tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290024952010-04-20T16:41:12.688+01:00Lotus Seven SB1403Logbook for Lotus Seven S2 1962 - SB1403pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-78480008626220808992009-02-04T16:15:00.005+01:002009-02-04T16:22:34.672+01:00Lotus Seven S2 Blueprints04/02-2009<br /><br />I got hold of a copy of a set of blueprints done by Pat Prince from Prince Race Car Engineering. They are supposedly a 100% accurate blueprint of an original Lotus Seven S2 chassis and based on SB1172.<br /><br />There are also a few drawings of unknown origin but all in all pretty interesting. Let me know if you want me to look up a measurement or you have questions in regards to the tubing.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-7848000862622080899?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-42052714169131338622008-10-01T18:01:00.003+01:002008-10-10T11:06:53.927+01:00Parts list01/10-2008<br /><br />Finally the list of needed parts to repair the front end of the car have been generated after taking the entire front end apart.<br /><br />Here's what's needed:<br /><br />* Anti-roll bar<br />* 2 pcs. anti-roll bar mounting blocks<br />* 2 pcs. toplink<br />* 2 pcs. lower wishbone<br />* Steering gear<br />* 2 pcs. track rod end balljoint<br />* Right side Steering arm<br />* 2 pcs. engine mounting rubbers<br />* Radiator<br />* 2 pcs. fender pipings for flared fenders<br />* Set of bushes needed for both left and right site. My count on the attached pic gives the following: 4 pcs. 636 bush, 8 pcs. Y9 bush<br />* 2 pcs. front dampers/springs.<br /><br />Now we just need to find somewhere to source the parts. I'll be trying <a href="http://redlinecomponents.co.uk/" target="_blank">Redline Components</a> first as I think they are able to supply all parts and that will make the shipping costs lower.<br /><br />See the picture below where I have marked the needed parts.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Seven-parts-1-779150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dd="true" src="http://permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Seven-parts-1-779150_small.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Seven-parts-2-767571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dd="true" src="http://permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Seven-parts-2-767571_small.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-4205271416913133862?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-67591601466592209392008-08-19T12:46:00.001+01:002008-08-19T19:59:37.476+01:00Hill Climb in the rain = crash10/08-2008<br /><br />On Sunday the 10th of August everything was ready for the best Hill Climb in the series. The route is perfect and very difficult but unfortunately the weather was bad with lots of rain. Half ways through the course on the second trail run disaster stroke and I under steered directly into the cause barrier. The right front wheel hit the barrier and was pushed into the body of the car. Lots of pieces were broken in the suspension, the radiator was damages and the antirollbar was bent.<br />The accident was caused by a very wet road (and of course me driving to fast in this conditions) due to the rainy weather and even though I drove very slowly when hitting the barrier the car was badly damages. The repair will take a lot of work and several new parts.<br /><br />Seeing what kind of damages the car took at this low speed accident I’ve started to reevaluate the sanity in using it for Hill Climbs. The combination of driving in the fastest class and having a minimum of racing experience might not be the best cocktail. As I’m only racing in the Hill Climb series I have no change of training giving me a total of less than 30 minutes of race experience in the car. This is further problematic in a wet race as I never drive the car in the wet and only have driven one trip back in 2006 in the rain. This was on the old springs, dampers and tires and therefore hasn’t given me much knowledge of how the car behaves when it’s slippery. Maybe it would be better to find an old Kadett or something like that in Germany and race that in class 8 where the speed is considerable lower.<br />Let’s see how the repair comes along and how the feeling towards this issue is when the Seven is once again ready for racing…<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-6759160146659220939?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-54202922433260207642008-06-09T11:25:00.004+01:002008-06-09T18:56:52.393+01:00Historic car event06/06-2008<br /><br />SB1403 was part of an event where a lot of vintage cars met up letting people admire all the nice cars.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000246-784244.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000246-784240.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><br />Check out the pictures her<br /><iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 229, 233); margin: 3px; padding: 0pt; width: 240px; height: 26px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" src="http://cid-8894b08fce475a38.skydrive.live.com/embedrow.aspx/Historisk%20K%c3%b8ret%c3%b8jsdag%2008" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-5420292243326020764?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-78958864500196524122008-04-25T12:16:00.001+01:002008-04-25T12:22:23.519+01:00SB1403 got a younger sister25/04-2008<br /><br />Yesterday SB1408 got a younger sister, a 2007 Lotus Elise R. I'm looking forward to ride the same route in the two cars and see how far Lotus got in the last 45 years. I'll let you know and post a better picture... :-)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Parkeret-728093.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Parkeret-728089.