Month: December 2010

AVOID THIS

It is never planned to become a victim of your own design, some may call this simply being stupid and in hindsight this is so true. I was on holiday at my beach house and decided to do a little car work and needed to check my clutch and brake fluid levels. I know this is not real car work, but more forgotten maintenance. On checking’ the fluid seemed a little down’ but while I was on my knees a sudden gust of wind caught my bonnet and sent it across the car park. A Lotus 7 engine hood does fly in small bounce like movements similar to the Kitty Hawke on the Wright brother’s historic flights!

FLYING LAPS

It was always intended to install the new suspension components once they had been tested and approved, this for me, was the single most significant change to the McGregor Mach7. I thought it would be valuable to record changes and the best way is on the track. Stephen from New Zealand’s Lotus 7 & Clubman’s Forum kindly supplied his GoPro HD camera for recording laps.

The raw footage was sent to me, a quick opening sequence then the best of three flying laps was placed on a time-code from starting to finish line gave a best lap time. The results are posted then discussions follow to determine what improvements can be made.