Honda Conversion Engine mount failures

Early conversion engine mounts seem to be causing some concern.

This image is from a Sinclair Motorsport conversion (Now known as Essex Autosport) – the quality looks pretty shocking but failure of this particular one was probably caused by…

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Carlimits – know your limits

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Successful Tesla IPO

Electric car firm Tesla Motors, which has now delivered over a thousand li-ion powered, Lotus Elise based,  $100k Roadster sportscars, has had a successful IPO. The company’s stock, after a slight initial dip, climbed by 40 per cent

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Lotus Elise S1 Seat mount corrosion issues

Aluminium corrosion on the floors of the S1 is a known problem and the fixes are pretty simple. Under the rubber mats, if damp, a nasty chemical soup can build up leading to crevice corrosion.

It is less well known…

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SELOC – Swingers club?

Has SELOC (South East Lotus Owners Club) become some sort of odd swingers club? SELOC Regional meets always had a dubious reputation but this is perhaps going a bit too far.

Originally posted by SubZero
Firstly, a head’s up -

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Lotus Exige fire

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Sinclaire Motorsport / Essex Autosport – Directors disqualified

The reasons for the recent changes at Essex Autosport nee Sinclaire Motorsport have become apparent.

Both directors – Gill Sweeting and Wayne Sweeting have been disqualified as unfit to be the director of a limited company. Gill Sweeting banned for…

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Essex Autsport / Sinclaire Motorsport – website pulled down

As of midday 21st April the Sinclaire website has been pulled down with a holding site placed in situ with the following statement:

essex autosport – Public Statement.

Welcome to essex autosport! Run by Wayne and…

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Steve Butts 1.4k series compound charged k series – update

Things are progressing. Peter Grace of PEC Racing is putting together the engine for me and has almost finished it. A few mods have been made – gearbox crank seal and restriction of oil to head as I’m not using…

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Mark Bideleux Elise DIY Duratec kit update

My car has the engine in situ, with it’s manifold made and all tooling made for the mounts, manifold and adapter set up. I have the cooling/injection and management system ready to bolt on. I still have to design my…

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