Our Abandoned Lotus Supercar Was Hiding Some MAJOR DAMAGE (Blown $20,000 Engine?!)
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Today, Jared tries to start our cheap abandoned Lotus Esprit project. It doesn't go as planned.
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If the engine proves to be too far gone, put a Cummins 4BT in it. Call it a Lotus Espriesel.
I vote K swap, have PFI help.
Weeeee-zArd! Like how you tink! :D
@Car Wizard you know how easy is to get parts for those in the US :(
The engine is really repairable, if the pison has a hole in it, OK new piston & maybe conrod. If the cylinder is scored - put a new liner in - they are wet slip fit liners, so easy to replace when stripping the whole engine down. Admittedly the later liners are Aluminium with nickasil coating, but that can be redone if necessary. earlier engines are cast iron liners and just need a hone usually, unless something really nasty has happened. Generally speaking though, you are not going to have a shagged block, which is good!
I repaired the 907 engine in my eclat (same basic engine, slightly smaller swept volume), I had major probs as my crank was ~70 thou out of true (if I remember correctly) and it had cooked 2-3 of the main bearings melting the bearing metal and squeezing it out of the end float. Needless to say, my conrods were cooked, 2 of them were blued they had got so hot...
I replaced crank/conrods/pistons, though the pistons were probably OK, with everything balanced - ran like a champ afterwards.
@@organiccold It's no problem to get parts for an Esprit in the US. You can order them from JAE in California or have them sent from SJ in England. Takes just a few days either way. The Car Wizard's customer made the rookie mistake of ordering from SJ and not specifying that they ship DHL. They sent the parts through USPS via the Royal Mail, which frequently works well but occasionally leads to a crazy multi-week delay in customs due to USPS being a mess. Easily avoided.
You are a beast! Great episode
Hey Alex so other youtubers do watch other youtubers
That means a lot coming from Alex, one of the hardest working car UA-camrs.
Respect
So your not doing a Samcrac and giving up immediately and sending it straight to auction,good man.
That guy is giving others a bad name by filming his fixes
Yeah I saw his video with the mustang and thought, isn't this guy the one that fixes all his cars? I am surprised he's looking to give up on the mustang so soon.
Lol, he is sam is always doing that ,, just talked about doing that with his Mustang. If he is going to try making some UA-cam money with new cars he could at least get them done, like why do ppl want to just see him buy a car wash it and take it to the auction. God knows how much he is making from that video alone
I was disappointed that Sam did that. He could have made a couple videos of him swapping the heads to get it running on the cheap before sending it out. I think he would have made more from both the auction and from the views if he had.
Not a fan of samcrac for stuff like that, and his "fix" of a range rover head gasket. Stopped watching after that
I love Tavarish, but it's fun seeing Jared running things on this channel. I think it's a good move. You guys together are a lot of fun!
Meh, I think Tavarish is better as the front man. It makes Jared's little quips here and there funnier and makes them a better duo. I like Jared as the utility guy with the extensive knowledge and deep skill set. I like Tavarish as the energetic car nut who is has knowledge but is willing to learn and can recognize when he is out of his depth. Feels more relatable
@@danhaynos6215 Maybe, but in that case I fail to understand the point of this channel if both are Tavarish and Jared working on cars, and Tavarish is leading the conversation.
@@theneondino originally this channel was for the everyman projects/repairs, where his main channel was for the supercar rebuilds. I haven’t been keeping track of which channel does what car lately because honestly now I just see an upload and don’t even notice which channel it’s on.
@@AirWolf2301 or do like Hoovies and the Car Wizard. Tavarish buys and funds the car projects, and Jared repairs them.
@@AirWolf2301 agreed let Jared loose on channel , Tavarish got lots to keep him busy regardless
2:23 thanks for adding that arrow! A lot of other automotive people on UA-cam will point the camera at an area of an engine bay and never fully clarify what exactly the camera is pointed at, so having the arrow just clears up any confusion people may have.
When Tavarish is not around..........the work seems to be more quickly done.
yeah but less fun
@@nile2566 it was funny...if wasn't Jared making the major of the jokes, while Tavarish gives a cringe expression to them.
Time to break away and start your own channel! Or partner with the car wizard.
@@Bigsloppy903 No way! The rapport between Tavarish and Jared is too good.
