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George's Exige build blog

This blog chronicles the 3+year long saga that grew out of a 6-month tidy-up of my Series 1 Lotus Exige. It started out with honest, and modest intentions of tidying up some bits and pieces, and removing some rough edges. It has ended up being a full rebuild of the car with the aim of making a near-concours condition car that breathes fire and awesomeness on the road as well as being a bit brisk at the track.

Pull up a chair, put the kettle on and follow me on my journey...

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    Refitting interior

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    Esprit
    , 22nd January 2011 at 01:17 PM (George's Exige build blog)
    Well, a fruitful weekend thus far. Started out last night by fitting the alternator heat shield. This is a little bastart to get fitting right but I managed it in the end:


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    Running again

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    Esprit
    , 20th January 2011 at 01:16 PM (George's Exige build blog)
    Good news everyone!



    Spent some time on the car last night. Managed to get the gaearbox oil level sitting right again (will check again before it hits the road in earnest and the engine ...

    Updated 26th June 2011 at 01:17 PM by Esprit

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    Second (home)coming

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    Esprit
    , 19th January 2011 at 01:15 PM (George's Exige build blog)
    Great success! For the first time since Oct 16th last year, the car is home again!

    Now we can do a bit of rework to get the old girl fired back up again, run her up and down the road a couple of times (just for fun) then get to work bolting the rest of her back together!
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    Oil leak traced

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    Esprit
    , 17th January 2011 at 01:15 PM (George's Exige build blog)
    Well we found the source of the oil leak and as suspected it was the rear main seal.

    The leak wasn't out of the lip however, it was leaking between the seal and the block. It seems this was down to two reasons:

    1) The seal was assembled into the block without silicone sealant ...
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    Waiting for the engine...

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    Esprit
    , 16th January 2011 at 01:13 PM (George's Exige build blog)
    Managed to get out to see the car yesterday. Sadly the engine's still not out, which I'm a bit disappointed about. By the time this oil leak's sorted it'll have taken a month to sort out on its own... that's a month of fine weather I could have been using to run the car in and get sorted. Not happy. ...
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