After giving the K&N filter a clean last week, this week I took the 'beam to Skip Brown's for some essential maintenance.
Top of the list, and crucial to the Lotus engine was a new cambelt and tensioner. To help with reducing oil leaks, a new pair of cam cover gaskets went on too. Finally a fresh set of NGK BPR7ES plugs went in.
Inevitably, after the cam cover gaskets were changed there was a lot of oil to burn off the exhaust manifold, which looks far more alarming than it actually is.
Then on to the rollers. After a few tweaks to the mixture and the carb balance, everything looks very healthy.
Result was 160bhp at the wheels (about 58 seconds into the video), which I'm very pleased with.
Top of the list, and crucial to the Lotus engine was a new cambelt and tensioner. To help with reducing oil leaks, a new pair of cam cover gaskets went on too. Finally a fresh set of NGK BPR7ES plugs went in.
Inevitably, after the cam cover gaskets were changed there was a lot of oil to burn off the exhaust manifold, which looks far more alarming than it actually is.
Then on to the rollers. After a few tweaks to the mixture and the carb balance, everything looks very healthy.
Result was 160bhp at the wheels (about 58 seconds into the video), which I'm very pleased with.
Not the cheapest day ever, but Skip's know so much about the car - its in good hands.
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