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-7895886450019652412?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-69672140044186632082008-04-17T13:17:00.003+01:002008-04-17T13:40:50.850+01:00Video from Frijsenborg Hill Climb17/04-2008<br /><br />Here's a video from the Hill Climb in Frijsenborg last weekend. No fancy PIP or integration with vehicle data this time.<br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qvrrGcAKShA"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qvrrGcAKShA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425"></embed> </object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-6967214004418663208?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-31483004722852291082008-04-16T14:01:00.003+01:002008-04-16T16:09:11.880+01:00First Hill Climb in this season12/04-2008<br /><br />This was the day that all the work done during the winter would bee tested for real and I’m glad to say all worked out perfectly!<br /><br />The car had done around 250km after the engine and clutch had been rebuild and it was a little less than I had preferred but everything was acting fine and so we took the change. In the first to test runs during the morning the road was wet and the grip was very poor but the weather cleared up and for the counting three stints the road was almost all dry except for the final bit that is kept in shadows of the trees.<br /><br />As mentioned all was running perfectly and there was lots of speed in the car but I jumped the gun twice in the counting stints adding 10 sec. to my time. This killed every change of getting a good time as the final result is the added time of the two best stints. Here are my times;<br /><br />Test stints:<br />01:05.242<br />01:02.081<br /><br />Counting stints:<br />01:10.746<br />01:09.778<br />01:01.793<br /><br />Here’s a couple of pictures from the event and I’ll add a video later.<br /><br /><br />It's cold in Denmark at 7am in April<br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Cold-morning-796628.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Cold-morning-796529.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The SB1403 pit<br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/The-pit-796693.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/The-pit-796681.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Lining up<br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Frijsenborg-start-2-786586.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Frijsenborg-start-2-786583.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Concentrating<br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Frijsenborg-start-786554.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Frijsenborg-start-786517.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Somewhere on the route<br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Frijsenborg-Race-758033.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Frijsenborg-Race-758019.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Frijsenborg-Race-2-758193.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Frijsenborg-Race-2-758129.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-3148300472285229108?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-25627659839087439272008-04-09T15:36:00.006+01:002008-04-09T15:53:28.871+01:00Ready for the first Hill Climb in 200809/04-2008<br /><br /><br />SB1403 is ready for the first stage of the Hill Climb series running this Saturday the 14th of April. Technical control are starting at 7am and the first two training parses will are driven before lunch. After lunch the three counting runs are preformed and the winnins will bee at the podium around 6pm.<br /><br />39 cars are coming and the line up is as nice as usually with cars of all sorts ready to hit the 'hills' around Frijsenborg.<br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=100676723654687062001.000440edf6da6df2e1c80&s=AARTsJozZB5DEcpEHnac9OXRChuXecxuCw&ll=56.275577,9.84684&spn=0.066714,0.145912&z=12&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=100676723654687062001.000440edf6da6df2e1c80&ll=56.275577,9.84684&spn=0.066714,0.145912&z=12&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-2562765983908743927?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-24618643290567450092008-04-07T18:54:00.002+01:002008-04-07T19:28:21.510+01:00All running after 'a few' problems07/04-2008<br /><br />Getting the engine back into the chassis went all smoothly but then the first problems showed up. The starter had a very hard time turning the engine over and lots of theories were brought on; Not enough juice on the battery, the bearings were tightened to fast, the piston rings were not fitting, the chain were to tight, the oil pump wasn't working, etc., etc.<br />After a lot of checking, re-torking and general troubleshooting we finally got oil pressure and the engine started easily with just a few turns of the starter. We weren't quite glad about the oil pressure though as it wasn't high enough and during right cornering it dropped completely. After consulting some old e-mails from the previous owner it turned out we needed a high pressure pump and the installed one was a standard. A new one were ordered at Burton, 'FP200A - HIGH PRESSURE/HIGH CAPACITY OIL PUMP: X/FLOW, PRE-X/FLOW, BDA, LOTUS TWIN CAM', amongst some other minor parts.<br /><br />The trouble didn't end here... Next the clutch stopped working and a new round of troubleshooting started and during the process the clutch were on and off 7-8 times, new parts were produced and tested. Finally it turned out the clutch wasn't rebuild correctly from the repair shop. The problem were solved by adding some 2 mm. shims. This fixed the problem and everything was running fine.