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The Paddock / Re: Lotus Europa 16V Gordini
« Last post by 4129R on Today at 01:44:43 PM »
Quote from: SwiftDB4 on Today at 01:06:30 PM
Very impressive considering that 40 has 3 times the hp and displacement of your Europa.

My GT40 has 5.6L v 1.55L so about 3.61 times, and 459 v 125 so about 3.67 times the power.

They are similar to drive but the gear change on the GT40 is far easier to use.

Both get dazzled by headlights, the rear vision is very similar, but the clutch on the Europa is easier to use than the GT40.
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The Paddock / Re: Lotus Europa 16V Gordini
« Last post by SwiftDB4 on Today at 01:06:30 PM »
Way to go Mecky !!
Very impressive considering that 40 has 3 times the hp and displacement of your Europa.
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The Paddock / Re: Lotus Europa 16V Gordini
« Last post by BDA on Today at 09:08:17 AM »
That's great, Mecky!! Congratulations! The car seems to be running really well! It's too bad about that spin. I was really hoping you'd make a pass on the GT-40 stick.

 :trophy:
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Garage / Re: Europa TCST
« Last post by Bryan Boyle on Today at 07:18:11 AM »
Quote from: TurboFource on Monday,April 22, 2024, 01:59:44 PM
*** DELETIA****

...why does everything have to be a challenge  :confused:

Never surprised at anything I come across.  I think it comes down to the manual assembly nature of the car and the 'as it comes down the line, make it fit' nature of the production.  EVERYTHING takes a bit of 'fettling'. 
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Garage / Re: Europa TCST
« Last post by dakazman on Today at 07:01:50 AM »
  Turbo, I feel your pain,  :I-agree:
 I made a bracket for the clutch cable also. my hoses weren't perfect either off Ebay ,but I'm sure you'll work it out. Sometimes it feels like I'm going in circles so then I start another task that will also give me a problem. Makes sense doesn't it? :headbanger:
 so just keep moving forward.
D'man
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The Paddock / Re: Lotus Europa 16V Gordini
« Last post by Mecky on Today at 06:45:13 AM »
The first race event of 2024 is in the books. New engine and gearbox configurations work nicely. I finished 2nd in class in both races against competition of four younger cars, the newest built in 1998. That's a solid start and brings a bunch of championship points. :beerchug:

As a first sneak peak, here is some onboard footage from my 2nd race at Spa-Francorchamps last weekend. I tried to bring the fight to a Ford GT40, but lost due to a driving error: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXdSovqKufM
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Garage / Re: Europa TCST
« Last post by TurboFource on Today at 03:25:25 AM »
Still plugging along …. nothing picture worthy ….
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Garage / Re: The revival of 650143R, 1970 with TS.
« Last post by Richard48Y on Monday,April 29, 2024, 07:36:00 PM »
New stainless transfer tubes arrived at last.  :)
Single cut each made them much less expensive to ship.
Shipping was still more than the parts.  :headbanger:
A little disappointed that the bends are not as nice as original tubes.
Now I need to find someone very good to put them back together.  :welder:
Even with that I have saved a couple hundred dollars over the US sources.
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Garage / Re: Restoration of 3940R
« Last post by Kendo on Monday,April 29, 2024, 07:25:32 PM »
Yes, the VIN on my TCS was written on the top “shelf” under the window on both doors. That’s how I know that both my doors are original, even though the driver door was extensively damaged and repaired by a PO. Protip (actually, amateur…) scrape the paint out of the VIN casting so paint doesn’t “erase” it.
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Garage / Re: What's this??
« Last post by jbcollier on Monday,April 29, 2024, 06:49:27 PM »
Bryan is spot on.
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