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Had 2 x Esprits - SE and S4, Great cars great handling and I had no problems with either though servicing was rather expensive from main dealer, Cam belts is a must do.
Running costs were not too bad up to 25 mpg on a run and reasonable insurance, only issue for me owning an Esprit was the prats in their sales rep mobiles who would take suicidal risks to over take you.
My personnal choice though is the grunt of the TVR,
Running costs were not too bad up to 25 mpg on a run and reasonable insurance, only issue for me owning an Esprit was the prats in their sales rep mobiles who would take suicidal risks to over take you.
My personnal choice though is the grunt of the TVR,
Can't speak from experience, but a few things spring to mind from hearsay and magazine articles....
Turbo welds itself to engine and is a seriously expensive problem to fix (engine out etc.)
Clutch (and most other jobs!) needs engine out.
Chassis near the exhaust rusts; guess what, you have to take the engine out....
Only the post-86-ish cars handle well, the early stuff was pretty bad. At least in modern terms. Bit like a TVR wedge... ;-)
Ian
390SE
Turbo welds itself to engine and is a seriously expensive problem to fix (engine out etc.)
Clutch (and most other jobs!) needs engine out.
Chassis near the exhaust rusts; guess what, you have to take the engine out....
Only the post-86-ish cars handle well, the early stuff was pretty bad. At least in modern terms. Bit like a TVR wedge... ;-)
Ian
390SE
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Turbo welds itself to engine and is a seriously expensive problem to fix (engine out etc.)
The turbos (there are two) are bolted to the manifold. Due to the heat the bolts WILL be a bugger to get undone, but not impossible. They're easily accessible and you wouldn't have to take the engine out to get at them.
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Clutch (and most other jobs!) needs engine out.
Nope. You can change the clutch with the engine in the car. 4 cyl and v8.
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Chassis near the exhaust rusts; guess what, you have to take the engine out....
All esprits since the s3 (1981) have a galvanised chassis. I've not heard of any cars after '81 with chassis rust.
Ian, i secretly think you like esprits.. go on, admit it!
Rob
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The turbos (there are two) are bolted to the manifold. Due to the heat the bolts WILL be a bugger to get undone, but not impossible. They're easily accessible and you wouldn't have to take the engine out to get at them.
Only on the V8, the 4 cyl turbos only had one (both the official Lotus turbo and the Bell and Colvill version which pre-dated the official one by about 2 years).
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