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Offline Hachille

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Re: Hello je suis Philippe from France
« Reply #15 on: Monday,February 22, 2021, 10:14:03 AM »
Welcome Le Saint.  :Welcome:
Congratulations on your purchase. Like you, I use Google Translate. But I didn't think I would have to use it for a Frenchman. Every September there is a gathering of Lotus Europe and Europa in France. Maybe the opportunity to see type 74. There are not many! More Renault engines.
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Re: Hello je suis Philippe from France
« Reply #16 on: Tuesday,February 23, 2021, 09:04:33 AM »
Quelques photos :


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Re: Hello je suis Philippe from France
« Reply #17 on: Tuesday,February 23, 2021, 09:20:12 AM »
Great photos, Le Saint! She looks like a great platform for you!

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Re: Hello je suis Philippe from France
« Reply #18 on: Tuesday,February 23, 2021, 02:20:38 PM »
  Looks like a good starting point. Thanks for the pictures 👍👍
Why do you think that it doesn’t roll ?
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Re: Hello je suis Philippe from France
« Reply #19 on: Tuesday,February 23, 2021, 02:37:38 PM »
In fact nothing is finalized, electric to review, blocked gearbox, brakes to bleed, suspensions to be adjusted, undercarriage and bearing to tighten, windshield to glue, interior to be finished, paintwork to be reviewed and maybe surprises ...

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Re: Hello je suis Philippe from France
« Reply #20 on: Wednesday,February 24, 2021, 09:16:54 AM »
Nice looking Europa. Looks like lots of good work done so far. The aluminum cylinder head sure does gleam.
The Twin Cam plays the symphony whilst my right foot conducts the orchestra. At 3800 rpm the Mad Pipe Organ joins in.

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Re: Hello je suis Philippe from France
« Reply #21 on: Wednesday,February 24, 2021, 10:01:36 AM »
In fact nothing is finalized, electric to review, blocked gearbox, brakes to bleed, suspensions to be adjusted, undercarriage and bearing to tighten, windshield to glue, interior to be finished, paintwork to be reviewed and maybe surprises ...

  Oh good , I thought it was engine or gearbox failure.
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Re: Hello je suis Philippe from France
« Reply #22 on: Thursday,February 25, 2021, 09:46:13 AM »
Hi all. My Europa is wheeling the front wheels are too high and the rear is too low! The shocks are new, do you think there is an inversion between the front and the rear for mounting the shocks?! ...I will take pictures of the new shock absorbers, they are yellow and the brand is STAX
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Re: Hello je suis Philippe from France
« Reply #23 on: Thursday,February 25, 2021, 09:54:01 AM »
TCs have a higher nose than the S2s because of headlight height regulations (primarily in the US, I think). But from the pictures you posted, it looks like your nose is even high compared to that.

Do your shocks have adjustable spring perches? Do you know the rate and free length of your springs? Knowing that would be helpful.

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Re: Hello je suis Philippe from France
« Reply #24 on: Thursday,February 25, 2021, 10:24:22 AM »
Voilà les photos :

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Re: Hello je suis Philippe from France
« Reply #25 on: Thursday,February 25, 2021, 10:27:44 AM »
That rear shock looks like the spring perch is adjusted to its lowest setting. From the picture, it looks like you can raise the rear another couple of inches at least.

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Re: Hello je suis Philippe from France
« Reply #26 on: Thursday,February 25, 2021, 10:37:07 AM »
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Re: Hello je suis Philippe from France
« Reply #27 on: Thursday,February 25, 2021, 10:54:07 AM »
It looks like you can lower the spring perches on your front shocks about an inch will lower the nose about a half inch. Keep in mind that when you change the ride height, you'll have to roll the car around so the suspension will settle before you get an accurate view of the height of the car.

If, after lowering your spring perches in the front, you are still unsatisfied with the height of the nose of your car, you will have to consider trying shorter springs. As I mentioned before, knowing the spring rate and free length of the springs would be very useful.

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Re: Hello je suis Philippe from France
« Reply #28 on: Thursday,February 25, 2021, 11:11:42 AM »
Hard to see clearly but are the front springs settled on the adjustable perches? - they look to be caught above them.
Are the springs the correct diameter?
As BDA has said, do you know what length the front springs are?

Also, have all the bolts etc been tightened at the front? May be worth loosening everything, loading it correctly and retightening as a starting point before trying to adjust the spring perches.

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Re: Hello je suis Philippe from France
« Reply #29 on: Thursday,February 25, 2021, 11:31:52 AM »
Good eye and points, JR73!

This might be a good time to remind Le Saint that the nuts on the front suspension pivot pins should be tightened at ride height. The reason for this is that if you tighten them at full droop, the rubber in the bushings will tear when the suspension bounces.