My 93 was a CPC mule....would Tom Holland have signed a chip for it ?

[falconfling]

My build sheet shows no. 170, built 2 days before Christmas of 1992, was shipped to CPC in Warren, Michigan...and there it stayed for about 3 years and 19,000 miles. GM sold it and the first non GM owner bought it from a dealer in Atlanta.

Now aside from the mysterious group of leads coming from the engine and ending at the firewall, the first owner, who I tracked down, says it had a non production master cyl. and slave, and a lead clipped off under the console. He made some mods and sold the parts, including log book and chip to a another guy. The first owner says the chip he took out was signed (No, I can't imagine how you'd sign a chip either ).

Today, I contacted the guy with the parts and he states the chip was signed by Tim Holland of Lotus, and he has the test track log book also.

Anyone have any thoughts on this ? What they were testing....ok, brakes...but the chip ????

Sorry about typo in heading.

[Hib Halverson]

At that time, Tim Holland was a calibration engineer working for Lotus and assigned to the LT5 development. Since he was the cal. guy, it makes sense, that, if the car had a non-production calibration in it for a time, he may have signed the chip.

As for what was being tested, I'm a little confused. You mention a "master and slave" but there are no "slaves" in the brake system.

I recall that there was study of some special type of clutch during the early-90s. The program never went to production. If the clutch master and slave had special instrumentation or wiring, maybe it was part of that testing.

[falconfling]

At that time, Tim Holland was a calibration engineer working for Lotus and assigned to the LT5 development. Since he was the cal. guy, it makes sense, that, if the car had a non-production calibration in it for a time, he may have signed the chip.

As for what was being tested, I'm a little confused. You mention a "master and slave" but there are no "slaves" in the brake system.

I recall that there was study of some special type of clutch during the early-90s. The program never went to production. If the clutch master and slave had special instrumentation or wiring, maybe it was part of that testing.

In my conversations with the first owner, it was the clutch he referred to. Please bear with me on this as I wouldn't know a standard item from squat unless I'm forced to remove it and then start comparing what came out of the car, with its replacement....and also its been a long time since the guy I'm talking with, actually had the car. He had it from approximately 1996 to 2000 or so. Many thanks for your comments. I hope eventually to acquire the log book and the chip and perhaps find out a little more about no. 170.

Gary