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JeffYoung · 06-08-2007, 07:53 PM

LRP is a very short (near 1 minute lap times), momentum track. Much more suited to an Exige/Elise than an Esprit, but your power should of course help you. Should be interesting how that pans out.

If you have a high HP car, VIR will be a lot of fun for you. Two very long straights, plus the uphill esses (done at 115 or so in the Exige, probably 10-20 mph more in a higher hp car with stick).

Stallion --> time to just ignore each other. You have fun with your car. See ya.

Mike: Oh yeah, I've got two planters I mean parts cars sitting in a storage yard. People forget, Triumph made 100,000 of those suckers (and only 2200 TR8s). Lots of rusted 7s around that people will give to you. I take'em, take the strut tubes, trannies and rear axles and such and then move on.

lotuson74 · 06-08-2007, 08:32 PM

Sounds like Fontana, No fun for the Esprit (big time in between 2nd & 3rd.) but I still hung in with the Elise's but 1 big gap... then I close on brakes & streights. Just not fun - specially working hard the tranny! Perhaps I will save it for V.I.R. and that cool black "under seige"

Thanks for the "heads up"!!

lotuson74 · 06-08-2007, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikelr

Agreed on the 25k-30k price range for an S4. This is a situation where the car is not "worth what the someone is willing to pay" but "what the current owner is willing to let it go for". With the current book values being what they are the fact that even mint condition examples are going for low book value seems to support this theory.

I will be at Lime Rock Park on the 19th so I will be there when Kirks V8 oils the main straight.
Watch out for the little blue Exige when I lap you Esprit boys, at LRP big hp won't help you!

My Esprit will not oil anything... including the crankshaft

lotuson74 · 06-08-2007, 08:44 PM

HOW ABOUT ELISE & SPORT 190 AT L.R.P.?

StallionX · 06-08-2007, 10:22 PM

I actually have a leaky seal in my esprit.. I am going to wait until the next clutch job since it requires removing all of that stuff.. no biggie..

JeffYoung · 06-09-2007, 07:31 AM

The rear main is leaking?

JeffYoung · 06-11-2007, 03:52 PM

Stallion? Is it the rear main? If so, you need to replace that right off. It could oil up the clutch, and no. 2 (and more important) with the added boost you are running it could be a sign that compression is getting past the rings and pressurizing the crankcase.

Get it checked.

lotuson74 · 06-11-2007, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffYoung

Stallion? Is it the rear main? If so, you need to replace that right off. It could oil up the clutch, and no. 2 (and more important) with the added boost you are running it could be a sign that compression is getting past the rings and pressurizing the crankcase.

Get it checked.

Scotty; I I Captain, she won't take it much longer... she's gonna BLOW!!!!
Bones; he's having a breakdown...
Kirk; Sulu, warp 11... NOW!
Spock; We have warp 11 and are leaving the quadrant

mikelr · 06-11-2007, 04:23 PM

To boldly blow like no motor has blown before.....que the theme music.

lotuson74 · 06-11-2007, 04:29 PM

AH, AH..., AH AH A AH... AHH...

StallionX · 06-11-2007, 04:37 PM

Haha..

the leak is pretty minor, it's in the shop getting spidercracks fixed and buffed now.. I will have the seal looked at again, according to the lotus guys and my mechanic it's just an old seal that needs replacing.. nothing to do with the added boost.. remember I have not done anything to my wastegates yet.. all I have is the Johan chip..

anyway, both lotus and my main guy seem to think it's too minor to bother doing until I have to redo the clutch.. that being said I might do it sooner than that just for the peace of mind..

JeffYoung · 06-11-2007, 05:14 PM

Which seal is it?

StallionX · 06-11-2007, 05:24 PM

I honestly do not remember, I just noticed a few drips here and there and then I remembered when it was in for the A service they mentioned it had a minor leak but it wasn't important or dangerous..

my mechanic also looked at it 2 weeks ago and told me to just watch the leak and check oil level and wait.. I "think" they said it was the rear main seal but I will verify this again when the car is in the shop..

Kirk was under the car and also noticed some oil underneath, but I do not think he spent any extra time to try to extrapolate the amount..

to put it in perspective.. at the track (poconoos) they let the car race even though there were bikes out there even w/ a leak.. they felt it was that minor that it was safe even sharing the track w/ the superbikes..

In any case we will see I will find out for certain what is leaking..

lotuson74 · 06-11-2007, 07:03 PM

It is very minor & it may be comming from the lines running to/from the front oil coolers. I recomend to just clean it off and then it should be easy to locate.