I have wondered what their arrangement is though because Jared is a wealth of knowledge and I don't think Freddy would be able to pull off some of his projects without him.
@@drewp.weiner2473 correct "som" to "some". Use a final dot in the end of the sentence. And use parenthesis when you quote a sentence. "Learn some grammar" too.
Jared, it is such a pleasure to watch you work. You are very knowledgeable and also explain things in a simple way so everyone can follow easily. Thank you and keep it up. P.S. you should film more contents by yourself.
The BEST edited Wrench every day video to date, this is ART!
For being shot back in 2011, this video has some good quality to it.
Aged like fine wine
Yeah... I always wonder how those devices manage to do those things... Been laying for ages or something??
I'm anxious to see Prof. Jared explain the machine shop work on the valves and cyl head parts.
"this is two people job" Jared: "i'm two people"
Good luck guys, been there, done that in an old Lotus Sunbeam. It had the 907 variant engine which did exactly the same to the belt. I did the head myself but what an absolute pain getting the clearances set. No hydraulic tappets here I'm afraid and to make things worse, it's a shim under bucket engine so assuming the 910 has the same set up, whom ever does the work for you is going to earn their money.
I'm honestly glad to see I'm not the only one to tell hoses I've placed out of the way to "stay".
Brings back memories of being 17-18 and S2/S1’s. Normal working position was on ones knees in back!!! And getting used to using mirrors. Patience is key. Most times these engines don’t play well when belt breaks. Great video.
I’m loving the Lotus project.
The intro was genius "that's not a good start " 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love that you're keeping the original engine in there, but improving it. Normally I'm all for weird swaps, but this car is already special
There's a Jesus fish emblem on the back of that car because it's living on a prayer
Must've been Bon Jovi his car.
I mean, the engine sounds like it was shot through the heart, but it's not too late with Jared on duty
@@Will_JJHP heh duty
@@Will_JJHP YOU'RE to blame.
@@MNKAllOver 💀💀💀
I love these guys and their channels!!!
If you don't like the channel don't watch it and don't hate on it. Hating is for losers. Be cool instead 😎
I’m really glad they’re keeping the engine in and not just doing a k20 turbo swap. I know they can make good easy power with one but this stock engine is so cool
Genuine Car guy with actuall knwoledge. Love watching Jareds content.
I’m happy to see you guys back to work on the builds after some downtime. Hopefully Freddy is feeling much better now. I’m amazed at how much value Dwayne (did I spell it correctly?) brings to those videos, too, the guy is constantly improving. Small request that I had been posting for a while - can you guys please fix the Patreon? It’s been a good while without updates on there. Thanks!
Jared, the genuine gloved car doctor. 😎🚦🏁
I actually did fall asleep, was very surreal rewatching and seeing the sleeping part for the first time.
I love the fact that you guys are keeping the original engine and I'mso glad the engine is coming out. It couldn't have been easy working on it this way.
Also, considering the strength and reputation of the transmission, please tell me you're doing something about it? Gearbox rebuild with toughened gears maybe?
From what I hear, Quaife offers an upgrade for the Renault UN1 with an LSD, better 1st and 2nd gear ratios and quicker shifting. It also apparently accepts a newer and (much more easily available) gear fluid.
How can Jared possibly know so much about cars..... What a legend!!!
Jared is a gem. A man with the golden hands!
Please keep working on this wonderful car.
12:10 “it’s baaaaaddd” 😂
Love the lotus Esprit can't wait
What is Jared's background on car repairs? His mechanical knowledge and diagnostic skills are super impressive.
love the production on Wrench these days. those labels were sweet.
I love jared so much! he adds so much to the channel
Jared crushed this episode! Excited for this project!
I know it's technically Tavarish's channel but it's definitely Jared's with Tavarish being a regular special guest 😂
Nice! Keeping the engine is the best decision. Swapping is a great thing but became a bit too common. I am really looking forward to see this Lotus on the road again and also the fun watching you make it happen.
Can't wait to see this build in progress, Jared you are a library of information.
Everyone:. "I bought a car that was in someone's driveway"
Tavarish: "abandoned"
If you remember the full story, it was sitting in the back lot of a mechanic forgotten, with a title pawn on it. It was brought to the house when we came for it.
LoL
You can say the same thing about this channel which Tavarish has "abandoned"
@@TheQuestionableGarage Thinking whoever broke it didn’t want to pay for repairs...
