Lotus Princess II

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Nick would you mind a passenger on your next track adventure? Would love a run out with someone that's plenty of track experience before I take my own car to the track lol

No problem, some time in March with any luck.

You have to get a few laps with @evo98 as well. He is a complete lunatic, crazy as a coconut, but by Jove can he steer that beast of a BMW

And then Paul in his Westfield to round it all off, one of the fastest car/driver combos there

 

[big_pete]

Come an see me next sunday pete, ill take you no problem

That would be awesome!!

 

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Finally! Pushed the little Lotus into Jonny's garage this evening. Remove Rover, insert Honda, job done. What could possibly go wrong, lol

 

[Gavlar]

How did I miss this!? Subscribed!

 

[AIRFORCE1]

Finally! Pushed the little Lotus into Jonny's garage this evening. Remove Rover, insert Honda, job done. What could possibly go wrong, lol

Aye but as soon as you left I rolled it back out, drove the hemi back in and continued making videos of me revving the big V8 for Facebook

 

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@AIRFORCE1, this is what we really should do
http://www.venomgt.com/

0-270mph in 2 miles

Just use your Hemi instead of the puny Honda, how hard could it be

 

[AIRFORCE1]

Sounds like a plan. Pair of 35s hanging of the hemi be some Craic

 

[evo98]

Garage hogger

Get that scrap out of there, blah blah blah blah

 

[PaulYDP]

Really looking forward to seeing this completed Nick, some money going into it!

Let me know if you still have the Civic and if you are breaking it, I would be interested in a few bits and pieces

 

[FM155]

Aye but as soon as you left I rolled it back out, drove the hemi back in and continued making videos of me revving the big V8 for Facebook

LOL many likes

 

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Popped over to drop off the Lotus service manual, which will no doubt join the nice, thick, printed and laminated conversion kit manual still lying pristine and untouched in Jonny's storage room

Three merry men enjoying themselves. Lots of swearing means they are really happy

The front already sorted - new blower fan, heater matrix and bodged up matrix cover, new heater cables and controls, new radiator fan, new grill, driving lights, and new tow thingy. Phew. And that was just warming up a bit. New windscreen going in tomorrow, courtesy of @MiniMad. What could possibly go wrong

Shrapnel from the engine... Whoops... And not even lifted the lid yet, this is stuff that made it to the OUTSIDE of the engine, lol! It will be pure carnage in there

Bits of melted piston, shattered liner, piston ring, and the somewhat battered remains of a valve... Ouch!

At least it died happy, doing what it was meant to do - going flat out on a race track

 

[AIRFORCE1]

Aye getting on not to bad without that laminated thing you mentioned lol

 

[FDub]

I do NOT need to subscribe to another motoring forum but it's worth it to follow this build.

Great to see it's finally under way. Look forward to seeing it all come together.

 

[Lappintyre]

That is some job, must be a strange feeling seeing your pride and joy in so many pieces...

 

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That is some job, must be a strange feeling seeing your pride and joy in so many pieces...

Have some more pictures here of it in even more pieces than that now, lol Will be another few days before I can get them up. These cars are more like a giant meccano set, not all that bad as it might look. Though Jonny might beg to differ, lol

The new windscreen is in as well, the rear clam is gone, and most of the interior has been ripped out. New timing chain, tensioner, and guides on the way for the Honda. Might as well, with it all out anyway and with the use it will be getting.

Just a matter of getting the Rover out, and then Honda in then - what could possibly go wrong!

 

[svensktoppen]

I do NOT need to subscribe to another motoring forum but it's worth it to follow this build.

Great to see it's finally under way. Look forward to seeing it all come together.

Welcome, and enjoy

With any luck (or possibly quite a lot of it ) it will all be done in time to get out and play with the 360 at the next OTD

 

[AIRFORCE1]

I Rekon it's almost complete now. Over the weekend I replaced the rover engine with one that gives less headgasket problems . And it was easier than the Honda job he wants me to do aswell. Still Drinks a fair bit tho lol


It's @Nigel AI 600 powered now

 

[Nigel AI 600]

Yep still pretty poor mpg from that yoke

 

[stevyg]

Can't wait to see this finished. The K20 will be happy in the Lotus.

I hope the 'coming home on a flatbed' curse is now broken

 

[weeloaney]

Yep still pretty poor mpg from that yoke

Looks like a good multi fuel unit tho.

What does it perform on best? Redbull?

 

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Still not convinced this new unit is any better on the headgasket front, but Jonny assures me it is fine

RB would be a lot more expensive than petrol though

 

[weeloaney]

Does it blow the cap the odd time?

 

[big_pete]

LOL Nick, I only thought I had it in pieces when it was in my shop lol!

 

[FDub]

Welcome, and enjoy

With any luck (or possibly quite a lot of it ) it will all be done in time to get out and play with the 360 at the next OTD

I'm hoping to make it out on the 7th March - you reckon you'll be done by then? If so you're either further ahead than the photographs portray or you're an eternal optimist?

 

[AIRFORCE1]

I'm hoping to make it out on the 7th March - you reckon you'll be done by then? If so you're either further ahead than the photographs portray or you're an eternal optimist?

Eternal optimist as it's not farther along than this. And the engine still has to come out the civic and the engine and box both need stripped before I can even begin to fit them Into lotus.