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There is a heatwave coming, how do I know, coz I just put the winter tyres on my daily

As a fellow GT430 owner, and knowing how much the Americans were promised and then well and truly shafted by the top brass at Lotus USA, agree with Jonny

Totally agree brilliant job Your car looks great from here. you must be keen going to all that trouble well done; My car the Plum Crazy one with the SUIVRE reg will be TV early next year in the US having a fun with a Friend of mine in my 211 it was great day out keep a look out for it can't say any more for now. Hi to the US Lotus fans.

I think given the effort and expense that @KG has gone to trying to recreate the car that was originally promised for the US it would be uncharitable and uncharacteristically sniffy and pedantic of TLF to be excluding him from this thread. I say let at least the GT430 recreations or ‘continuations’ to stay. I’m sure the very astute members here will be able to work it out and get a decent night’s sleep afterwards.

So. Many of you may have thought LotusRescue has been a bit quiet of late, but no. Been quietly working away in the background on a few projects as well as spending a lot o extra time overseas at my full time job. Yep, got to work to pay for the toys. So 2019 has been a busy kind of year with one thing and another. My club, Club Lotus North East Scotland has again had a bumper year attending shows with the highlight as normal being Glamis. 42 cars on show on the Saturday with about 50% of them changing over for another selection on the Sunday, must admit Wendy does about 99% of the organi

car arrived back this morning, cant wait until the good weather to sort the brakes and get her on the road. Once again thanks to David for the excellent work as well as the other jobs that he did just because they were there.and needed doing. car looks awesome the pics do not do it justice all the best Arrival pics

Any thoughts on using greenhouse heater tubes under esprit in my damp garage? I have ordered 2 x 6ft.

Spotted an hour ago, car sounded epic! Enjoy your trip to Bruges!

Deeply love the plum crazy car @Trevleg inspired choice! Looking forward to seeing some more of it.

December 9th will be a good day

That’s the most insightful thing I’ve seen to date. Thanks for the link. That’s a pretty clear ‘sports cars only’ (for now). Surely with the next (affordable) car being as far away as 2021 (assuming no delays) they have to be considering some updates to the existing range?

https://www.edp24.co.uk/business/lotus-boss-reveals-more-details-about-new-car-to-be-built-at-hethel-1-6402471 Latest interview with Phil Popham. chipp

Yes, it could be done, but I wouldn't. But if you must, lock the cams well, hopefully the sprockets come off easily (I've had a couple of bad ones) and try hard not to damage the face on seal removal, and hope you get the new seals seated properly. There's precious little room to do the job properly. As you will have the belt off, why not use the opportunity to do it on the bench by removing the towers? And the bonus of a valve clearance check/adjust, reseal faces etc?

Surely the 430 is a higher spec...and they are still available in dealers showrooms!

Yes, but it's not a GT430! Either have a model specific thread or don't. My humble opinion would be to keep the GT430 stuff in one place, like with the GTE etc. The US Evora GT should have its own thread. Will just keep things simple for the years ahead.

A few may know that I bought a supercharged Caterham CSR in 2017. The original owner got fed up of spending money on it and was happy to get shot of it. It had a reputation for being unreliable and never delivering on its potential. Most in the Mag 7s race series took the view that running a 2.4 na Duratec was a much better option and faster at the end of the day too. It was always a big gamble taking it on but thanks to the Caterham geniuses at Boss Racing we really made some progress at Silverstone last week. Darren Burke is a very talented pro racer and brilliant driving coach. I made

Glad you like them @Andy Norman :D I love mine, waiting for a production set instead of my prototype ones once everyone else has got theirs!

The cast bellhousing has a nasty resonance at around 3500prm. It is worth replacing if you can find an allow one cheaply.

To answer your question , the weight distribution with no driver installed will be different , as a result the cars attitude will have changed very slightly.. ( not really that noticeable without measuring ) Not sure how the way you describe setting up your Esprit will get the desired results.. Firstly, you need to set the ride heights on level ground with all four wheel planted , this will ensure full weight is distributed when ride height is set .... doing it with a pivotal loading ( one end jacked up ) will give different figures. Secondly, you can not check corner weigh

No, first looks OK with both boxes tbh, shouldn't be an issue. Here's the speeds in each gear with the 2 boxes I have a choice off. All speeds at 7krpm- E30 -1st 44mph 2nd 78mph 3rd 122mph 4th 171mph 5th 212mph E36- 1st 41mph 2nd 70mph 3rd 106mph 4th 145mph 5th 177mph Yeah both boxes are very similar in size and design, which is handy. I'm looking to use the stronger Jag shafts which means I will probably have to use the Jag hubs and therfore the Jag bottom arms. I'm probably looking to make a custom trailing arm with a bit of adjustability in it to allow for toe changes via

Dan E .... thank you for the invite . Gin is the one thing that I can do Path

That's the standard V8 alloy bellhousing. The early cast ones were mostly replaced under warranty as part of the 'free' twin-plate clutch upgrade.

Makis, What kind of Gearbox bell housing is that? did you upgrade the gearbox looks nice and clean. Andy

Enjoyable read. Sounds like your being hard on your lap times, seems bloody quick to me 2.12 wow @The Pits.

Nice one, and great to see it finished. Well done.

FTFY

Yes, a c*nt of the highest order. Well said sir.

At least one.... the first one to be delivered will be to the chairman of geely!!

This London Bridge stuff!! Good on the British Public for stopping him and the Police for shooting the fecker!!

I am a big fan of mine!

Thread revival. Serious respect to Mr Williams and Imran for the design and delivery of this quality product. Well done chaps.

Brilliant video - keep positive guys.......until we know everything about what Lotus’ plans are......we know nothing

Glimmer of hope to be found here. Best thing I've seen on Evija to date.

Commanding a higher price is impossible without a strong brand. This is how Porsche can stick their badge on a VW SUV and charge 30% more. How this hasn't irreparably tarnished their brand as a sports car maker is another story but they didn't build their brand making SUVs. They built it with fast, durable sports and racing cars. I don't think Lotus should copy McLaren's business model but I'd rather they took inspiration from it and stayed committed to sports cars, offering something more like a McLaren at a lower price point (£50k-£150k). That said, I see no reason why Lotus shouldn't c

From volume car maker's point of view selling 2000 cars is utter failure. So the tendency is to write off the current Lotus range, chuck them all in the bin and start again, copying other cars that sell in greater numbers. From my point of view selling 2000 Lotus cars is a minor miracle with the resources they have and given the well resourced competition they face. It's proof for me that there is an interest in something different. Not everyone wants bigger, heavier, easier, tech acronym filled sports cars. I don't believe that anyone wants a Norfolk built Cayman with the current association

Couple pics of mine. Nearly two months ownership and nearly 2000 miles later - loving it!

The chrome surround is for the rear side marker lamp ( I think federal car only) Fits may classics.

The company car scheme has improved a lot since the Proton days! I wonder if they'll pass it on to the dealer network after 6 months at a massive discount?