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Nice photos Gert. The flowers go well with your new paint job!

Stan - Sorry to see you put it up for sale, but someone's going to get themself a beautiful car and a good deal. Lots of nice options, spares, etc. Good luck with the sale!

Back on Ebay. You could even put the clams back on! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lotus-Lotus-Type-7-1965-Lotus-1998-Caterham-7_W0QQitemZ250613217525QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item3a59b638f5

Looks great Jack!

Jeff U's forum name is "R1 Seven". He has a nice write-up on his build here: [/url]http://www.underwood-racing.com/project_seven.htm

Mike - Sounds like a good idea! Not sure if we're going to try to do it in one day or stay over, but as the date gets closer we can work out the details.

I plan on being there for at least Saturday. Nancy will probably be going with me as well.... I wonder how Al's Series 2 is coming along???

No affiliation, etc: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/LOTUS-SUPER-7-series-four_W0QQitemZ190385491266QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item2c53dc0d42

Looking good Hank! What's the light below the fuel filler? Is that a rain light?

I don't have any personal experience with BEC's, but you can check out Hank's website which has a lot of good info: http://www.hanksmegabusa.com/index.html Looks like a lot of nice Hayabusa parts and info here too: http://www.sbdev.co.uk/Hayabusa/Hayabusa%20Parts%20Catalogue.htm And specific to the oil system: http://www.sbdev.co.uk/Hayabusa/Hayabusa_oil_systems.htm

Signed. Good luck 7evin!

I like it! They're also putting the GM Ecotec motor in the Morgans: http://www.morgancars-usa.com/ecotec.html

Very nice!

Welcome Sandy, nice looking Seven! Hope to see you at one of the local se7en events in the future.

Thanks Skip, that's what I was thinking. When he first suggested elongating the hole I thought "What, are you nuts???". I just wanted to get someone else's opinion... Any idea where you can find a lightweight steel flywheel? I looked around and only saw a Raceline unit that could have some mounting issues with the starter because the ring gear is in a different position on the flywheel.

I also measured the OD of the ring gears with a Pi tape and came up with the following: Fidanza flywheel: 11.309" Ford flywheel: 11.256" Ford flexplate: 11.245" No wonder we have to elongate the starter mount holes to make it fit a Birkin!

I'll try not to go into all the sordid details, but I recently bought a Fidanza flywheel P/N 186991 for my 2.0L Zetec ZX1-powered Birkin. Upon trying to install it, I found that one of the bolt holes was drilled appr .060" further radially from the crank C/L. I contacted the tech dept at Fidanza with my findings and also supplied a photo showing the mis-drilled hole. I ended up having to return the flywheel for them to check out. Rec'd a call from Aaron Wilcox stating that they had checked it out and it was ok. I was a "little" surprised with his results and asked if he could take a simple dial caliper and measure from the crank center hole to each of the bolt holes and tell me his findings. Well, two days later he finally lets me know that it is indeed drilled incorrectly. He also tells me I have three options: "1. We are going to make replacements for these and you can wait until they are finished and be sent one. It will take a couple of weeks for this though. 2. We can refund your money through the distributer you purchased the part from. 3. We can elongate the hole allowing the bolt to fit." I really didn't feel that option 3 was viable due to the seating of the flywheel bolt to the flywheel. So I inquired to see how long it would take to get a replacement flywheel that was manufactured correctly. Here was his response: "I would say the absolute earliest will be about a month. And that is just a rough estimate." Later, he also said: "If you need this flywheel asap I would highly recommend having it sent in to elongate the off crank bolt hole. I apologize for the inconvenience." Right now it seems there is a batch of these flywheels out there that are manufactured incorrectly. I bought this flywheel exactly a month ago to the day and my patience is wearing thin. My question is would anyone accept a critical part like a flywheel with a hole that's been elongated .060" with a flywheel bolt that wouldn't seat properly? Here's a photo of the flywheel that I returned with what I thought was a pretty obvious defect. The hole with the arrow is the mis-drilled hole:

Not much in the way of details for this one, but it looks like fun! No affiliation, etc: http://www.paulmattysportscars.co.uk/showroom/stock-detail.aspx?id=1735

Great idea Dean!

Welcome Hank, nice looking Seven! It's always great to have another original Seven here. Your car looked very familiar to me so I did a little checking: http://www.simplesevens.org/mauel.htm

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On Ebay again: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971-Lotus-7-Seven-Original-Factory-Twim-Cam-Match_W0QQitemZ140385911469QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item20afa702ad

Something similar to what Caterham offers that mounts another silencer across the back could work. This one even has a dump valve: https://www.caterhamparts.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=3959&osCsid=df947a3707ae579ee213c93e730770ba Or one of the monster Raceco silencers: http://www.raceco.com/silencers.html

Looking good! Did you use an EWP for the performance benefits, or was it to make the Duratec installation easier in a Birkin?

Welcome Kiyoshi! I enjoyed reading your restoration story when I first started looking for a Seven back in 2001 or so. Hope you can find another Seven to replace your old one!