<br /><br />After installing the new oil pump and the rest of the parts from Burton the oil pressure was also back up where it's supposed to be but more trouble showed up...<br /><br />The shims fixing the clutch problem killed the starter, see the pics below. This time the solution were straight forward; Get a replacement starter and it turned out one was at hand from the other car in the garage. The Morris is using the same starter and due to the conditions of that project it will not bee missed right away, see pics below.<br /><br />Now all is finally running perfectly - knock on wood :-)<br /><br /><br />Thermotec exhaust wrap added:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000072-1024-764951.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000072-1024-764899.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />New fuel pump installled:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000075-1024-765030.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000075-1024-765025.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000199-1024-745397.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000199-1024-745393.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000200-1024-745439.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000200-1024-745434.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000201-1024-738662.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000201-1024-738658.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/54360968_24032008034823_8216_3-738725.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/54360968_24032008034823_8216_3-738695.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-2461864329056745009?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-76373141704227633192008-03-10T13:15:00.006+01:002008-03-13T08:41:14.512+01:00Assembly has finally started10/03-2008<br /><br />As I haven’t updated the site with the status on the 2008 winter projects I’ll give you the brief version here;<br /><br />The clutch were send out to be rebuild and have returned and are supposedly as good as new. That went smoothly and it was sent off to the engine shop so they could weigh the engine in with the clutch installed.<br /><br />The engine rebuild on the other hand were some journey. First problem that stalled the project was the fact that the bearings needed to be oversize in both directions and the shop couldn’t find that kind of bearings. I started looking for a replacement block or another crankshaft but luckily the shop found the bearings somewhere and the project could go on.<br />Next issue came up when the piston rings were needed. The pistons didn’t have any indication on what brand they were and the hunt for a set of rings began. With help from the previous owner and some old invoices we fond out that the pistons are from JE Pistons, <a href="http://www.jepistons.com/" target="_blank">jepistons.com/</a>, and they were bought ad Dave Bean, <a href="http://davebean.com/" target="_blank">davebean.com/</a>.<br />Dave Bean was able to supply a fresh set and finally the engine was returned from the shop last week. During the weekend we put assembled the engine with new seals, new water pump and new distributor.<br /><br />While the engine have been in the shop a lot of cleaning have been done on the car e.g. the engine bay and the foot well are all nice and clean now.<br /><br />All in all it looks like the car will be running again during Easter :-)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000041-712714.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000041-712614.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000042-712895.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000042-712796.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000043-764683.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000043-764668.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SANY0043-720748.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SANY0043-720730.JPG" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-7637314170422763319?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-80794827090640398212007-11-17T22:19:00.000+01:002007-11-17T22:46:04.417+01:00Fåborg Hill Climb video17/11-2007<br /><br />Finally got around to get some video from the hill climb in Fåborg online. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esuh6hzVTag" target="_blank">Check out the video here</a> or from the VodPod at the right.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-8079482709064039821?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-53298579678167159202007-11-17T19:49:00.000+01:002007-11-17T20:02:04.672+01:00Out with the engine6/11-2007<br /><br />The engine is now lifted out of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">chassis</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000001_lille-795987.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000001_lille-795976.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000006_lille-796047.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000006_lille-796036.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000007_lille-708841.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000007_lille-708834.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000009_lille-708896.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000009_lille-708887.JPG" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-5329857967816715920?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-17126900561659986142007-10-29T12:11:00.000+01:002007-10-29T20:43:19.280+01:00The operation was a success but the patient died :-(28/10-2007<br /><br />A new oil pump and new bearings were fitted and everything was put back together again. Unfortunately the new pump couldn't master more the one third of the desired pressure. We hoped to the end that it was the old pressure gage that was failing but a check with an external gage showed the same result.