Lotus V8 Cortina

[alan-ix350]

Dont know if ive posted this but here is my Mk2 Cortina with a Lotus V8
Been done 4 years now so a few miles on it
Hope you like

[rallye101]

Bloody brilliant, from an esprit??
You need to post this on the " sleeper" post as no one has a clue over there....

[Jordie Barretts sock]

This needs more info.

What brakes are you running? What rear axle and gearbox? What suspension mods? How much cutting and bending was needed to get it to fit?

[Enut]

That's brilliant.

Reminds me that when my father was a traffic copper many moons ago they had a Lotus Cortina on loan to assess whether it was suitable for a traffic car, I think he said they blew it up!

[GTRene]

lovely sleeper, needs more info and pictures :-)

[alan-ix350]

rallye101 said:

Bloody brilliant, from an esprit??
You need to post this on the " sleeper" post as no one has a clue over there....

Cheers Rallye, yes it is an esprit engine, but this engine hadnt ever been fitted in a car, it was a development engine.
Where is the sleeper thread ?

[alan-ix350]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

This needs more info.

What brakes are you running? What rear axle and gearbox? What suspension mods? How much cutting and bending was needed to get it to fit?

Hi Jordie.The front brakes are Brembo callipers from an Alpha Romeo on Peugeot 405 coupe discs on escort legs, MX5 steering rack, Capri anti roll bar, Bit of a bitsa.
Rear axle is the original 1500GT casing and shafts with a LSD diff.
The gearbox is ZF Auto with Jag casing, BMW torque converter, Volvo tail housing, Transit flex plate and a few adapter plated
Being Auto has helped the axle live this long.
Still gets off the mark, 0-60- 3.97 sec.

[alan-ix350]

GTRene said:

lovely sleeper, needs more info and pictures :-)

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[Ayahuasca]

Very cool.

[LuckyThirteen]

What an awesome car.
What's the balance like weight wise? I see you've sensibly moved the water weight to the rear.

[hairy v]

Excellent job - looks fantastic!

[GTRene]

wow, looks like a nice job done, also good to see the old vs the new engine, almost funny

[Mellow Yellow]

alan-ix350 said:

Dont know if ive posted this but here is my Mk2 Cortina with a Lotus V8
Been done 4 years now so a few miles on it
Hope you like

Love it, think you've lost track of time though, I snapped it at Le Mans in 2015:

[alan-ix350]

Mellow Yellow said:

Love it, think you've lost track of time though, I snapped it at Le Mans in 2015:

Crikey your right
Went to Lemans two weeks after i MOT'd it 7.5 years ago now

[keeling54]

I saw this at North Weald car meet a couple of weekends ago, it's an impressive install, was hoping to chat to the owner but you weren't there. Maybe next time.