Popular Post plumdeplakmuis Posted July 14, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 With the dream of racing an Esprit someday in the future and doing research once in a while, i could not resist the "buy in now" button when the former Sportscarworld S1 racecar came up for sale at ebay.com. After some arrangements the Esprit S1 arrived from the USA here in the Netherlands. Which process was less difficult than i expected it to be. Idea is to give it a good check, some adjustments to bring it to modern safety standards, and if all goes well do some races in historic championships. As the history of the car is a bit unclear, other than that it has raced SCCA championships in the early 80s, I'd love any info that people might have about it. 7 3 Quote VAN DER LEE Turbo Systems - www.vdlee.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_sekinger Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 Sadly I can't help with any information on car, but what a great buy. Well done for taking the plunge and getting the car back to Europe. Quote 1996 Esprit V8, 1998 Esprit V8 GT, 1999 Esprit S350 #002 (Esprit GT1 replica project), 1996 Esprit V8 GT1 (chassis 114-001), 1992 Lotus Omega (927E), 1999 Esprit V8SE, 1999 Esprit S350 #032, 1995 Esprit S4s, 1999 Esprit V8 GT (ex-5th Gear project), 1999 Esprit V8SE ('02 rear) 1999 S350 #002 Esprit GT1 replica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeller77 Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 Back in the day, just about every Esprit came out of Paul's shop with those Gotti's, red Koni's and a Weber conversion, mine included and I bet the race car is the same. Paul was a good wrench as well and the car's were well sorted. His personal car then was a Europa with a Cosworth BDA in it. Wicked. He's obviously gone on to bigger and better Lotus. 😎 Good luck and have fun with the car. Keep us posted on the exploits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post plumdeplakmuis Posted July 24, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted July 24, 2020 Thanks Eric, yes the car is fitted with Koni's and the Weber conversion. Car needs a lot of TLC and some paint. Now figuring out the paint scheme options. Also i'm thinking going a bit larger wheel size from the Gotti's as to have a better selection of rubber. 3 Quote VAN DER LEE Turbo Systems - www.vdlee.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM C8RKH Posted July 24, 2020 Gold FFM Report Share Posted July 24, 2020 Personally I like the two with the red in them. Great project, really looking forward to seeing a video of her in action when completed. Quote Alcohol. Sex. Tobacco. Drugs. Chocolate. Meh! NOTHING in this world is as addictive as an Evora +0. It's not for babies! The first guy to ride a bull for fun, was a true hero. The second man to follow him was truly nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post plumdeplakmuis Posted August 28, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 I got some very nice info from the International Motor Racing Research Center in Watkins Glen (International Motor Racing Research Center | IMRRC) The car was driven by Dennis W. Hackler under ownership by James Pirtle, in the SCCA twice. The first time at Texas World Speedway on the 4th of July in 1981. It had teething issues as with any new racecar. Then the 2nd time they raced it at GSW, which stood for Great Southwest circuit which was made up of the runways of the old Ft. Worth Airport. That time the car overheated and damaged the rings. Picture of the car running at TWS 2 2 Quote VAN DER LEE Turbo Systems - www.vdlee.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOTUSMAN33 Posted August 28, 2020 Report Share Posted August 28, 2020 Wow that is some superb research from nearly 40 years ago, well done 👍🏻 Dave Quote Do or do not, there is no try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post plumdeplakmuis Posted September 7, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 Also got some nice pics of the original build through the International Motor Racing Research Center | IMRRC SCCA_Lotus_Esprit_S1_IMRRC_001.tif 7 2 Quote VAN DER LEE Turbo Systems - www.vdlee.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post plumdeplakmuis Posted April 1, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 Trial fitment of the turbo Some update of the disassembly process 9 Quote VAN DER LEE Turbo Systems - www.vdlee.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cor Posted April 2, 2021 Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 wow. Jaap prachtig, droom ook eens zoiets te vinden en te kunnen doen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post plumdeplakmuis Posted May 8, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 (edited) Almost ready for the roll cage, many new parts getting in. started with some cage modeling Edited May 8, 2021 by plumdeplakmuis 6 Quote VAN DER LEE Turbo Systems - www.vdlee.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post plumdeplakmuis Posted June 15, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 New roll-cage in production 3 2 Quote VAN DER LEE Turbo Systems - www.vdlee.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM grayp77 Posted November 2, 2021 Gold FFM Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 Resurrection! Hi plumdeplakmuis I hope that all is well with you. Just wondering if you had finished the build and whether you are using it? I recently met another S2 race car owner who races and lives in Denmark (He bought his red S2 racing car from Scotland in 2019/20). Always interested to hear how a fellow Esprit race car owner is getting on.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post plumdeplakmuis Posted November 24, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 Hi Grayp, build is still in progress, body is now at the bodyshop for polyester work and painting, the chassis just finished KTL treatment and powdercoating. So I hope to start building again in January. 3 Quote VAN DER LEE Turbo Systems - www.vdlee.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM grayp77 Posted November 24, 2021 Gold FFM Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 🙂👍 awesome thanks for sending an update. If you are happy to stay in contact then it would be great to follow your progress and see it finished/on track. Catch you in 2022!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumdeplakmuis Posted November 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 Yes no problem, idea is to post some nice pictures of the rebuild here. Next update expected in the last week of the year 2 Quote VAN DER LEE Turbo Systems - www.vdlee.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post plumdeplakmuis Posted November 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 Chassis now in KTL and powdercoated, start of the rolling chassis build up 5 1 Quote VAN DER LEE Turbo Systems - www.vdlee.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumdeplakmuis Posted December 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 Sanding started 2 Quote VAN DER LEE Turbo Systems - www.vdlee.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmth95 Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 @plumdeplakmuis according to this registry of Lotus Esprits, I would have the original engine of this car 261H in my newly acquired 105H. I am curious if you have the original engine of 105H. The original engine number is AC7770413717 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post plumdeplakmuis Posted February 17 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 17 Painting finished, and chassis build up started 5 3 Quote VAN DER LEE Turbo Systems - www.vdlee.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post plumdeplakmuis Posted February 17 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 17 @ pmth95 Attached picture of the original race engine 2 1 Quote VAN DER LEE Turbo Systems - www.vdlee.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmth95 Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 @plumdeplakmuis That doesn’t look like standard engine number that start with AC77 for the Federal US cars (Link). A quick google search on your number didn’t show much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumdeplakmuis Posted February 21 Author Report Share Posted February 21 Not sure what the engine is, I plan to keep it original on the side if I ever want to sell the car. For racing I'm building a new engine. FYI chassis nr is 771050261H or 77050261H Quote VAN DER LEE Turbo Systems - www.vdlee.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkv444v Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 (edited) That looks like a Jensen Healey engine number - B 73 05 2816. It fits in sequence with other numbers from 1973. Edited February 21 by kkv444v typo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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