named) to see if anything can be done to help others avoid the same problems. The screw caps on the twin tanks are too close, cannot easily fit the caps why cannot the main tank cap be moved, about 30 degrees to avoid the two caps clashing. the overflow pipes need to be lower. towards the can so that when you fit the caps the cap does not interfere with the pipe clip They are simple changes and it would make life so much easier. anyone else had similar issues and I will discuss with the suppliers to try to introduce a change.

this is what they look like on the car