andyblackman777 Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Hi all, I was thinking of replacing my cast iron bell housing for the alloy one. has anyone done this, or does anyone know what additional parts I may need. Clutch fork, pivot, slave etc?? I have the dual clutch and its an early 96 so should have the alloy bell housing already but it doesn't?? Cheers Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_sekinger Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 The original twin-plate upgrade kit consisted of the bellhousing, flywheel, clutch, release bearing and an ECU update. In your case, you should be able to simply replace the bellhousing and move across the pivot to the alloy version, as you already have the working twin-plate clutch. The old sytle fork and slave arrangement can be used with the newer bellhousing. 1 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...
dave excell Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 I replaced my iron bellhousing wit an alloy one obtained in one of the lotus sales some years ago. it already had a twin plate clutch when I obtained the car. It was a simple switch with no problems. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyblackman777 Posted February 9 Author Report Share Posted February 9 Ace thanks guys. just see if I can track one down now!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyblackman777 Posted February 10 Author Report Share Posted February 10 Do you have one Mike??😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_sekinger Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 I got my last one from JAE but it was sacrificed for the X-Shift transmission swap. Maybe Joe Sulka has another. It was very reasonably priced. 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...
andyblackman777 Posted February 10 Author Report Share Posted February 10 I'll give them a try Cheers Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyblackman777 Posted February 10 Author Report Share Posted February 10 I just got this reply from Geoff at Esprit Engineering. I’m now confused. Hi Andy The cars came out with a single plate clutch and a alloy bell housing. The early cars and i mean the first couple of hundred were upgraded to the twin plate AP with the addiction of the cast bell housing to damp out a harmonic vibration at idle. many people think the bell housings went from cast to aluminium in fact it's the other way. we may well have one in stock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_sekinger Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 No, that is not correct. There were cast and alloy bellhousings for the single plate clutch, but ONLY alloy bellhousings defined for the twin plate clutch. It`s clearly noted in the parts manual My first V8 was one of the early cars and had the free (well "labour only") upgrade to the twin-plate. 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...
andyblackman777 Posted February 11 Author Report Share Posted February 11 This is what I thought I wonder why Geoff thinks differently. ?? Joe from JAE seems to think I need a different slave cylinder mounting bracket. I notice that this changes at MY98.?? he has them in stock but the bracket is twice the price of the bell housing!! Also there are two types of alloy bell housing for pre and post MY98. Im thinking that maybe the bracket is not required. Dave did you have to swap the slave bracket as well?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_sekinger Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 5 minutes ago, andyblackman777 said: This is what I thought I wonder why Geoff thinks differently. Decades have past and we are all getting older.... 1 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...
andyblackman777 Posted February 11 Author Report Share Posted February 11 Hahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave excell Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 No. I didnt have to do anything, but just removed the bracket and clutch fork and install on the alloy bellhousing. My car had been hacked well and truly by previous garages, with the claim of a new crank (it was a -20 re grind), Many threads, mainly the 6mm ones had been stripped. the worst one was that they tried to remove the main bearing caps with a screwsdriver wedged under the mating surface, probably forgetting the bolts in the side of the block. Oh yes they forgot to remove the cam locking screws before rotating the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyblackman777 Posted February 12 Author Report Share Posted February 12 Thanks Dave. Sorry to hear about the poor maintenance!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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