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Default lotus esprit gearbox - 03-07-2004 , 11:45 AM






what make of renault did it come out of?
i need to fix one for less than £5k

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Default Re: lotus esprit gearbox - 03-07-2004 , 11:56 AM







" dojj" <dojj (AT) fsnet (DOT) co.uk> wrote

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what make of renault did it come out of?
i need to fix one for less than £5k
The GTA I think- which in itself was a slightly modded R25 box.

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Default Re: lotus esprit gearbox - 03-07-2004 , 12:10 PM





dojj wrote:
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what make of renault did it come out of?
i need to fix one for less than £5k
According to Classic & Sports car and some googling it's a Citroen SM
gearbox in the original, which was later swapped for a Renault 25 box
(1987ish?). The guide price for the gearboxes says "Citroen / Maserati" and
Renault. Not entirely sure why there's the Maser link...




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Default Re: lotus esprit gearbox - 03-07-2004 , 12:13 PM





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According to Classic & Sports car and some googling it's a Citroen SM
gearbox in the original, which was later swapped for a Renault 25 box
(1987ish?). The guide price for the gearboxes says "Citroen /
Maserati" and Renault. Not entirely sure why there's the Maser link...
Some SMs used a maserati engine IIRC




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Default Re: lotus esprit gearbox - 03-07-2004 , 01:01 PM




"Tim S Kemp" <news (AT) timkemp (DOT) karoo.co.uk> wrote

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According to Classic & Sports car and some googling it's a Citroen SM
gearbox in the original, which was later swapped for a Renault 25 box
(1987ish?). The guide price for the gearboxes says "Citroen /
Maserati" and Renault. Not entirely sure why there's the Maser link...

Some SMs used a maserati engine IIRC

All SMs used the Maserati V6.




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Default Re: lotus esprit gearbox - 03-07-2004 , 02:44 PM



cheers for the replys lads
any ideas about where to go and get one fixed then?
apparently they run out of spares and no one does a fix for them


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" dojj" <dojj (AT) fsnet (DOT) co.uk> wrote

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Default Re: lotus esprit gearbox - 03-07-2004 , 03:16 PM



dojj wrote:
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what make of renault did it come out of?
i need to fix one for less than £5k
GTA, Alpine, 30, 25, 21 and 20. To name a few

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Default Re: lotus esprit gearbox - 03-07-2004 , 05:07 PM




"Peter Hill" <peter.usenet1 (AT) nospam (DOT) demon.co.uk> wrote

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On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 18:01:29 +0000 (UTC), "Bob Sherunckle"
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"Tim S Kemp" <news (AT) timkemp (DOT) karoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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According to Classic & Sports car and some googling it's a Citroen SM
gearbox in the original, which was later swapped for a Renault 25 box
(1987ish?). The guide price for the gearboxes says "Citroen /
Maserati" and Renault. Not entirely sure why there's the Maser
link...

Some SMs used a maserati engine IIRC


All SMs used the Maserati V6.

Stands to reason as the M in SM stood Maserati. Not sure about the S
Sport or Super?

Couldn't comment - but I do know that they all have the 24 valve V6




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Default Re: lotus esprit gearbox - 03-07-2004 , 06:20 PM



In news:%sL2c.294$qP2.1005 (AT) news (DOT) indigo.ie,
Chet <chet (AT) eircom (DOT) net> decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant
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dojj wrote:
what make of renault did it come out of?
i need to fix one for less than £5k

GTA, Alpine, 30, 25, 21 and 20. To name a few
they were made in the factory that made the Trafic van, in Dieppe. I think
the van gearbox is interchangeable, but I suspect the ratios could be
interesting with a van 'box in..


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