The Addiction is Real #3450R

[BDA]

If I understand the situation, you have an Elan airbox that has a house that runs down the firewall. So if I got that right, it sounds like you have a setup designed to introduce cooler air to the carbs. JB described they way he did it here (http://www.lotuseuropa.org/LotusForum/index.php?topic=3684.0). The idea is to feed the carbs with cooler air from underneath the car rather than the much warmer air in the engine compartment.

Peter Boedker developed a similar setup for his Strombergs and discussed it here (http://www.lotuseuropa.org/LotusForum/index.php?topic=2658.msg25524#msg25524). I'm including his write-up even though his setup does not have an airbox, for example but it might be a bit easier to understand as his pictures are a bit less cluttered.

[Rosco5000]

Thanks BDA that is definitely food for thought.  Unfortunately I had to give the air box back so right now I have nothing.  I also have a bunch of sheet metal and tools laying around so I was hoping to get some pictures of a stock set up to copy.  Looking at the cold air intakes John and Peter have devised that may be a good option too.  I have a large K&N style filter already that was used with the car so I will be incorporating that into the system as well.

Cheers,
Ross

[Rosco5000]

Reviving my engine rebuild thread.  It seems I get large periods of interruptions but I am finally getting more things back together.  This engine was in need of a lot of little things.  As mentioned earlier my exhaust cam was toast due to dirt in the cam on the last rebuild wearing out all the journals on the cam.   Dave Bean cam through with a replacement cam thankfully.  I thought all was good on the intake cam and then low and behold the key way for the alternator pulley was completely toast.  Someone had run it with a loose pulley.  So I had to get a machine shop re-machine a new keyway and clean up the pulley.

Carbs are going good.  I bought a new ultrasonic cleaner that worked really well for cleaning, and then I did a final tidy up with the glass beads and then one last clean in the ultrasonic cleaner.  u

Finally getting closer to hearing the engine run again, woohoo.

[BDA]

Things are looking pretty good there, Rosco! That's quite a restoration on those carbs!!

[TurboFource]

Nice!

[Rosco5000]

Thanks guys!  I recently bought an ultrasonic cleaner and I am super happy with it.  I just used heavy duty cleaner that was water based and it took all the grime off the carbs. Not bad for a minor investment.