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Lotus Europa Forums => Garage => Topic started by: LeftAngle on Sunday,September 08, 2013, 07:40:15 PM

Title: Who Knew?
Post by: LeftAngle on Sunday,September 08, 2013, 07:40:15 PM

today, I was writing back and forth with an acquaintance in the UK and he sent me this site: http://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=lotus+europa (http://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=lotus+europa)

I can't tell if these numbers are waaaay off or not.  Does anyone know of similar sites in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan?

Bruce

Title: Re: Who Knew?
Post by: Bainford on Monday,September 09, 2013, 06:27:23 AM

Very interesting. I've never seen data like this before, but I sure would like to see a similar chart for Canada.

Title: Re: Who Knew?
Post by: Lotusjps on Monday,September 23, 2013, 07:05:30 PM

I would highly recommend going to a hydraulic throw out bearing. I did recently and am amazed how much smoother it is to operate. I went with a Tilton bearing and master. I machined a 1/2" 3x6 aluminum bar stock to sit flat on the back of the bellhousing to give the bearing a good surface to mount to. I also moved the stop on the pedal down and to the inboard side to provide a solid stop.
I'm using a quarter master clutch which is pretty stiff, and hydraulic made it so much easier to control (that and I shattered the original clutch fork).

Title: Re: Who Knew?
Post by: Roger on Monday,September 23, 2013, 08:53:39 PM

Lotusjps - I think a new thread is called for, with full description and pictures please!

Title: Re: Who Knew?
Post by: Lotusjps on Tuesday,September 24, 2013, 07:33:27 AM

Wow not sure how this ended up here. I was replying to the thread about throw out bearings.

Title: Re: Who Knew?
Post by: Roger on Tuesday,September 24, 2013, 09:55:10 AM

I've just seen it - thanks for the pics etc!