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Offline lotusfanatic

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Re: Zetec exhaust manifold option?
« Reply #15 on: Wednesday,November 30, 2016, 03:12:28 AM »
Yes I saw the photos, great looking pipes. Not sure they would clear a boot box though?

I think those would clear. They don't look any bigger then the headers I made and I am able to use the box.  I did have to take a little off the bottom side to clear the bigger muffler.

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stunning car!

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Re: Zetec exhaust manifold option?
« Reply #16 on: Wednesday,November 30, 2016, 11:22:55 AM »
I heard from my buddy. He thinks he'll have to make some modifications to boot box. He says he may have to cut out a little in the front and a bit of the bottom, too. He said he may raise the whole bottom a little bit because he has the muffler under the box.

He got them from Dunnell Engines in the UK. Their phone number is 011-44-1449-677726 (that's probably for calling from the US). Ask for Paul Dunnell. As I assumed, he can make another copy quickly and economically since he already has all the measurements and drawings. If Dean can get away without modifying his boot tray with his design, I suspect you could too and there may be some small changes to this design that would allow using an unmodified boot tray.

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Re: Zetec exhaust manifold option?
« Reply #17 on: Wednesday,November 30, 2016, 08:09:02 PM »
My buddy sent me some pictures of his header situation. As you can see, there seems to be very minor interference with the boot box and that might be able to be reduced or eliminated if they were a little closer to the alternator lug on the bell housing.

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Re: Zetec exhaust manifold option?
« Reply #18 on: Thursday,December 01, 2016, 12:59:26 AM »
That looks pretty good, much appreciated a big thankyou. I know of Dunnell, great reputation for building zetec engines. I'll give them a call.

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Re: Zetec exhaust manifold option?
« Reply #19 on: Thursday,December 01, 2016, 05:09:32 AM »
A couple of engine bay shots.

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Re: Zetec exhaust manifold option?
« Reply #20 on: Thursday,December 01, 2016, 05:12:25 AM »
Very nice!

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Re: Zetec exhaust manifold option?
« Reply #21 on: Thursday,December 01, 2016, 05:22:33 AM »
Just spoken to dunnell. Turns out I have one of their old westfield engines. Looking about £600 mark for one of their manifolds. So that's another bit sorted. Just need to find the money.

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Re: Zetec exhaust manifold option?
« Reply #22 on: Thursday,December 01, 2016, 05:30:52 AM »
That seems like a reasonable price for something that pretty!

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Re: Zetec exhaust manifold option?
« Reply #23 on: Thursday,December 01, 2016, 07:32:24 AM »
Your car is looking great! The transmission mount looks massive compared with the Lotus mount. The coolant fill, attached to the engine, is this a Dunnell part?

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Re: Zetec exhaust manifold option?
« Reply #24 on: Thursday,December 01, 2016, 07:41:36 AM »
From what I can remember the thermostat housing came from SpyderCars as did the transmission mounting.  They do a zetec conversion for europa's much like their +2 elans.

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Re: Zetec exhaust manifold option?
« Reply #25 on: Thursday,December 01, 2016, 07:47:05 AM »
It may have been burton power.  For the thermostat housing

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Re: Zetec exhaust manifold option?
« Reply #26 on: Thursday,December 01, 2016, 04:33:31 PM »
Thanks! I'll do some looking.