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Spent some time on my Lotus over the winter by DMAUL - TribalWar Forums
Last left off with new penske coilovers installed, it weighed in at 2220 fully loaded. Now 2183 fully loaded.
Did a lot, again. New sway bar, wishbone bushings, heat exchanger, radiator, gauges, swirl tank, undertray, horn, HID lights, intercooler tubes, battery bracket, and battery. interior still work in progress
Disconnected the wishbones to replace the bushings with spherical ones
holy **** does lining this **** up in the front suck. there are washers for castor that go between the wishbone and the chassis in a certain order
rope didn't do the job, bring in a jack
old vs. new bushings, there are bushing spacers that center the spherical bearing in the center
said bushing spacers visible here
new sway bar and links
relocated battery from trunk, eliminating several feet of wire and a very heavy battery bracket
new gear and crossgate cables
have to grind some **** off the shifter for new cable ends
****ing sucked a huge one getting the new cables through with the seats in
the front fell off
original radiator has plastic endcaps, wtf lotus
what is this ****
new *****in radiator
disconnecting fuel lines. number that ****
i have drained it of its life force
good bye 35 pounds of oil coolers, holy **** was this hard to remove
hello heat exchanger
new delicious sandwich plate
sandwich plate with oil pressure and temp leads visible