1968 Cortina Mk 2 Lotus twin turbo V8

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Engine in,



and some of the pipework

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Over the MOT pit







On the road, just sorting the bonnet fuel gauge and a day on the rollers mapping it.

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some finished ( nearly) pics,








Dyno run

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Done 4000 miles so far so time to give it some stick.( been worried about breaking the axle).

Original tyres saved the day as they just span up on boost, so no good 0-60 times.

Fitted a pair of avons a month ago, two trips to France bedded them in,

First try at 0-60 now 3.96

Off to find a quiet straight private road to test the 1/4 mile time

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Have covered 12k miles mow, only issue is the gearbox has burnt out the lock up clutch twice and its playing up at the moment too.

Before i look into it again i thought s-it or bust , try a 1/4 mile blast

12.2 with the top end fueling not mapped, so should easy do an 11 sec.



Oh and its not a lotus shell, it was a 1500GT