cobraesprit Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 Long time since I last posted on the forum but have been doing lots of work on my project over the last year. If I can remember how to upload pictures I have quite a few to show the progress I've been making. The engine and transmission are now complete and I've been busy making a temporary frame to mount it in ready for it to have its first ever run at the engine tuners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rolls Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Bejesus. I think I need to sit down. I have engine envy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotus4s Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Yeah, what he said ^ Quote 1995 S4s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfrost Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Great looking beast, love superchargers ! cant wait to see what figures you get out of this animal. Quote A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Barrykearley Posted July 26, 2015 Gold FFM Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 The figures ain't gonna be great on mpg!! Smiles per gallon - yippeeeeree 1 Quote Only here once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraesprit Posted July 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Thanks for the comments. Hoping for anything above 500 to 600bhp. The 6 speed box should give 70mph at around 2200rpm so hopefully it wont be too painful on fuel consumption. I am struggling to add photos from photobucket as when I click the picture icon in the reply box it opens a dialogue box to insert the link in and I cant close the dialogue box. I hate this new fangled windows 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Barrykearley Posted July 26, 2015 Gold FFM Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Can't wait to here the 0-60..... 500 - 600 but is frankly on the pornographic side of great......... Good luck with the build 1 Quote Only here once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy W Johnson Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 How much of the frame did you have to modify to get the engine in? Guy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Escape Posted July 27, 2015 Gold FFM Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 I would love to find out more about the engine and box you're using! Did a search, but didn't find anything and I'm sure many others on here are interested as well! Filip 1 Quote I have made many mistakes in my life. Buying a multiple Lotus is not one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraesprit Posted July 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 The chassis of the car has not had to be cut or modified in anyway. The engine sits on a new cross member which will increase the rigidity and the removable rear section (above the gearbox) has been modified. The engine is a ford modular 4.6 litre all aluminium quad cam 32valve as originally fitted to the cobra mustang in 1996. Supercharger is an eaton m112 as fitted to the supercharged mustangs, range rovers and jaguars. The engine is also the base unit as fitted to the Koenigsegg ccr but with twin rotrex superchargers. The low compression ratio of 8.5:1 make these a brilliant engine to either turbo or supercharging . My objective when I started the project was to make an Esprit that could go very fast but well refined. These engines can produce silly bhp figures in excess of 1000bhp using the standard crankshaft. But driveability is an absolute for what I'm trying to achieve. The engine management features twin maps, launch control and variable traction control. The transmission is a Porsche 986 6 speed transaxle which has 2 effects on how the car will drive. The original Renault gearbox was poor to say the least, they were never designed for the power and torque that the turbo esprit produces. Mine in particular you could never accelerate hard in first gear and hope to engage second gear......it just wouldn't go into second. Secondly with a six speed gearbox top gear should give a high ratio and a very relaxed cruise on motorways. Could go on forever about it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfrost Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Sounds like a Fantastic set up and looks well planned out Regarding the use of six speed box, yes I have to completely agree, the V8 in mine and the audi six speed gearbox just makes the esprit a proper GT car, rpm gauge at about 1600 rpm in 6th doing 70mph then if you where on a "track" you just give it a little more throttle and it goes into hyper speed as if it was been blown along like a paper bag, so smooth and no resistance. It has to be the best motorway car I have ever driven ! 1 Quote A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraesprit Posted July 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) still struggling to upload pictures grrrrr Edited July 27, 2015 by cobraesprit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Very interesting project, to say the least!!! Just make sure, your pics are downsized to say 1024*768 pixels, and 350 dpi res. Kind regards, Jacques. Quote Nobody does it better - than Lotus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraesprit Posted August 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Steering wheel getting closer to being finished, The wheel will control engine mode, traction control, launch control and other functions. It also contains a back-lite LCD display for engine speed,road speed, fuel level,engine temperature, gear selected and time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfrost Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Very nice work on the steering wheel, Cant wait to hear this beast run Quote A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraesprit Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Big day tomorrow . Engine and gearbox having management fitted. Have go pro charged and feeling like I'm waiting for a baby to be born. Will hopefully be posting some good news and will upload her first start up to YouTube. Going to be a long night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotus4s Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 We need live steaming video... Quote 1995 S4s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraesprit Posted February 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 It's running !!!!!!! Will sort video soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraesprit Posted February 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) It's running !!!!!!! Will sort video soon Hope this works this HTML class. Value is https://youtu.be/WD1 It's on YouTube as first run of engine. Can't get link to work Edited February 3, 2016 by cobraesprit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Just paste the whole youtube web address for the video from your browsers address bar or the one from the 'share' button. That's not a valid address (it's too short!). Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Advantage Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Sounds frikkin' awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraesprit Posted February 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) Another quick video. Testing engine and management launch control. this HTML class. Value is Edited February 6, 2016 by Advantage Embed Youtube link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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