hi everybody happy new year ! please have a look on my ebay auction 4601142782 i have reduced the price .its a good offer that´s the price which i paid for! ...
hello all Im still stripping my chassis down for refinishing and the up-comming V8 conversion on my 74 elite, I was looking at the front suspension and it ...
Hiya Mike, Which V8 were you going to use? The Buick Rover is about the same weight as the original set up. (depending if it had or has aircon or not). I guess...
in the process of building an eclat 520 every thing that cango wrong has so far from having to sue the garage to do the paint job they had already been paid to...
I believe they are common with the Scimitar and certain types of Bedford van (the CF ?) Mine looked grubby until I took them apart and cleaned them. They look...
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The next job for my Eclat is to make new brake pipes. As soon as I started I realized that the previous owner has removed the "Pressure Differential Warning...
hello, does anyone know what hubs the Elite uses? are they Triumph Herald? or gt6? I would like to upgrade the fronts to vented rotors and would like to change...
I am not sure what the hubs are... I have just converted my hubs to 5 stud! Rears were "easy" fronts a little harder with the brake mounts on the back getting...
Fellow Track Junkies: I hope everyone had a nice holiday season and Santa delivered lots of fun Elise related gifts. Now for the gift we all wanted and did not...
hello all I have had Loved my elite over the year`s but it is time for me to let go as I have not had the time to drive it, in the last year 2005 and could not...
I have a 1976 Elite and I need to find a pair of rear "drive shaft intermiate " mine have started to break up arround the universal. oh by the way I live in...
Hi, I have an 84 Excel with a dead windscreeen wiper motor. the linakge is V worn and the motor keeps blowing fuses. Does anyone know how am i supposed to...
... The wiper motor is easy to get at, it's the wheel-box in the centre of the scuttle that's the sod! To get at the motor remove the trim panel above the...
There is a Lotus meet at the Ace Cafe, North Circular Road, North London, tomorrow evening (Thursday night, 18th) and I plan on going with my eclat S2. I...
Make an offer..I have a 74 elite..Resture or parts car..It did run but resently blew the head gasket..Everything is there and the body is straight...Will have...
I thought this was a group for Lotus owners, not a dating site. Could we somehow restrict the membership to people that realy care about their cars and not...
... Yes. But at a cost to the casual poster like yourself that is completely out of proportion to the single unwanted message every 3 months that we get here. ...
Can anyone help, i was asked this the other day. Hi Dave, hope you're well. Wonder if you can help a guy who rang me today. He has an Eclat which he has...
Dave, The entry level Eclat was called the Sprint in the USA and the 520 elsewhere. It was stripped of luxuries as a weight savings, fitted with a 4-speed...
Does anyone know if the Salisbury 7ha diffs were used in other cars? I am just wondering if their might be a ratio less then 3.73 used in something else that...
Elites and Eclats had either the 4.10 or the 3.73 diff. The difference between them is the 4.10 has a 41-tooth crown gear and a 10-tooth pinion gear. The...
Thanks Jonathan, that sounds like it's worth looking into! I will bring some tools home and pull out the diff from the spare car and take a look inside to see...
hi all lotus and sportscarfans from 28.april-30.april 2006 the jim clark revival is on the hockenheimring in germany . who want to go there from this group and...
Hello everyone, Does anybody know the exact bolt sizes and thread type , actually the exact bolts, nuts and washers if any that bolt the body to the chassis...
Not off hand BUT in the next 2 weeks I will be taking the body off my "spare parts" Elite so I will have a set in hand then.... Regards Gavin ... From: Helder...