For those that used the old Lotus Excel board, I thought I'd take the liberty of passing on this piece of good news from Mark Spavin. Cheers, Gavin ... ...
Thanks Gavin and well done Mark. A strong start by the downunder contingent with three out of the four members.....lets hope the messages can be retrieved off...
Everybody on this list, I'd like to thank everyone that helped and sent some very interesting feedback on this topic, by now you probably understood that I am...
Hello everyone. I joined to this group just a few minutes ago. First, let's me introduce about myself. I am Japanese living in Yokohama -near Tokyo- and own a...
Hello people I am rebuilding my 1977 Elite, I know, so is every one else. I have just removed the rear end and have found that the off side road spring is...
... Springs, dampers, suspension links and bushes are all Lotus-specific. They're what makes for Lotus handling. Uprights and brakes are often fron other...
http://www.sjsportscars.co.uk/home.asp I am pretty sure that this web site had new springs listed. I was thinking of getting a new set of four myself for my...
http://www.sjsportscars.co.uk/partsandaccessories/partslist.asp?Car_ID=4&Type1_ID=4&Type2_ID=66 Hope that link works.. it's a rear spring page. Regards Gavin ...
Hi, Thankyou for everyone's kindness and advice. Today I checked the harnesses, fuses, and relays. And now, except hazard, every electric works fine! Next week...
http://westfield-world.com/Fibreglass.pdf I found this very interesting. I spent 5 years repainting mostly glass fibre boats and even I learned some new tricks...
Hello every one Thank you for your help, I now have quite a few people to cantact. So I am quite confident that some one will have a road spring for my car. ...
Despite some problems with the carbs on my elite I'm making the pilgrimage. Anybody else going? Its supposed to be focused on the m100 elan but it'd be nice to...
1976 Elite with Dellortos. Can someone give me the reference for the K&N air-filter that copies the original filter in the air-box please? From the references...
I was most distressed to discover that the curious nuts that hold the rear lamps bodies to the rear bumper actually screw to studs mounded into the plastic...
hello all, I was wondering if there was a cross reference for the lotus 5 speed clutch, I found a lotus clutch online for 688$, but I was hoping that it might...
Hi from Austrtalia. I am in process of restoring my 88 Excel and found the Pektron Electronic unit has suffered water damage. Can any one advise me if there is...
Hello all, I have a 74 Elite 502 that I am converting to a V8 since, after getting into the 907 engine I have found the cams are burned up, valves and pistons...
Hi Mike, I'm led to believe (maybe mislead?) that there's a Toyota bell housing to mate a W58 transmission to this engine - same box as the Excel. So ...
$688 is an awful lot of cash for a 3 piece clutch kit that is sold here in the UK by S J Sportscars for about $220. They'll ship to all parts of the world so...
Hi Tim, Ah yes, but the original question was " what gearbox to bolt up to a Toyota V8?" Mike's original post is below. I'd heard (probably from yourself) that...
I have just got a Krikit 1 belt tension gauge. I want to check the cam=belt tension on my Elite, but in the Workshop manual, the units are in Burrough's units....
Tim Engel posted the following in May 2004..... ... Go to a parts store that handles Gates Rubber products (hoses and belts) and ask for a Krikit KR1 belt...
the lexus v8 is basicaly a 700mm cube and weighs 460 kgs the w series gearboxs are by far the most common used for this conversion you can but the bellhousing...
Well everyone without jinxing anything I can announce that my 503 elite is finished after 3.5 years of restoring .The last bit, the carpets were done 2 weeks...
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