Wow that's compact. I can't even visualize welding those tanks to a new core.

 

Aside from no way to properly bleed the system, it's not a bad installation. They used two Lotus oil coolers mounted on either side of the actual oil cooler and mounted the pump by the horns above the front undertray. Hoses run along the frame along with a wire that is activated by a pressure transducer on the turbo. The idea is that the pump only runs when the car is on boost. There isn't a lot of coolant flow and the intake runner is about 3x longer than normal, so I'm not sure how much of a benefit there is. I would think a Lotus chargecooler mounted in the normal place above the exhaust cam carrier would be a better option, but I have no idea if those were even available when this kit was put together.

 

It’s very cool.
I can imagine them figuring that out very early days of charge cooling

no OEM CC on the market at the time.

 

I've never seen anything like it on an Esprit.

 

I thought a couple of UK Lotus deals offered aftermarket chargecoolers on g-cars in the 1980s.

That one doesn't look like any of the pictures I've seen, though.

 

I've contacted Bell & Colvill - Are there any other dealers I should stalk?

 

These honestly look custom. (quite nice though). There is a chance a custom fab shop could cut the core out and replace it with a new one custom core.

 

I am beginning to think that is what will have to be done. I really hope the matrix is a standard size.