Lotus Super 7 V6 Seven

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The headers were made from leftovers out of the AMT ’70 Camaro. Here is what I started with:


A new section was added to the left header and one pipe on each header was cut off from the flange all the way to the collector. The right side (cylinder #2) pipe had to be shortened. The flanges were cut off and pins were set into them to help locate them to the heads.

The headers were then fitted to the engine in the car and measured and cut to the required length. A set of PE flanges were used on both the headers and the exhaust pipes I bent out of solder. Brass was used to make the brackets.

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The intake manifold is coming along. Brass and styrene construction …

[Ferrari TR]

Great stuff. I'm looking fwd 2 more.

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I machined a pulley set in 7075 aluminum. The alternator is a slightly modified unit from a Revell Charger.

The radiator was modified slightly using part of the upper radiator hose and filler cap from the Lotus. Fine screen was added to the face of the radiator. And the top was beefed up with sheet styrene.

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The carbs from the Lotus (and a second set not used in another previous build) were cut apart and mounted to a pair of plugs that fit into the manifold I made.

Here is a partial mock-up of the engine parts so far…

[Big fat fatty]

That will sound amazing running those carbs, I know it's been created by you but in your mind what car did the V6 come from?

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It's a real engine, not made up. Buick "Fireball" V6, 231 c.i. with some speed parts, headers, intake, carbs... This one would have come from a 1975 Buick Apollo. The kit I pulled it from was the AMT Opel GT.

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The wheels were sourced from a Tamiya BMW and narrowed on the lathe to match the tires I dug up from the spares box, they are also Tamiya parts.

The spare is a modified stock wheel from the 7 kit. I filled the four depressions then turned a new face and milled the five lug holes to match the five lug pattern on the BMW wheels.

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The hood needed to be modified to fit over the Weber carbs and the scoop on the left side was removed. Stock hood:


The raised sections were scribed and cut from the bottom side of the hood and hinged up and then sheet styrene wedges were added as shown,

[andrew landon]

Man this thing is gonna look EVIL. I can't wait to see it finished.

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I machined a set of taillights from 7075 aluminum and red tinted acrylic. They were shaped to follow the contour of the fender radius.

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The transmission is pretty much done. I machined the boot and shift lever/knob for the Herald remote shifter and added a clutch fork and actuator rod connected to the slave cylinder. Thought I’d bring back the “big ruler”…

[made007]

wow what a great work, i like how that primer that you used on the hood looks, what brand are you using?

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That's just roughed out with cheap Krylon primer. Once all the sanding shaping is done I'll use Tamiya before paint.

[Wishmaster]

I relaly love this build. It took one of my ideas and you made it so much better .