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Re: 111R rebuild

Post by Mikie711 » Tue Jun 11, 2019 3:55 pm

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She is back home!

Some of you will already know but after 6 years in the hands of various people I decided to buy her back so AU55 now T26 CUP is back in my care.For those that don't know the car, make yourself a coffee and prepare to loose a couple of hours reading the build thread in post 1.

I thought long and hard about wether to extend this thread or just start afresh but decided that it would be good to keep everything I did this car in one place as a sort of rolling history.

First up will be to put some miles on her, me get used to a Lotus again (been a while since I had one) and to see what needs doing. So after what must be just over 3 years I am back in a Lotus and one that I built. This is going to be interesting......
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Re: 111R rebuild

Post by j2 lot » Tue Jun 11, 2019 8:21 pm

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Re: 111R rebuild

Post by IanD » Wed Jun 12, 2019 4:28 am

Nice one :thumbsup

Fix it after others have remove bits and broke it ?

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Re: 111R rebuild

Post by graeme » Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:25 am

It'll probably need a wash.

Congrats, Mike!
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Re: 111R rebuild

Post by Andy G » Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:33 am

good effort Mike
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Re: 111R rebuild

Post by C7Steve » Wed Jun 12, 2019 12:30 pm

IanD wrote:
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It was a good run that day. :thumbsup

Nice to see you back in a Lotus again. :thumbsup


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Re: 111R rebuild

Post by Mikie711 » Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:11 pm

Such a long time but post 1 updated :thumbsup
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Re: 111R rebuild

Post by campbell » Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:33 pm

Struggling to follow Mike so you might want to just add future updates at end. Can always signpost in a final update to post #1 and people will be linked to latest here anyway
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Re: 111R rebuild

Post by C7Steve » Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:00 pm

Mike,

Why did you change from the Öhlins to Nitron suspension? I could not see where or if you mentioned it.


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Re: 111R rebuild

Post by Mikie711 » Tue Jun 25, 2019 8:06 pm

I didn't, they were the wrong type. I forget now which way round it was but they had the wrong eyes on one set and would have needed changing. That and they are 2 way and the Ohlins are basically a modified bike shock and not very robust in the longer term.
Current plan is at some point to change to 46mm Nitron one-way. 2-way are too much of a faff to set up and you need to find a home for the reservoir.
Still might go with 2-11 upper front wishbone but we will see come time.
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Re: 111R rebuild

Post by Mikie711 » Tue Jun 25, 2019 8:21 pm

campbell wrote:
Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:33 pm
Struggling to follow Mike so you might want to just add future updates at end. Can always signpost in a final update to post #1 and people will be linked to latest here anyway Image
I have a better idea, follow on thread :thumbsup

Continuing story now here.
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Re: 111R rebuild

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