Feffman · 06-11-2007, 08:46 PM

I just want to know how you are keeping the torque-to-yield head bolts from stretching and keeping the pistons from holing out with that much (26PSI) boost on a set of cast pistons. The guys who raced the Esprit V8 in
Grand-Am Cup had constant head gasket problems when trying just over
16PSI on the Esprit V8 engine not to mention they had to rebuild the engine with forged pistons, ARP head studs and fabricate an intercooler (with Garrett's assitance) because the added boost was creating heat-soak issues. How did you overcome all this on a stock engine?

Feff

lotuson74 · 06-12-2007, 05:52 AM

I overcome those issues with temprature & duration. That is; with the lack of it. If the car is going to a "road course" I too will only use about that much boost. I will only use that much rarely and when it is cold (read under 60 degrees) outside. Also, I keep the revs. up & use good race fuel. I simply have never had gasket problems

. I will use ARP studs & forged pistons when it goes but... I have 18,000 miles on it and it runs as good as ever

Mario Andretti rarely broke his race cars either, could be a driver thing

JeffYoung · 06-12-2007, 06:07 AM

Things that make you go boom boom, things that make you go boom boom

Things that make you go boom boom, things that make you go boom boom

lotuson74 · 06-12-2007, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffYoung

Things that make you go boom boom, things that make you go boom boom

Things that make you go boom boom, things that make you go boom boom

It does make a sonic boom! But I'm always in front of it. Like I said; nearly 40,000 miles total on three (3) Esprit V8's for more than 3 years! Like I said... Must be a driver issue

JeffYoung · 06-12-2007, 07:12 AM

Kirk, that's the thing that really cracks me up. You are saying that you, as Supreme High Driver of the Wild, Wooly Esprit, control your BOOST by driving in such a way that everyone else who has tried to run at your boost levels grenaded their motors? Uh, ok.....

P.S. - Mario blew up lots of cars, LOTS of them.

lotuson74 · 06-12-2007, 07:44 AM

Now Jeff... Don't get personal here. I am only telling the facts that I have personally experianced. I have also said exactly how I do it. 1) I rarely go to 26psi. (never for extended periods) like on a road course or in even warm tempratures. 2) I always use race gas. 3) I keep the revs. up (do not give full throttle in 4th. uphill @ 1800 rpm's) 4) If you feel the car loose power (as I have experianced) GET OUT OF THE THROTTLE! it is detecting detonation & pulling out timing! I do not claim to be the best driver ever but... I am intelligent and one of the better Esprit drivers out there. Lets not insult, we were able to get past that & I hope to enjoy some track time with you in the future. Maybe I can change your mind and some others too about just what these cars can do.

06-08-2007, 08:32 PM	#62 (permalink)
lotuson74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 567	Sounds like Fontana, No fun for the Esprit (big time in between 2nd & 3rd.) but I still hung in with the Elise's but 1 big gap... then I close on brakes & streights. Just not fun - specially working hard the tranny! Perhaps I will save it for V.I.R. and that cool black "under seige" Thanks for the "heads up"!! __________________ Kirk Will this do??? Artic silver Elise, Ohlins, Monolites, Q.S. header Arqray Ti. & more 99 Sport 190 Elise 02 Mini Cooper S 03 Dinan BMW S-3 Supercharged X-5 4.6is 06 F-250 Diesel, 11 inch lift, 1000lb ft. hauler 04 Radical SR-4 Racecar 97 Lotus Esprit V-8 TT 04 Lotus Esprit V-8 TT 90 Nissan 300 zx TT showcar with 680 r.w.h.p.!! 02 BMW 330i (needed something practical!) 06 BMW M5 with Schnitzer & Dinan mods. (3) Racebikes built by Richard of Attack Racing Last edited by lotuson74 : 06-08-2007 at 08:50 PM.

