Lotus 7 S4 1974: light restoration and modification
Discussion
Last trackday was a real disaster. Waterpump broke after 1m! Nothing else to do than putting the car back on the trailer and go 2h back home again. There was also some heats for racecars this day, and some cars form the Seven Eleven class was there. This is a locost class whit a Seven chasis but with a more modern look to it. The colour was nice too
This was the last trackday of the season for me, and I am now planning for the winter projects:
- New workshop, which will be about twice the size of the existing one, with all the right tools..
- Paint the rollbar
- Mabye widetrack, and all new coilover suspention
- New exhaust. I tried once more to get in contact with Raceline, but these guys just don't know how to answer phones and mails. Amazing customer service! I will probably make one local or buy OEM from Caterham
- New cams
- Oil cooler
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This was the last trackday of the season for me, and I am now planning for the winter projects:
- New workshop, which will be about twice the size of the existing one, with all the right tools..
- Paint the rollbar
- Mabye widetrack, and all new coilover suspention
- New exhaust. I tried once more to get in contact with Raceline, but these guys just don't know how to answer phones and mails. Amazing customer service! I will probably make one local or buy OEM from Caterham
- New cams
- Oil cooler
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Edited by Kghaas on Saturday 19th January 13:32
I guess one or two things has happened since I posted here. I just think there is too little feedback in this thread for me to post on a regular basis. But requests will of course be honored
The bunker is now done. I have started on the interior and the emphasis is on a working garage, not a showroom. So at the moment I am building about 50m of shelves to store stuff in. I have a tendency to never throw away stuff...
Som pics:
The car is outside under a cover. It is only for another couple of weeks
Fresh concrete creates a lot of dust. You can ses the different passes with the vacuum cleaner. About 10 kilos of dust!
When all dust is gone, you can put on 2K epoxy. I was thinking also considering tiles, but ended up with epoxy as best option for a working space
Bought some interior from Bauhaus, but it was a pain in the arse to assembel. I was also not happy with the design or quality, so I returned som pieces and bought some IKEA stuff instead.
I had already assembled the workbenches. If I was to do this again I would go IKEA for the lot. The Bauhaus stuff is bespoke garage interior in metal, but I just think the IKEA is better for a hobby garage where space is of the essence.
Today I received the two post lift. One package of 550kg! It was delivered 3 meters outside the garage, and I spent 3 hours to wrestle it in!!!
Hopefully I will have it up by this weekend
The bunker is now done. I have started on the interior and the emphasis is on a working garage, not a showroom. So at the moment I am building about 50m of shelves to store stuff in. I have a tendency to never throw away stuff...
Som pics:
The car is outside under a cover. It is only for another couple of weeks
Fresh concrete creates a lot of dust. You can ses the different passes with the vacuum cleaner. About 10 kilos of dust!
When all dust is gone, you can put on 2K epoxy. I was thinking also considering tiles, but ended up with epoxy as best option for a working space
Bought some interior from Bauhaus, but it was a pain in the arse to assembel. I was also not happy with the design or quality, so I returned som pieces and bought some IKEA stuff instead.
I had already assembled the workbenches. If I was to do this again I would go IKEA for the lot. The Bauhaus stuff is bespoke garage interior in metal, but I just think the IKEA is better for a hobby garage where space is of the essence.
Today I received the two post lift. One package of 550kg! It was delivered 3 meters outside the garage, and I spent 3 hours to wrestle it in!!!
Hopefully I will have it up by this weekend
The wiring was the main problem there were only a few wires in the loom that are made from actually coloured wire the rest is white wire with painted stripes which due to the passage of time & sea air had faded away however if the loom tape was peeled back the original colours were visible that was ok till I realised that some of the colours had also marked the other wires where they were tightly bound but by a lengthy process of elimination all the wires were identified its just the brake and handbrake lines to run now its only taken 4 years so far
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