What did you do to your Lotus today...

Post by: **woodie** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 3:18 pm

I hope King Abdullah II, he's son still has it.
I'll look out for it, when I go back to Amman in two days time!!

Post by: **mark030358** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 4:02 pm

TBG wrote:Finally cracked the jetting!! 1700cc QED 420s and a new QED big valve big port head. Chart below for comment/derision but finally it is running superbly. Amazing what small changes will achieve. Now have a big pile of jets with no home!! D

Spot jetting.jpg

Out of interest, how far off were these from the QED "ball park" recommendations? I know these are Weber settings, but I may do some playing with my Dellorto's.

cheers

Post by: **woodie** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 4:16 pm

I think that it's this one

Post by: **TBG** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 5:07 pm

"Out of interest, how far off were these from the QED "ball park" recommendations? I know these are Weber settings, but I may do some playing with my Dellorto's."

Mark - I have ended up with 120 mains, 150Air correctors and 50F9 idle (not 59F9 as on my chart!!)

QED state 140 Main. 155 Air correctors and 45F8 idle jets.

Another source for 1700cc engines states 125 Mains, 130Air correctors and 40F11 idle jets.

Take your pick but after many many miles and lots of fiddling my setup is working brilliantly for me. Amazing what small alterations make to the setup. Happy jetting!! D

Post by: **andyj007** » Wed Mar 30, 2022 12:33 pm

did you get these ounted yet? interested in seeing the results

661 wrote:Took delivery of these:

wheels.jpg

And will mount them with these;

tyres.jpg

one each of Michelin XAS FF 155
Michelin XAS FF 165
Avon CR6ZZ 175/70
Pirelli CN36 175/70

and we'll see what works best.
I'll post the results in a different thread once done

Post by: **richardcox_lotus** » Wed Mar 30, 2022 2:50 pm

Wished mine a happy 50th Birthday

Post by: **TBG** » Wed Mar 30, 2022 3:29 pm

Oh what a child!! But a lovely one!! D

Post by: **steve lyle** » Tue Jun 14, 2022 11:00 pm

Picked up the car last Thursday from the shop that recovered the dash. When I got the car, it had a hard plastic cover over the cracked and broken 'crash pad'. That cover is now off, original cracked foam is repaired, and a new layer of thin foam and new vinyl cover is glued on.

Since my toneau cover has shrunk too much to reach the dash studs, we just left those off for now.

Post by: **smo17003** » Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:14 pm

Picked up my S4 FHC from Paul Mason Autospray. Photos were taken a few weeks ago, the boot and wheel arches are now in black. The lighting in his spray booth doesn't do it justice; it's LO1 British Racing Green.

Busy days ahead.