06-08-2007, 08:44 PM	#64 (permalink)
lotuson74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 567	HOW ABOUT ELISE & SPORT 190 AT L.R.P.? __________________ Kirk Will this do??? Artic silver Elise, Ohlins, Monolites, Q.S. header Arqray Ti. & more 99 Sport 190 Elise 02 Mini Cooper S 03 Dinan BMW S-3 Supercharged X-5 4.6is 06 F-250 Diesel, 11 inch lift, 1000lb ft. hauler 04 Radical SR-4 Racecar 97 Lotus Esprit V-8 TT 04 Lotus Esprit V-8 TT 90 Nissan 300 zx TT showcar with 680 r.w.h.p.!! 02 BMW 330i (needed something practical!) 06 BMW M5 with Schnitzer & Dinan mods. (3) Racebikes built by Richard of Attack Racing

06-11-2007, 04:23 PM	#69 (permalink)
mikelr <[^,^]> Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Newburgh, New York Posts: 650	To boldly blow like no motor has blown before.....que the theme music. __________________ 00' S1 Exige (7.14lbs/hp) 94' S4 Esprit 07' Ram Quad cab 3500 hauler

06-11-2007, 04:29 PM	#70 (permalink)
lotuson74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 567	AH, AH..., AH AH A AH... AHH... __________________ Kirk Will this do??? Artic silver Elise, Ohlins, Monolites, Q.S. header Arqray Ti. & more 99 Sport 190 Elise 02 Mini Cooper S 03 Dinan BMW S-3 Supercharged X-5 4.6is 06 F-250 Diesel, 11 inch lift, 1000lb ft. hauler 04 Radical SR-4 Racecar 97 Lotus Esprit V-8 TT 04 Lotus Esprit V-8 TT 90 Nissan 300 zx TT showcar with 680 r.w.h.p.!! 02 BMW 330i (needed something practical!) 06 BMW M5 with Schnitzer & Dinan mods. (3) Racebikes built by Richard of Attack Racing

06-11-2007, 07:03 PM	#74 (permalink)
lotuson74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 567	It is very minor & it may be comming from the lines running to/from the front oil coolers. I recomend to just clean it off and then it should be easy to locate. __________________ Kirk Will this do??? Artic silver Elise, Ohlins, Monolites, Q.S. header Arqray Ti. & more 99 Sport 190 Elise 02 Mini Cooper S 03 Dinan BMW S-3 Supercharged X-5 4.6is 06 F-250 Diesel, 11 inch lift, 1000lb ft. hauler 04 Radical SR-4 Racecar 97 Lotus Esprit V-8 TT 04 Lotus Esprit V-8 TT 90 Nissan 300 zx TT showcar with 680 r.w.h.p.!! 02 BMW 330i (needed something practical!) 06 BMW M5 with Schnitzer & Dinan mods. (3) Racebikes built by Richard of Attack Racing

06-08-2007, 07:53 PM	#61 (permalink)
JeffYoung Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 837	LRP is a very short (near 1 minute lap times), momentum track. Much more suited to an Exige/Elise than an Esprit, but your power should of course help you. Should be interesting how that pans out. If you have a high HP car, VIR will be a lot of fun for you. Two very long straights, plus the uphill esses (done at 115 or so in the Exige, probably 10-20 mph more in a higher hp car with stick). Stallion --> time to just ignore each other. You have fun with your car. See ya. Mike: Oh yeah, I've got two planters I mean parts cars sitting in a storage yard. People forget, Triumph made 100,000 of those suckers (and only 2200 TR8s). Lots of rusted 7s around that people will give to you. I take'em, take the strut tubes, trannies and rear axles and such and then move on.

06-08-2007, 10:22 PM	#65 (permalink)
StallionX BANNED Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 841	I actually have a leaky seal in my esprit.. I am going to wait until the next clutch job since it requires removing all of that stuff.. no biggie..

06-09-2007, 07:31 AM	#66 (permalink)
JeffYoung Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 837	The rear main is leaking?

06-11-2007, 03:52 PM	#67 (permalink)
JeffYoung Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 837	Stallion? Is it the rear main? If so, you need to replace that right off. It could oil up the clutch, and no. 2 (and more important) with the added boost you are running it could be a sign that compression is getting past the rings and pressurizing the crankcase. Get it checked.

06-11-2007, 04:37 PM	#71 (permalink)
StallionX BANNED Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 841	Haha.. the leak is pretty minor, it's in the shop getting spidercracks fixed and buffed now.. I will have the seal looked at again, according to the lotus guys and my mechanic it's just an old seal that needs replacing.. nothing to do with the added boost.. remember I have not done anything to my wastegates yet.. all I have is the Johan chip.. anyway, both lotus and my main guy seem to think it's too minor to bother doing until I have to redo the clutch.. that being said I might do it sooner than that just for the peace of mind..

06-11-2007, 05:14 PM	#72 (permalink)
JeffYoung Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 837	Which seal is it?