I bought my first motor bike from a garage in the UK that was also a lotus dealership, there were always a number of Esprit’s and then Elise’s over the years, often went back to have a look and dream. Great video 👍
Great editing and cutting...
welcome to wrench every day with Jared , I'm loving it
🤣🤣🤣 The sleepy guy back ground is so cool
Totally on board with your direction with this project! Great choice!
I used to be a tech for a Jaguar/Lotus dealer. When I saw this car without the cam belt it brought back a lot of pain.
I can finally stop refreshing my feed.
Lol.
Same.
Diddo
honestly same 😂
I am so pleased to hear you're modernising this engine and car! While they aren't perfect vehicles, they are a perfect candidate for bringing up to modern standards
If you don’t halve compressed air, an easy way to check for a bent valves is to set valve closed and shine a light down the port. If you can see any light around the seat it’s bent.
Ah yes the Lotus Esprit my first favourite car as a 90's child! seen an emaculate Esprit Turbo here in the UK last year. I was very envious.
Video editing: *put some sleepy dudes*
Me: *Open my eyes the wider posibly to look what's Jared wrenching* 👀
Great job wrenching and making progress on these projects
NEED YOU GUYS TO TALK ABOUT AND SUPPORT THE RPM ACT. This can have a devastating impact on our passion and the Motorsports industry
Yes!!!!!
Great episode. Really equally enjoy watching both of these guys wrench,
You can do it! I did two of them when I worked in a machine shop in the 90's. Since we did a lot of business for suppliers, I was given all my parts for free right from England. The sleeve assemblies, however, were $1500 a hole so I got Venolia to make all 4 for $1000. They need a lot of time to do but when they run they rule. Have fun!!
You may put 1JZ or LS430 will be much much fun and more power!
Ouch
Guess it will produce more Lotus content
I hope Tavarish will get better soon!
Many years ago I had a 1972 Elan plus 2, I had the chassis replaced , I rebuilt the suspension and brakes , took the dash off to fix the heater motor that job was a pig , I also had new valves and guides fitted to the head , it was an easy car to work on , I wish I still had it , I always wanted an Esprit , but never got around to it . Loving this Vid well done Jared. 👍
It’s going to be a badass ride when it’s all finished
Absolutely love the way you explain stuff and go through things!
Ps also laughed at the last video with your intro and Tavarish as the special guest 😂😂😂😂
Nothing takes the edge off of cleaning up cat diarrhea like a new episode!
Jared: "Tavarish''s wallet is getting a little bit lighter in the project".
Tavarish: surprised Pikachu face.
Dwayne the editor is killing it 😂, guy fell asleep at his desk
A million years ago in the 1990s, my Fiat X1/9 broke it's timing belt on Brixton High Street and valves met pistons. My best friend dragged it back to Croydon with his company Astra, and I took the head off in the street outside my house. After removing the bent valves, checking the valve guides carefully with an expensive Mk.1 eyeball, the new valves were lapped in by hand with the head balanced on top of the cooker (how my house-mates loved me!). Head back on (maybe even with a new gasket - I don't remember, but my torque wrench got its 1st outing) and timing belt "fitted" carefully, it kinda started up. Enough to get it to the garage where they sorted out the 10 degrees+ out mess I had made. The car ran as well as any X1/9 for years, until it went the way of all 1970s Fiats and simply dissolved.
Watching this slightly more sophisticated project is great and brings back memories of scuffed knuckles and back-ache. Please don't drop a new engine in (unless you have a flat plane Lotus V8 sitting around the shop), it's so much more fun to fix it back to original.
LOTUS: Loads Of Trouble, Usually Serious. What did you expect?
Jared.... love watching you work and explaining things!!! Keep it up buddy !!
10:50 whole garage kinda looks like it’s from 2011 😂😂
Swap it with Toyota Corolla engine and supercharge it 😍🔥
Great job Jared!
haha, modern cars...had bend valves due to ripped timingbelt. Shop Manual said: 1. Remove entire front of the car 2. Remove motor from car 3. repair motor.
Was hell of a fun time :-)
So firstly, Jared on his own is great. Laid back personality, explains things in simple ways, is cheerful but doesn't try too hard to be funny. Second and most importantly, he has the appropriate respect for this car. Lots of car people who know nothing about Lotus and especially the Esprit just parrot the 'Lots of Trouble Usually Serious' line, which, guess what, is true of *every* older car that hasn't been maintained properly. I can't to see the finished product.
