Delco-Moraine ABS Deletion

[Giniw]

lol @skiing

[Sparky]

Day 1 over, and we've retired to lick our wounds.  Naturally the car has thrown us a couple of unexpected wide curves, and we're going to discuss solutions after one of Tracy's wonderful curries.  Then Ian, Kim and I will repair to The Land Of Liberty, Peace And Plenty for a couple of non-alcoholic beverages.

OK, the last bit was maybe a lie.

@internets, you coming?

[MPx]

6 hours ago, skiing said:

Impressively sideways entry to Watford Exotics...

Certainly impressive, but not to Watford Exotics - at least not Head Office.  Presumably some secret mystery location?

[pete]

Looks like a Kentish drug den

 

[Chillidoggy]

 

 

Day two.

We had some annoying setbacks. First, the vacuum hose I ordered which was a duplicate of the previous order turned out to be 1/2” instead of 3/8” when I opened the packaging. Second, the inlet manifold hose tail was a smaller size than it should be. Third, the spare wheel fouled the proportioning valve. Undeterrred,  we soldiered on, and the made some good progress, dodging the rain showers.

Despite Sparky’s best efforts, no-one had any of the correct sized vacuum hose in stock, and the correct size hose tail is on order. Replacements will be here early next week. We switched sides for the proportioning valve, and just managed to ease the spare wheel in though, which was good. Of course, if like me you don’t carry a spare wheel, then the problem disappears!

Sadly, I have to go home tomorrow, and leave Sparky to finish the job off, but I’m confident that the conversion is on track so far, which is good news for LHD cars, and great news for Anders!

 

[Sparky]

I'm coming to the realisation that the Lotus Position is not something I should be doing so much nowadays.  The worst part of this conversion is brake pedal removal for drilling, involving lengthy contortions under the dash. I'll be in pain for days...

[Giniw]

To me the worse is that my forearm is a bit too long to be comfortable moving it, it's a combination of lack of comfort for the back and frustration of not moving the forearm properly.
Haven't you removed the seat?

 

(It's a silver frost Elan in the background, isn't it? )

[Sparky]

Yes, seat removed.  Never used to do that, but me old bones...

The M100?  Ah, yes, that's @Dan E's popup nail bar.

[Chillidoggy]

The work is progressing nicely, Sparky has done a fantastic job on the pipes, and the front compartment looks a lot smarter now.

[Sparky]

Not bad, considering I'm doing most of it from my sick bed.  🤧

[Chillidoggy]

I'd just like to say that I am also helping move the project forward by providing online support via e-mail, and sarcastic comments via Messenger.

[Giniw]

lol

[Chillidoggy]

Looking very good now, spare just fits, and the road test is the last thing on the agenda.

[Sparky]

And that can't happen until the cambelt is changed. Or aborted (nooooo).  Tightest crank bolt I've ever found.  Think I'll need dynamite to shift this one...

[Dan E]

Mind your nails I don’t have any appointments left before Friday 

[Sparky]

I'm so embarrassed, they look terrible after this job.

[Sparky]

All work finished, road tested, wonderful!  The first LHD conversion is finally ready to go to the ball.  Just need to wash them now...

[swindon_alan]

Don't forget those cross eye front indicators Sparky x

[Sparky]

@AndersL - do you want me to change them?

@swindon_alan- did you just blow me a kiss?

[swindon_alan]

It wasn't a kiss as such, more a mark of disapproval that you hadn't corrected the squint 

[Sparky]

Tease.

[swindon_alan]

Well rumour (I mean Ian) has it that you take it both ways anyway?

[Sparky]

Well, I do draw the line at V8s.  I'm no slut.

[swindon_alan]

HA HA HA 

Top drawer Gary!

[Erikl]

Some info to add - hopefully this has not been repeated elsewhere - if it has - my apologies.

I was curious about replacing my ABS and power brakes with a simple old school non power brake master cylinder.  So I called the Willwood tech line.

They said - No problem, you need to adjust the pedal ratio to about 6:1 and tell us the diameter of the pistons in the calipers and we can size a master cylinder.

They also said Lotus by Claudius : https://www.lotuspbc.com/home.html

Had worked with them to develop a big brake system and might have a non power assist master cylinder all worked out.

So I called them because the website is light on specifics.  They do sell a NON ABS retrofit system (power brakes) that includes Master Cylinder and everything you need to ditch the ABS.  The cost......$2500. Way out of my budget.

Anyway, I am on the list for one of the LHD brackets from this thread and looking forward to sourcing the parts to put together a system.  

I am curious though.  If anybody knows the piston diameters on a 94 Esprit (non Brembo), and the measurements on the brake pedal.  A master cylinder is only ~ $300 I might try an old school non power assist set up and see how it works.  I figure I could always switch it back out.

I enjoyed the brake feel on my old non power assist cars - I am sure it would take a bit of getting used to.