Santa was pretty good this year. Just before the holiday, I found some key components that would eventually hold me up. First off was an oil cooler and ductwork from a 1999 Esprit Sport 350. These came courtesy of Douglas Valley Breakers in the UK. The car these parts came from had an engine fire. There are a few more bits I am trying to secure from this particular car.
I actually got pretty lucky with these parts. About a year ago, I bought some gearbox mounts and one of the oil coolers from a wrecked '99 V8 in the UK. At the time, I thought I was buying the cooler from the left side. The cooler from the Sport 350 was also supposed to be from the left hand side. The only real difference is which side the brackets are welded to. It turns out, somebody doesn't know their right from their left, but instead of two lefts, I actually have a full set.
Next up is a real Sport 300 chargecooler - plate and all. This was in the hands of John Welch of WC Engineering in Illinois. John is a well-known Esprit tuner and runs a top-notch repair facility. If you have an Esprit that you want to make go faster, John is your guy. This hasn't arrived yet, as John just moved shop lately and knows he has a set of mounting brackets for it... somewhere. I don't need it yet, so I am happy to give John plenty of time to find the brackets. There will be a picture eventually when it gets installed.
With time off for the holidays, I'm making some good progress on dismantling the front cooling system. I'll have more on that with plenty of photos in the next post.
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