Europa TCST

[TurboFource]

Hanging out with my son working on the “Distraction” ……

Lotus work to continue soon 

Carillo pistons, CNC ported head with roller cam, baffled oil pan, ARP bolts and studs, welded up and ported exhaust manifold, 3” down pipe and exhaust etc.

[BDA]

That manifold takes a big carburetor!! If the rest of the engine can handle the carburetor, it should go like stink!

[TurboFource]

That’s the lower half of the intake, it’s turbocharged…..

[TurboFource]

I may have a problem…… currently their is TCST which has a turbo, an SVO Mustang which is a 4 cylinder turbo, a 4 cylinder Chevy Malibu LTZ turbo and the complete drivetrain out of a Merkur XR4Ti (4 cylinder turbo) at my house …..I guess my screen name is very fitting

[BDA]

I was thinking that!

[TurboFource]

Almost done with “the Distraction “ …. Lotus work will resume tomorrow 

[TurboFource]

The struggle resumes … unfortunately I do mean struggle 

The Europa specific radiator hoses I bought didn’t work, the bottom one needed cut and spun because the bend orientation to each other was wrong and the bend was larger so I had to trim some fiberglass to get it on the coolant tube. The upper one needed cut and spun to reorient the bends and shortened almost 2 inches  .  Adding two pieces of aluminum tubing and 4 more hoses clamps is not “simplify”. The clutch cable abutment bracket holes did not line up with the original hole spacing and were closer together so I made a threaded plate to spread the load….why does everything have to be a challenge 

[BDA]

why does everything have to be a challenge

It’s a Europa, Turbo! That’s why! 

[TurboFource]

Still plugging along …. nothing picture worthy ….

[dakazman]

  Turbo, I feel your pain, 
 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?
 so just keep moving forward.
D'man

[Bryan Boyle]

*** DELETIA****

...why does everything have to be a challenge 

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'. 

[TurboFource]

Went to a British car show today because the featured marque was Lotus ….ironically the
damp gloomy English weather kept the cars away ….

[Clifton]

Minus the white circle, that Elan is sexy AF!

[TurboFource]

It was beautiful!

[TurboFource]

Made an adjustable pedal stop so I can easily adjust how close the pedals are to me…

I was able to salvage the passenger seat track to use on the drivers seat because it’s set was fairly dissolved from water like the pedal set was …. so much to my dismay but also logical, the seat foam absorbed that water like a sponge and lightened the seat far more than I anticipated   

Is there a seat drawing available ? 

What are seat options? Thought I was past the fabrication stage ….  …