<br />This means the engine have to go to an engine shop capable of giving it a total overhaul. Only good thing is that it isn't driving season.<br /><br />As a site note you'll find more info on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_pressure_%28internal_combustion_engine%29" target="_blank">engine oil pressure here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-1712690056165998614?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-76388089094593305352007-10-17T12:10:00.000+01:002007-10-17T20:32:39.005+01:00Broken oil pump – Season over07/10-2007<br /><br />It turned out the good old oil pressure gage was working just fine but the oil pump wasn’t… On the way home the gage kept not showing any oil pressure and I was getting a little worried. After about 10 Km the engine acted weird and when I pressed the clutch the engine just died. Releasing it again showed a locked engine and it looked very bad!<br />Parking at the roadside being pissed for not checking if the oil pressure gage was actually telling the truth a friend stopped asking if he could help. After checking for oil and temperature I tried the starter and luckily the good old Twink started again. We found the entrance for the oil pressure gage connection and unscrewing it proved that there was no oil pressure.<br />While waiting for the flatbed trailer to be arranged it showed that you’re never lost when stuck on a roadside with an old Seven. Five people stopped to ask if they could help and one of them actually being a local guy knowing my brother ended up picking up the trailer and come back to tow the car to the shop.<br />At the shop we found the oil pump to be completely worn down and the bearings were in bad shape to. The missing oil pressure surely hasn’t done all the damage to the bearings but probably giving them the last kick over the edge.<br />All in all the season is over a month early, insurance ending on the 15th of November, and I’m looking for new parts.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000411-740223.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000411-740196.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000408-717519.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000408-717502.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000404-702207.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000404-702182.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000406-702052.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000406-702047.JPG" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-7638808909459330535?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-59900489529279388082007-10-11T17:46:00.000+01:002007-10-11T18:08:49.410+01:00Hill Climb Fåborg 200706/10-2007<br /><br />The last session in the Hill Climb season were held in Fåborg at the beautiful local golf club, check out the map below.<br />The event started in very fogy conditions but the fog cleared away and we had a nice sunny day. The first test run went quid bad but the second were much better. After the test three timed run-throughs were on the table and once again the first one didn’t go to well as I meshed up the gear change in the chicane. The last to runs went OK :-) See the time below and check out a small program filmed by the <a href="http://www.tv2fyn.dk/video/9769" target="_blank">local television here.</a><br /><br />We had no problems with the car but the oil pressure gage was acting a bit weird as it had been for the last week.<br /><br />Times:<br />01:12.675<br />01:04.520<br />01:07.838<br />01:03.351<br />01:03.136<br /><br />The pit:<br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000367_lille-792085.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000367_lille-791698.JPG" border="0" /></a> Crossing the finishline:<br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000379_lille-792160.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/IM000379_lille-792142.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The route:<br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&num=10&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=110381409132471241208.00043c3289a4fc63a38bc&t=k&om=1&s=AARTsJrb8brzLqzrEZR0JZxWwefHBQtArQ&ll=55.141479,10.243378&spn=0.008585,0.018239&z=15&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&num=10&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=110381409132471241208.00043c3289a4fc63a38bc&t=k&om=1&ll=55.141479,10.243378&spn=0.008585,0.018239&z=15&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small><br /><br />More pictures:<br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.dk/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.dk&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.dk%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fpermeldgaard%2Falbumid%2F5120120684694887537%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br />Due to technical problems with my Laptop you have to wait for the onboard video but I’ll add it as soon as I can get it out of the camera...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-5990048952927938808?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-3752168574591845412007-09-16T15:35:00.000+01:002007-09-16T16:29:34.560+01:00Dyno test: 145.4HP14/09-2007<br /><br />After having the oil sump fixed the Seven were taken to a <a href="http://www.brunohansen-msport.dk/" target="_blank">twincam wizard</a>. He adjusted the valves, carburetors and ignition. After the adjustments the Lotus were tested at the dyno showing the following results.<br /><br />145.4 HP / 5911 RPM<br />185.2 NM/5144 RPM (That's 136.6 Lb-Ft for the US guys)<br /><br />Here's the details<br /><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SB1403-Dyno-test-september-2007-701507.