I agree with David; that's George Harrison, but I think that's Stirling Moss' Lotus 18. (I understand in George's book, "I Me Mine," there is such a...
... Man I hope not. It does look like one of those tall station-wagon, short-SUV,, 4-door crossovers. At 190 bhp per ton, and 300 hp it weighs about 3200...
... FWIW, I've been running a Crane XR3000 in a Jensen-Healey for many years with no problems. Ed Notice: This message and any attachments are the property of...
... I have a Pertronix in our TR4. No problems to date. Had to very lightly rat-tail one hole to get it to mount in the distributor. The Pertronix is not a...
The drawing looks like a Toyota Matrix with an attitude. (Demonic possession?) Not much genius showing there IMHO. Pertronix make two ignitors, both known to...
... Those eyes are unmistakable IMO. Yes. George Harrison. I _was_ hoping for a few suggestions that it was Damon Hill though. For the record: David Martin...
I think my first electronic kit was Petronix. I probably bought it from RD. I buy most of my parts from them and I like dealing with them. It was over 5...
David, I'm curious about how and when then Pertronix unit failed? I had a failure around 5 or 6 years ago (fading memory) when the magnets in the rotor ring...
... The Pertronix unit in my S2 Europa had exactly the same failure in 1996. I reassembled the magnet ring, being careful to observe correct magnet polarity,...
Lotus has been pushing the Versatile Vehicle Architecture for some time, with original press release coming out in February of last year. The press release...
... Thanks for those Michael, but it seems both the supercar and the crossover would have a stamped floorpan. I'm not sure how that's a major improvement over...
... Possibly worse. They used "tonne", which normally refers to the metric ton aka 1000 Kg, which computes to about 3470 lbs. That would give it the same...
... Correct -- and spelled correctly too! The car has been in Tom Wheatcroft's hands for many years, and because he keeps it in his musuem at Donington Park,...
no, only 2200 lbs. Paul ... Possibly worse. They used "tonne", which normally refers to the metric ton aka 1000 Kg, which computes to about 3470 lbs. That...
Does the twin cam have vacuum advance? I talked to the guy who is fixing my Plus 2 today and he said that my vacuum advance was not there. early 69 Plus 2 with...
None of mine had the advance working....but I never owned a plus 2 ... From: lotus-cars@yahoogroups.com [mailto:lotus-cars@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David...
My 73 TC has the vacuum advance mechanism on the distributor but all it does is retard the timing at idle. I and lots of others have just removed the hose from...
Found some sites, via a Kit Car Magazine article: http://www.usatour05.blogspot.com/ http://www.barriskell.com/se7enstour/ Wherein about 50 Seven drivers...
David, US Federal spec cars used a Lucas 25D4 distributor with a vacuum capsule. Euro spec engines used a Lucas 23D4 without the capsule but with a more ...
Does anyone know off the top of their head what the size is for NGK spark plugs for the S4 Esprit? Scott Williamson [Non-text portions of this message have...
Greetings, the site is www.ngk.com I have the S4 BPR6EKN in stock They are $3.75 each The V8 plugs are $4.00 each or $16.00 a set. I am now a NGK dealer so...
This is a link to a weekend newspaper article re: delivery of a new Elise to a local friend. I don't know the car's legal status as far as LotusCars is...
David, I have the original Allison ignition in my TCS europa, installed by the PO some 15 years ago. I have had no trouble, and am currently running the...
