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Hello, Could anyone with a GT3 (or late V8?) Momo steering wheel measure its diameter please? It looks a bit thicker than the SIR version but I am not too sure. Thanks in advance!

So, she managed to do that at a ... slow speed?! Oo

Well why don't you just enter by the right side and then jump into the other seat? Simple, really!

You're welcome! Do you intend to convert it to EFI just for fun or are there any other reasons? If I had a Dellorto Esprit I would keep it original (except for learning how to do it and for fun, as I said)

Hi, Here is an interesting publication about our engine (the 4 cylinder one). available here for $33: https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/900269/ and available here for free thanks to Sci Hub: https://sci-hub.do/https://doi.org/10.4271/900269 (I first read it from https://lotusmarques.com/info/technical/30-lotus-esprit/593-lotus-esprit-clean-power-part-1 but it's nice to have the actual pdf)

@Boysintown I have just seen you are looking for a spare wheel for your GT3, actually it's probably normal it hasn't one.

@TAR> I once went to a shop (in France) and the guy told me they only did diesel injectors and that they needed to ship them somewhere anyway, so ... Maybe I was out of luck. Anyway now I have a ultrasonic cleaner so I will probably do it myself anyway. Any cross reference about the filter baskets and o-ring seals? (I already asked it a few days ago there https://www.thelotusforums.com/forums/topic/111473-rochester-fuel-injectors-o-ring-seals-and-filters/ but had no answers yet :d — when I come to think to it maybe it's not posted in the proper section anyway, to me it was related to t

@stevefh I haven't had the time to fit it in the pump housing for various reasons but I still tested the new machined Wabco accumulator in the pressure gauge and it holds by just a bit more than three full threads, so even a little more than the original Delco. As I said I used a 11mmx2.5mm EPDM 70 shore o-ring and it doesn't leak at all (it's currently at ~2225 PSI) The only downfall is once machined the hex spanner is too thick to be put on the remaining hex "head" of the accumulator as it's not pretty thin and the gauge has a large hex port which is directly against the sphere. I

@21gg I gather they have a bunch of big diesel generators for the factory anyway, it would be a shame not using them for once!

This one seems interesting too (I haven't watch to it yet)

A very nice video about Lotus history I had never seen before:

I don't know as it has been machined this afternoon and I haven't seen it yet. Apparently it should be the same or even a tad more than the original Delco accumulator (I would have preferred it to be "exactly" the same but unfortunately I couldn't be present when it has been machined by a friend of my father) I will see and test it this weekend.

As I said it's two full threads less on the Wabo accumulator than on the original Delco one Which is only one thread holding it in the official gauge (one versus three). @pureguava now reports it's 1.5 thread in the pump casing so it's quite similar to what I measured in the gauge. I reckon it's too low to be reasonably safe, so I would advise you to have it machined. As for the oring I bought a 11x2.5mm EPDM 70 shore one (EPDM is all right in the DOT 4, the NBR/Nitrile isn't) as I couldn't source an EPDM 7/16x3/32 one (the one suggested by @pureguava). I ordered it from there

I just tried in the pressure gauge side (I have the same special tool visible in these videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f6kHbxH95Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1FPgZ_wVMs) and the wabco unit would hold by just one thread, whereas the original delco unit holds by three threads. I am not sure how many threads would hold it in the alloy port but I don't like that the idea of it being much shorter than the original, so I will have to machine the wabco unit. (what did you do in the end?)

Well I had no idea what a milk float is a minute ago but a roaring noise from a nice ICE is part of the experience, really. It's one of the senses used to enjoy the experience. One may drive blinded too or with a hypothetical acceleration suppression contraption too and it would be even blander. For instance I find electric vehicles videos quite boring to be honest. I think the youngest (I mean the masses) have no interest in car at all. At least here in France. I think diesel (=slow revving engines and dreadful noise) plastic boring cars, speed bumps and absurd speed traps may