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SB1403-Dyno-test-september-2007-701503.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-375216857459184541?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-78129538587547522082007-09-11T18:01:00.000+01:002007-09-11T18:15:37.039+01:00Pictures from the Hill Climb in Gjern10/09-2007<br /><br />Here's a couple of pictures taken out on the Hill Climb track in Gjern where the oil sump were damaged. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/2007/09/hill-climb-gjern-silkeborg-2007.html">More details in this post</a>.<br />The landing must have animated the photographer to zoom into the marks in the road where we were landing as this is the next thing in the series.<br /><p><br /><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/silkeborg_hillclimb_110-757317.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/silkeborg_hillclimb_110-757308.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/silkeborg_hillclimb_111-757349.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/silkeborg_hillclimb_111-757342.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/silkeborg_hillclimb_112_med_pil-724208.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/silkeborg_hillclimb_112_med_pil-724204.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p><p>Check out more pictures from the event <a href="http://www.hms.dk/index.php?module=photoshare&func=showimages&fid=167" target="_blank">here</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-7812953858754752208?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-42055206889381737902007-09-08T19:49:00.000+01:002007-09-08T19:56:35.384+01:00New drain plug and oil05/09-2007<br /><br /><br />The sump repair has been improved and a new drain plug have been welded into the sump. New oil and filter were added at 98.363 miles.<br /><br />New drain plug:<br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Ny_bundprop_lille-791261.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Ny_bundprop_lille-791250.JPG" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-4205520688938173790?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-74991307108384972112007-09-02T14:26:00.000+01:002007-09-02T14:37:52.683+01:00Repairing the crack in the sump26/08-2007<br /><br />The dent were pulled out and crack in the oil sump pan were welded. After adding new oil filter and fresh oil the old lady will be as good as before the race in Gjern.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SANY0006_Small-701770.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SANY0006_Small-701762.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SANY0008_Small-701829.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SANY0008_Small-701820.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SANY0010_Small-750384.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SANY0010_Small-749776.JPG" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-7499130710838497211?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-64306669441176461612007-09-02T13:00:00.000+01:002007-09-14T12:22:22.537+01:00Hill Climb Gjern (Silkeborg) 200725/08-2007<br /><br />Another session in the Hill Climb season were held in Gjern close to Silkeborg, check out the map below.<br />The event started just fine with good times and still lots of seconds to find on the route. About half through the route most cars were airborne and on the two test laps some were landing very hard. On the first counting run I landed too hard and unfortunately broke the oil sump pan ending my day :-(<br /><br />Times:<br />00:46.092<br />00:46.279<br />00:45.615<br /><br />Check out the lap killing the oil pan <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg5oD7liv5Y" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br />Race map:<br /><center><iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:%2F%2Ftrail.motionbased.com%2Ftrail%2Fkml%2Fepisode.kml%3FepisodePkValues%3D3758769&ie=UTF8&amp;t=k&om=1&s=AARTsJq8OpLNRI4_4XK9_851N7eJKDVbVA&ll=56.222908,9.694748&spn=0.017894,0.035019&z=14&output=embed" frameborder="no" width="408" scrolling="no" height="375"></iframe><br /><a style="FONT-SIZE: small; COLOR: #0000ff; TEXT-ALIGN: left" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:%2F%2Ftrail.motionbased.com%2Ftrail%2Fkml%2Fepisode.kml%3FepisodePkValues%3D3758769&ie=UTF8&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;t=h&om=1&ll=56.223695,9.696207&spn=0.008947,0.023603&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;z=15&source=embed" target="_blank">View Larger Map</a></center><br /><br />The cracked oil sump pan:<br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Sump-oil-pan-786372.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Sump-oil-pan-786363.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Going home on the flat bed:<br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Flat-bed-786424.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Flat-bed-786418.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Pictures<br /><object width="408" height="580" align="middle"><param name="FlashVars" VALUE="ids=72157601958701580&names=Hill Climb Gjern 2007&userName=peme&userId=54678535@N00&titles=on&source=sets"></param><param name="PictoBrowser" value="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf"></param><param name="scale" value="noscale"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"></param><embed src="http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf" FlashVars="ids=72157601958701580&names=Hill Climb Gjern 2007&userName=peme&userId=54678535@N00&titles=on&source=sets" loop="false" quality="best" scale="noscale" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="408" height="580" name="PictoBrowser" align="middle"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-6430666944117646161?