She drove for the first time since 1983
full of noise and very frisky
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Good news 661 
Superb!
Are you suggesting 25 front and 20 rear? Wouldn’t that be a bit tail skittish? I am using 175/65 r 13 tyres of dubious origin on 6" wheels.
Mrs Lyle and I went for a drive recently on a cool evening. It was in the mid 50’s F. I noticed that the heater output was mixed, with, at best, tepid air coming out of the outlets.
Which was worrisome, because on Friday we leave to drive the Natchez Trace Parkway - a 440 mile parkway maintained by the US Park Service which runs from Nashville, TN to Natchez MS. The route was originally a buffalo migration route, then an Indian path, then used by farmers and traders in the early 18th century.
Anyway, it’s likely to be cool at times, so the heater was a concern.
It turned out to not be a big deal - I swapped in a 92 deg C thermostat, and voila, problem fixed.
Looking forward to this drive - should be about 1600 miles over about a week. A good test to see how reliable I’ve been able to make this car over the last few years. Wish us luck.
Terry - I run 20 front and 25 rear on 165/70/13s and all is very fine indeed.
Graeme, Brings back memories of when we finished my 26R, that first drive for me was worth all the years waiting to find one and the hard reservation yards!!!
Looks awesome, its a credit to you mate, have fun
V
I’ve been tracking down sources for German/Japanese quality Issue 18 inner bearings in Australia… Oh what fun its proving to be, so far I source a pair of german manufactured bearings and will know tomorrow if I managed to find another two pairs.
Certainly not! The rears should always be pumped higher and the handbook suggests 5 lb difference. But I’m not qualified to advise actual pressures on such a different tyre size from standard.
Hi V,
Purchased these a while back. Not cheap, but good brand.
123bearing.eu/bearings-361964-SKF
Cheers,
Colin.
quote=“vstibbard”]I’ve been tracking down sources for German/Japanese quality Issue 18 inner bearings in Australia… Oh what fun its proving to be, so far I source a pair of german manufactured bearings and will know tomorrow if I managed to find another two pairs.
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Thanks, I’ve one set which are made in Germany and another set I’ll collect on Monday which are new old stock purchased by the shop owners father who ran it in the 70’s!!!
Cheers
V
From the same supplier or just about ( 123roulement.com - no affiliation ) I got the actual Timken , more expensive but seems legit…
I drove the car with app logging data (via usb-c to DB9 convertor) from AEM gauge:
Doesn’t look too bad but need to do better job of driving certain test cases and isolating the data so I can better look at any changes needed.
There probably a little room to go leaner on both main jets and idle jets. (Idle is set up for ~12AFR).
“I drove the car with app logging data (via usb-c to DB9 convertor) from AEM gauge:”
Good grief man !! What are you doing? This a Lotus forum not something about space shuttles!!
What sort of motor car do have to abuse it in this way? 
PS - I have just fitted famous Franks NF tubes and you would not believe the improvement in performance…
Lol. I wouldn’t call a 9600bps rs232 connection rocket science. The technology is older than the car!
As far as I know it’s just a standard big valve engine. I have an older Kieth setup on the car that I am trying to dial in. Moving from 125 to 115 main jets made the car feel like a rocket at higher revs. I think there probably some room for improvement left but is quite good as it is.
OH!
Running Keiths NF tubes I have this jetting with 420 cams.
34mm choke - 140 Main - 200 Air corrector, NF emulsion tubes - idle jet 45F8
And it is going like a greased weasel…
Bugger… I only have access to a standard weasel…
What grease are you using?
Also you need to know a Weasel is weasily reconised and a Stote is stotely different.
Alan
“What grease are you using?”
Starts with KY…
Everybody knows, it’s oil on the weasel, but grease on the trunnions. 