I love it! It's not a museum piece, restore and upgrade it to your liking. Keep original what makes sense and upgrade what it needs to be awesome in this era.
Aw, that sucks. What a shame. Still, at least we get to see the next step in renovating a beautiful classic!
really liked the music on the first timelapse segment
So, as an Esprit owner, it's common for them to be spun out, and the engine spun in reverse due to the transmission turning backwards from momentum. As you can see, the crank suddenly changing direction tends to remove teeth from the belt. The Lotus is a lot like the Porsche of that era, it is a rear biased balanced car, that sticks, and sticks, and sticks, however, when the rear breaks loose, it goes quick, and with basically no warning.
Nice snap on leak tester! Thanks for explaining it! Bad luck with the bent valves but good opportunity to get itworked over
modern engine management, modern turbo, rebuilt head, this is the optimum content!
Last time I was this early tavarish wasn’t losing hair
Nice
Burn!!!!
Thats why you gotta buy keeps
@@seyris came for this response, was not disappointed.
Good thing he has a sponsor like keeps psh
Every single Lotus specialist drops the engine on an Esprit. It’s the only (easiest) way to do the jobs properly. They say.
I'm with you on this, drop the engine & trans. Way easier to work on.
Yes, you can't throw the engine in the bin until you drop it first. Renegade Hybrids makes an LS/BoxsterS manual gearbox conversion. ua-cam.com/video/kXY-eUgDafw/v-deo.html Or homebrew an Audi V8 swap with the fwd variant of the 01E 6 speed manual. I suppose a rebuild with an aftermarket ECU, a modern turbo and flex fuel could be fun too...until the glass jaw gearbox grenades.
Realistically it needs a clutch , fuel lines etc. I bet it would be easier.
Maybe loose that awful yellow front Lotus plate. The front will look much cleaner without it. Oh, and also fix the Santa's beard front bumper 😂
that LOTUS IS DIVINE, PLEASE give it a new life and a cooool cyberpunk theme, its DESERVES some love...i LOVED That car as a kid...
So pleased you're keeping the engine - really keen to see how well it goes with some modern tweaks
Tip for changing timing belts in tight spots. It's much easier if you cut the belt first. Then you can just slide the end in.
lol
So this is kind of a restomod as suggested in the previous videos. Awesome!
I can see the mission ahead is going to produce another car that can scare Freddie in to not wanting to drive it.
Thanks for a great episode
How about swapping for a Toyota motor as in the later ones? And a new trans
Jared, hopefully you see this. If you are taking the head and intake off. Also take the fuel tanks out and inspect them. Up until '97 they used a foam that acted like a sponge, so they absorb water and rust. It's normally engine out to sort but I believe with the head off, it should be do-able. There's also a vent hose running between the two tanks. It goes up and under the roof, above the rear windscreen. These rot and cause a fuel smell. Please let me know if you are seeing these comments. I can answer a lot of the questions you will have.
You're getting very creative with your editing
That not a good start. The perfect beginning to a new episode of wrench everyday =]
The comment at the end is 100% correct I have a 98 V8 and it's an amazing car. Doing ignition and fuel system work on mine currently.
“Gods of the non bendy valves” 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 great content. The good bad and the ugly.
Jared-episodes are the best!
We love you Jared!
Awesome episode and great work! Matt
Looking forward to this, own one allready! Really cool cars for low money.
Keep going! I need to drive this car when it's done! Love the turbo rush of the old journal bearing 90's builds. I can imagine a fantastic comparison of journal bearing vs. ball bearing center section using this car on the dyno.
props for deciding to work with what you have, instead of throwing it in the junk.
Great vid man always interesting as an old mech to see things I never played with!
Professor Pink, you’re an awesome teacher. I learn so much from you. Thanks
why does the music in this episode slap so hard??? 😂
I literally was falling asleep, I woke up and there was some strange dude I’ve never seen before on my screen I was like wtf ... damn ... good call Jared
Just remember that the limit on these engines wasn't the tech running them, it was hat power the gearbox could take! There is loads more to come from the engine even in stock trim but there is a very good reason they limited the power.
Great explanation Jared 👍🏻