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-49486191237249310922007-08-18T14:11:00.000+01:002007-09-14T17:21:03.382+01:00Hill Climb Munkebjerg 200712/08-2007<br /><br />On Sunday the 12Th another session in the Danish Hill climb series were held in Vejle. The route is the best in the season and 85 vintage race cars were ready for the event. The weather was perfect and lots of people came by to look at all the cars and enjoy the race.<br /><br />I improved the lap time at each race and we had no mechanical problems with the car! All in all a perfect day :-)<br /><br />Times:<br />01:06.974<br />01:06.685<br />01:05.765<br />01:05.523<br />01:04.466<br /><br />Check out the new videos in the vod:pod at the right or directly at youtube.com <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-2EzlVCzSs" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drrip8J7f_Y" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br /><br />Driver info in the morning:<br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/file-762827.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/file-762817.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The pit area:<br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Pitten-762745.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/Pitten-762736.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />For the record we topped up the oil during the race at 98.284 mines.<br /><br />Pictures<br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.dk/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.dk&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.dk%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fpermeldgaard%2Falbumid%2F5109912580885336433%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-4948619123724931092?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-58280296675950375862007-08-04T20:39:00.000+01:002007-08-04T20:48:21.917+01:00Break light and video camera mount25/07-2007<br /><br />We fitted a LED break light at the roll bar - It's always nice knowing the guy behind will notice I'm breaking....<br /><br />As the next Hill Climb is coming up soon we also fitted a mount for a video camera on top of the roll bar. The first test shows the at picture are completely stable due to the fact that the camera follows the car and the rest of the vibrations are eliminated by the 'anti shake' software in the camera. Look forward to some nice shots of the Hill Climb next at the 12Th.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SANY0133_BreakLightVideoMount-703455.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SANY0133_BreakLightVideoMount-703447.JPG" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-5828029667595037586?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-38627757698711558852007-08-04T20:09:00.000+01:002007-08-04T20:38:56.060+01:00Ram Pipes24/07-2007<br /><br />Finally installed the 30mm Ram Pipes I've had laying around for a while. I had ordered a new carburetor base plate and filter from burtonpower.co.uk as the pipes didn't fit in the K&N filters.<br /><br />The filter is quit big and a new hole had to be cut in the spare bonnet to make it fit.<br /><br />I also changed the fasteners for the bonnet as the old once just barley fitted between the wings and the bonnet and the spare bonnet needed some fasteners anyway.<br /><br />So you might be wondering how the pipes work... They give a more smooth experience in the low revs and makes it's the car more responsible to changes in the throttle below 3000 RPM in higher revs I don't feel any changes.<br />That sounds all good but they are coming off anyway... for daily driving the noise they are adding don't match the better throttle response. Between 4500 an 5500 RPM the intake noise is insane and that's where I'm cruising so the conclusion is that the pips are only mounted at Hill climbs!<br /><br />The new bonnet spring are definitely staying as they are much better than the old locks!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SANY0130_RamPipes-773624.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SANY0130_RamPipes-772971.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SANY0128_BonnetFilterBootsprings-738961.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SANY0128_BonnetFilterBootsprings-738950.JPG" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-3862775769871155885?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-34488416615096493552007-07-09T20:16:00.000+01:002007-07-09T20:21:23.048+01:00Oil top up07/07-2007<br /><br />I've decided to keep better track of when I top up the oil and will add the date and the miles on the clock every time oil is added.<br /><br />Oil added at 07/07-2007 at 97.957 miles<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-3448841661509649355?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29002495.post-44903461043767014722007-07-09T19:59:00.000+01:002007-07-09T20:22:58.298+01:00New ignition coil07/07-2007<br /><br />Changed the coil to fix a growing problem with the ignition going bad when the engine got up to working temperature. Installed a Bosch Blue High Performance Coil of the new type not using oil-bath technology.<br /><br />The new coil fixed the problem completely and the engine is now starting better and running much more smooth all the way through the revs. :-)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SANY0124_lille-758912.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.permeldgaard.com/lotus/uploaded_images/SANY0124_lille-758905.JPG" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29002495-4490346104376701472?l=permeldgaard.com%2Flotus' alt='' /></div>pemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268475217194386370noreply@blogger.com0