Europa TCST

[BDA]

I just reminded myself that you are considering turbocharging your car. I think with the increase of performance, you should upgrade your brakes too!

[TurboFource]

BDA, it was turbocharged in 1975 😉

[TurboFource]

Seat removal......the seats don't seem to slide...will put some more effort into persuading them.... In anticipation of trouble I have read that people cut off the bolts from underneath, there is nothing protruding through the seat bobbins on my TCS, are the bobbins threaded? The bolt threads appear to be flush with the bottom of them.  If they are threaded, is it possible to reach the rear bolts from underneath the seat?

[Grumblebuns]

On the TCs, the seats sliders are bolted into floor bobbins. With my seat removal process, I was able to slide my seats all the way forward off the bottom slider to access the four bolts.

If your sliders are rusted in place, remove the bottom seat cushion and see how accessible the four bolts are. If possible spray penetrating fluid on the seat sliders and bolts.

[TurboFource]

Thanks! Hopefully that will work.

[TurboFource]

I picked up my Pilkington windshields today, had them sent to the closest place that carried their brand, which involved a 5 hour round trip!

I asked for shaded if they had them......guess clear it is going to be! I will look to see if it can be matched with tint to the other glass when I get to that point.....

Not what I wanted to buy first but I am glad I didn't procrastinate on this!! Many thanks to Marissa at Clearview Auto Glass in Baltimore for getting my order in ASAP and following up to make it happen!

Working on organizing my garage so I can get started!!

[TurboFource]

Couple pics of turbo system and one of the water/methanol injection tanks and the pump, there is a matching water tank on other side. Lots of work ahead!

[TurboFource]

Are the pics ok in size?

[TurboFource]

Engine pic circa 1975

[TurboFource]

Dash......has a couple gauges! And an ashtray

[BDA]

Pictures are great! It's a shame that people let their Europas get in such bad condition! You better treat her right!

What are all those gauges for?!!

[TurboFource]

Intake boost pressure, exhaust boost pressure, exhaust temp (there are six thermocouples and you select which one is displayed with a rotary switch), oil temp, fuel pressure and vacuum I think....and the four standard gauges.


Popped oil cap and things look good, dipstick shows clean oil too.

[TurboFource]

Me looking at Europa in February. It will not be brown when I paint it.

[dakazman]

  Hi Turbo,  It looks like you have an Iphone , just for fun take a picture and mail it to yourself. when it ask what size select just under 1mg say 800kb range or even 100kb. then go to your mail and SAVE it to your pictures . when posting here from attachments/choose file/recent and select the resized photo.

  I love the turbo setup .

  Cant wait for your pics on the paint job.

Dakazman
 

[Certified Lotus]

I remember our first ride together Turbo. Keep that in your mind when your rebuilding her.  I’ll be watching your progress in this post.