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 Posted: 11-03-2008 04:05 pm
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Judson Manning



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 Honestly...for the best fun-to-dollar ratio, stick with 2.0 configuration w/ HC pistons and 107 cams.  JHPS, et. al. have all the parts at reasonable cost.  That is unless you can find a perfectly good (running) 912SE that you could drop-in.

If you are looking for a complete 912, the thing to do would be find an engine and transmission from an Excel SE (which already has the 104/107 cam combo) to get the Toyota W57.  Alternatively you could try the impossible and find and Eclat 2.2 with the BMW M3 Getrag transmission.

As prototypical and 'rare' as it is, there are plenty of people who've done 907 rebuilds resulting in plenty of reliable parts sources.  The 910/912SE is a VERY exclusive club and the main bearings alone are specific to the Esprit = $600US.  Another BIG issue is machining the aluminum liners, and no, the aluminum liners do not interchange with the 'easy' to machine iron liners in the 907.

'cheap' and 'simple' do not apply to anything Lotus! only to the Chevy 350!