What did you do to your 2002 today !

[BarneyT]

  Driving my old car today, My son Ellis needed to use my truck while his is being repaired so he dropped off his 72 golf as trade…i had to do a water color.

Edited December 13, 2021 by BarneyT

[FunElan]

My 02 got a new friend

Edited December 13, 2021 by FunElan

[2002iii]

47 minutes ago, FunElan said:

My 02 got a new friend

The world's best handling fwd car or so the Lotus Elan m100 was called at the time of its debut. They weren't very popular due to the high cost.

 

Its funny though that new cars today are following the same fwd small engine with a turbocharger formula.

[FunElan]

@2002iii It cost Lotus $27k to build, so they stickered at $39k new in '91. I'm pretty sure mine sold eventually in '93 for much less than that. 

 

It handles better than my BMWs, that's for certain. In a corner, there's no indication at all which wheels are doing the driving. 

[2002#3]

Bolted the 5-speed to the engine block today.

Larry

 

[7502]

I cleaned out the rear part of both front wheel wells this afternoon, removing a surprising amount of pebbles, sand, needles and caked on road dirt. All told, probably 2 dust pans worth of debris was chiseled out of each side ending up on the garage floor. 

 

After that I liberally sprayed down the entire area with 3M cavity wax. I decided it was a good opportunity to extend the sun roof drain lines down to below the wheel well. I left the garage heater and a fan running in tonight to let the cavity wax have a chance to dry a bit before taking it back out in the elements. All in all I was happy with the condition of the metal back there. 

 

 

Edited December 19, 2021 by 7502
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[2002iii]

1 hour ago, 7502 said:

I cleaned out the real part of both front real wheel wells this afternoon, removing a surprising amount of pebbles, sand, needles and caked on road dirt. All told, probably 2 dust pans worth of debris was chiseled out of each side ending up on the garage floor. 

 

After that I liberally sprayed down the entire area with 3M cavity wax. I decided it was a good opportunity to extend the sun roof drain lines down to below the wheel well. I left the garage heater and a fan running in tonight to let the cavity wax have a chance to dry a bit before taking it back out in the elements. All in all I was happy with the condition of the metal back there. 

 

 

When I cleaned that same area out on my car I was surprised how much junk was in there. I even found a small neodymium magnet stuck to the metal.

 

Dont for get to check around the  back of the trunk seal under the rear glass, junk builds up there too.

 

I removed the chrome trim on another 02 and a bunch of dirt fell out and was caked inside the trim.

[7502]

9 minutes ago, 2002iii said:

I removed the chrome trim

Maybe I'll do that tomorrow, it's pretty packed in there too.

[kbmb02]

Snapped an image of latest cylinder head chamber, valve guide and port work (transition from intake just barely noticeable down the port). -KB

 

[stephers]

Swirl polish intakes?     nice unshrouding just under the valve seats

 

Thanks, Rick

[Dudeland]

On 12/13/2021 at 4:18 PM, 2002iii said:

The world's best handling fwd car or so the Lotus Elan m100 was called at the time of its debut. They weren't very popular due to the high cost.

 

Its funny though that new cars today are following the same fwd small engine with a turbocharger formula.

Fun fact, the plastic in the body parts is the same they used in toilet seats. It also shrank a bit so the engineers needed to build the body parts oversized to account for the dimensional change.  ... Thanks Richard Hammond... 

 

 

 

[02Les]

On 12/18/2021 at 7:01 PM, 7502 said:

I cleaned out the rear part of both front wheel wells this afternoon, removing a surprising amount of pebbles, sand, needles and caked on road dirt. All told, probably 2 dust pans worth of debris was chiseled out of each side ending up on the garage floor. 

 

After that I liberally sprayed down the entire area with 3M cavity wax. I decided it was a good opportunity to extend the sun roof drain lines down to below the wheel well. I left the garage heater and a fan running in tonight to let the cavity wax have a chance to dry a bit before taking it back out in the elements. All in all I was happy with the condition of the metal back there. 

 

 

 

By using a smaller tube pushed up inside the original, you have created a possible blockage set-up. I would suggest using a hose/tube that fits over the original.

[PapaG]

Spent the weekend dismantling, cleaning and starting to restore my very tired and dirty heater box. It needs some serious work.

[ricsix]

On 12/20/2021 at 9:07 AM, PapaG said:

Spent the weekend dismantling, cleaning and starting to restore my very tired and dirty heater box

I’m right there with you… this is sitting in front of me right now. Mouse fluff to be revealed soon. 

[OriginalOwner]

Horror of SoCal Horrors:  it is raining today ...... and lots of it !!

 

So I hosed down all the windshield wiper assembly bearings with lots of RemOil, then installed brand-new wiper blades.

 

Don't know if I'll actually go for a drive in the rain, but now I'm ready.

 

Cheers,

 

Carl