06-11-2007, 05:24 PM	#73 (permalink)
StallionX BANNED Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 841	I honestly do not remember, I just noticed a few drips here and there and then I remembered when it was in for the A service they mentioned it had a minor leak but it wasn't important or dangerous.. my mechanic also looked at it 2 weeks ago and told me to just watch the leak and check oil level and wait.. I "think" they said it was the rear main seal but I will verify this again when the car is in the shop.. Kirk was under the car and also noticed some oil underneath, but I do not think he spent any extra time to try to extrapolate the amount.. to put it in perspective.. at the track (poconoos) they let the car race even though there were bikes out there even w/ a leak.. they felt it was that minor that it was safe even sharing the track w/ the superbikes.. In any case we will see I will find out for certain what is leaking..

06-11-2007, 08:46 PM	#75 (permalink)
Feffman Grand Poobah Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: St. Louis, Mo. Posts: 865	I just want to know how you are keeping the torque-to-yield head bolts from stretching and keeping the pistons from holing out with that much (26PSI) boost on a set of cast pistons. The guys who raced the Esprit V8 in Grand-Am Cup had constant head gasket problems when trying just over 16PSI on the Esprit V8 engine not to mention they had to rebuild the engine with forged pistons, ARP head studs and fabricate an intercooler (with Garrett's assitance) because the added boost was creating heat-soak issues. How did you overcome all this on a stock engine? Feff __________________ MVP Track Time

06-12-2007, 05:52 AM	#76 (permalink)
lotuson74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 567	I overcome those issues with temprature & duration. That is; with the lack of it. If the car is going to a "road course" I too will only use about that much boost. I will only use that much rarely and when it is cold (read under 60 degrees) outside. Also, I keep the revs. up & use good race fuel. I simply have never had gasket problems . I will use ARP studs & forged pistons when it goes but... I have 18,000 miles on it and it runs as good as ever Mario Andretti rarely broke his race cars either, could be a driver thing __________________ Kirk Will this do??? Artic silver Elise, Ohlins, Monolites, Q.S. header Arqray Ti. & more 99 Sport 190 Elise 02 Mini Cooper S 03 Dinan BMW S-3 Supercharged X-5 4.6is 06 F-250 Diesel, 11 inch lift, 1000lb ft. hauler 04 Radical SR-4 Racecar 97 Lotus Esprit V-8 TT 04 Lotus Esprit V-8 TT 90 Nissan 300 zx TT showcar with 680 r.w.h.p.!! 02 BMW 330i (needed something practical!) 06 BMW M5 with Schnitzer & Dinan mods. (3) Racebikes built by Richard of Attack Racing

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06-12-2007, 07:12 AM	#79 (permalink)
JeffYoung Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 837	Kirk, that's the thing that really cracks me up. You are saying that you, as Supreme High Driver of the Wild, Wooly Esprit, control your BOOST by driving in such a way that everyone else who has tried to run at your boost levels grenaded their motors? Uh, ok..... P.S. - Mario blew up lots of cars, LOTS of them.

06-12-2007, 07:44 AM	#80 (permalink)
lotuson74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 567	Now Jeff... Don't get personal here. I am only telling the facts that I have personally experianced. I have also said exactly how I do it. 1) I rarely go to 26psi. (never for extended periods) like on a road course or in even warm tempratures. 2) I always use race gas. 3) I keep the revs. up (do not give full throttle in 4th. uphill @ 1800 rpm's) 4) If you feel the car loose power (as I have experianced) GET OUT OF THE THROTTLE! it is detecting detonation & pulling out timing! I do not claim to be the best driver ever but... I am intelligent and one of the better Esprit drivers out there. Lets not insult, we were able to get past that & I hope to enjoy some track time with you in the future. Maybe I can change your mind and some others too about just what these cars can do. __________________ Kirk Will this do??? Artic silver Elise, Ohlins, Monolites, Q.S. header Arqray Ti. & more 99 Sport 190 Elise 02 Mini Cooper S 03 Dinan BMW S-3 Supercharged X-5 4.6is 06 F-250 Diesel, 11 inch lift, 1000lb ft. hauler 04 Radical SR-4 Racecar 97 Lotus Esprit V-8 TT 04 Lotus Esprit V-8 TT 90 Nissan 300 zx TT showcar with 680 r.w.h.p.!! 02 BMW 330i (needed something practical!) 06 BMW M5 with Schnitzer & Dinan mods. (3) Racebikes built by Richard of Attack Racing Last edited by lotuson74 : 06-12-2007 at 07:59 AM.