>From Scott:
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trailing arm. The filter is held onto the trailing arm by a cobbled up
hose clamp and bolt. I would have sworn this was POS, but I'm the
original owner! The outlet line then comes from the filter up to the fuel
injection system.
Question: Is this a good placement for the filter? Wouldn't the constant
jolting from the trialing arm reap havoc with the sediment? Does the
Lotus setup use this same placement?
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It does sound like a strange setup to me. One would think that the only line
mounted to a trailing arm would be a brake line, but without seeing it in
person I'd be guessing why. The Esprit (S2) mounts the filter along the frame
rail, around the perimeter of the engine cover- very easy to see and service.
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On the drive to work this morning I noticed that my speedo needle was swinging
wildly about. After around 30 miles (I commute 65 each way) the speedo
calmed down and started working fine. The DMC uses the same speedo setup
as the Esprit. Front angle drive driven off the left front wheel cap,
lower speedo cable to the fire wall, then an upper cable from the
Lambda counter to the speedo.
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Do you mean by sharing the same setup that it uses Smith's guages? The Esprit
does use an angle drive, but it's gear driven off the end of the transaxle.
What you have sounds like what Corvairs used (driven off the front wheel
dustcap). I can tell you that the Corvair setup was subject to moisture
creeping up the cable (would fog the speedo lens!). If you didn't keep
it properly greased this moisture could freeze in winter and snap the cable.
(I guess if you rally cars this setup wins points because the odo won't
have to deal with spinning tire slip).
I had problems with my Esprit setup (wildly bouncing speedo). It turned out
that the cable between the angle drive and the transaxle (short stub cable)
has the spiral wound end squared off, so that it will fit into a square hole
of the piece that mates with the transaxle gear. The end had moved up out
of the square hole and the cable end got mangled (no longer square). I cut
the cable (and the outer jacket) shorter and filed the new end square. It
was actually a little more involved, but you get the general idea.
-Bob T.
From rwg1@cornell.edu Tue Sep 11 11:46:34 2001
From: (Roger Garnett) rwg1@cornell.edu
To: (British Cars) british-cars@autox.team.net
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 09:53:59
Subject: Re: Watkins Glen anyone?
> >From a discussion with Roger G. earlier this summer, I believe I'll see
> him there, but are any other SOL'ers attending the vintage race weekend
> at the Glen this weekend? The vintage F1 cars should be an added treat.
Yup, I'll be there, crewing on Steve Morrison's Red Ginetta G15.
Sarah & Roger Sieling will be there with their Lotus XI.
Dress for rain on Friday and Saturday...
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