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Masters Historic Formula One 2018 Updated
Lotus Type 76, 77 & 88, taken at Silverstone, Masters Series support race to the British GP 2018.
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Nürburg - Exige Cup 260 Updated
This place brings back lots of great memories. I'll be returning next week.
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Purple Esprit Updated
Hot day which I just finished washing the car. Needed to "air dry" it so I went downtown to my office building and snapped a few shots.
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Olle Odsell Updated
Now we go in hibernation for 6 months. Sweden is a strange country for sportscars.
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Johann Hinrichs - Roaring Classics Com Updated
Lotus Cup Europe 2016 - Season Start at Hockenheim
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What is really quite difficult to believe is that before production started, Lotus built two early Elite versions with the English version of the Buick 215, the Rover V8 at 4 L. Everyone liked it but Colin wanted an all English car and he said that the 4 liter didn't produce any more hp than the two liter. Twice the cubic inches and no more power or that it didn't make that much difference. Right !
Mine, with a 4.9 liter Buick (298 cid) , is very fun to drive. Much of the time, having so much torque in this engine, there is no need to down shift for a good boost in speed, just a little more stab on the gas petal is all that is needed. And it is way different than the original two liter Lotus twincam, by a long ways.! Still it can deliver over 30 mpg US.
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Also updated was the brake master cylinder. Lotus's original part was something over $500 US dollars to replace so I found an AC Delco one for $47 with basically the same cylinder with right hand ports and the same piston diameter, but then I had to replace all of the brake lines which was necessary as the union to the rear brakes was blocked from a stuck valve down line. Even 160 psi wasn't enough to get any brake fluid through to bleed the rear brakes. I didn't find any mention of this part in the workshop manual which was very annoying. Really didn't matter because the rear end had leaked rear end fluid saturating the rear brake shoes at only 28,000 miles making them essentially worthless. Seals failed! The forklift rear end is really problematic and was not designed for a car traveling at much higher speeds and distances IMHO.
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