Cam timing

[steveww]

I know the theory of cam timing and I have done it on other engines.
What I am after is some practical hints and tips on how to do this on
the Lotus twinc. The main problem I have is figuring out a way to mount
the dial gauge to read MOP from the cam bucket, there is not a lot of
room. How do other people do this?

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Regards,

Steve Waterworth
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Einstein: "The faster you drive, the slower you age..."

[john.p.clegg]

Steve
what i do is place a magnetic stand on a small piece of 1/4" plate across the centre of the head and read the cam followers from there.
John


Steve Waterworth <***@***.***> wrote:

I know the theory of cam timing and I have done it on other engines.
What I am after is some practical hints and tips on how to do this on
the Lotus twinc. The main problem I have is figuring out a way to mount
the dial gauge to read MOP from the cam bucket, there is not a lot of
room. How do other people do this?

--

Regards,

Steve Waterworth
***@***.***

Einstein: "The faster you drive, the slower you age..."

[Esprit2]

That... and use a dial indicator that has a long wand so it can reach in
past all the congestion with a slender finger and touch the tappet..

Regards,
Tim Engel
Lotus Owners Oftha North



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From: "JOHN CLEGG" <***@***.***>

Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [LotusElan.net] Cam timing

[Foxie]

John,

5" x 5", drilled in each corner to bolt on to the inner cam cap studs ? Just like mine.

Sean Murray
----- Original Message -----
From: JOHN CLEGG
To: ***@***.***
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [LotusElan.net] Cam timing


Steve
what i do is place a magnetic stand on a small piece of 1/4" plate across the centre of the head and read the cam followers from there.
John


Steve Waterworth <***@***.***> wrote:

I know the theory of cam timing and I have done it on other engines.
What I am after is some practical hints and tips on how to do this on
the Lotus twinc. The main problem I have is figuring out a way to mount
the dial gauge to read MOP from the cam bucket, there is not a lot of
room. How do other people do this?

--

Regards,

Steve Waterworth
***@***.***

[elj221c]

Almost the same as John. Steel plate, magnetic base, slim extension
on dial gauge but bolted through a corner of the plate on number 4
cam bearing retainer stud.
It's much easier if the engine isn't in the car as well!
Roy
'65 S2

[type36lotus]

Hmmm, just found this on ebay, item # 4527975599 Cover states
LOTUS FORD over the cam sprocket end. Has a vent at the front, but
no oil filler on the exhaust side. Bidding starts at $35 with a
reserve.

Mike Geiger

[elansprint71]

Mike,
I thought that I had seen them all! There are some in books with the front breather and without the filler but I do not recall that lettering. Buy first, ask questions later?

Pete
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Geiger
To: ***@***.***
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 3:42 AM
Subject: [LotusElan.net] Lotus twin Cam valve cover



Hmmm, just found this on ebay, item # 4527975599 Cover states
LOTUS FORD over the cam sprocket end. Has a vent at the front, but
no oil filler on the exhaust side. Bidding starts at $35 with a
reserve.

Mike Geiger

[mikecauser]

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 08:43:53 -0000 "elansprint71" <***@***.***> wrote:


That's a cover from a race engine. The standard TC covers don't have a
front breather, but they are modified this way on pretty much every
engine used for racing. The lettering is interesting, it's not the
normal typeface used by Lotus, and I've never seen Ford mentioned before
either. The use of "Lotus-Ford" would have had much greater meaning in
the US than the UK.

I think that it might have been made in the USA for an engine used for
one of the small single-seat formulae, Formula C perhaps? There is
another possibility, that it was made for Team Lotus while they were
racing the Cortinas in the US (called EFLO?). If it was, Bob Dance at
Team Lotus will know about it.


Mike G, as the first to see it, should grab it, definitely.



Mike
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["Pete"]

I have a similar cam cover with the same lettering and fins but it has 16 holes for the studs as well as a cast bracket on the front right which was for the fuel injection pump. One opinion was that it was from a Lotus formula 2 (?). I got it off a Formula B motor that also had a Brian Hart drysumppan and fuel pump hole plate, so possibly Brian Hart??

Pete
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Geiger
To: ***@***.***
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 7:42 PM
Subject: [LotusElan.net] Lotus twin Cam valve cover



Hmmm, just found this on ebay, item # 4527975599 Cover states
LOTUS FORD over the cam sprocket end. Has a vent at the front, but
no oil filler on the exhaust side. Bidding starts at $35 with a
reserve.

Mike Geiger

[mikecauser]

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:08:41 -0800 "Pete" <***@***.***> wrote:


Peter Day thinks they were done by Lotus for the Cortinas raced in the
USA by Team Lotus. So Bob Dance is definitely the man to ask.


Mike
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