Oh and another little side I've been working on is replicating the escutcheon for the gearknob. You'll have read a while back that I bought a new Lotus OEM gearknob for my car as I never really liked the aftermarket Momo one my car came with. I also bought a new escutcheon for the top ...
Well today I took my shiny new engine and stripped it (partially). I didn't get a chance to install the sump baffles during assembly as the engine was sitting on the bench, on the sump. So today I got the car up off its wheels on the axle stands and whipped off the exhaust manifold and got the sump ...
Well, tonight's escapades centred around fitting my new injectors. The stock Exige ones (Bosch 0 280 150 479) are rated to 243cc/min @ 3 bar and as such are a little borderline when it comes to 220+bhp. They would do, but would be nearing their limits. The new injectors were the Bosch ...
It's back! Thanks once again to the wonderful Mr. Tim Blackwell-Chin and his race car trailer, this morning was spent getting the car back from KW Historics. The engine's all in now and this means that the real work must now begin. I've got a rough list of things to do ...
More work this evening. Cleaned up the gearbox oil cooler. Peeled the MOCAL decals off because they were a bit ratty, got it all buffed up with some Autosol and about 2 hours of elbow grease. Should look good in place ...
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