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Hi everybody
Just a quick intro. I own a 1969 Lotus Elan +2 with the following mods. Rebuilt engine, custom forged pistons 10.25:1 compression, formula ford crank with longer stroke, balanced and blueprinted, 1670cc, new valve guides timing chain and sprockets etc. new super starter, alternator, heavy duty clutch, new rotors, new shocks, rear drive conversion to CV joints, new header and exhaust system, rebuilt transmission, rebuilt rear end, re cored radiator, just doing a webber head conversion now. Plus other stuff. What the Elan realy needs is a good respray. Other than that she is pretty tidy.
Happy new year to all
Geoff
 
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Welcome to the forum, Geoff.
One question comes to mind. Does the heater work? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
Our local Elan freak, Doc, should be along shortly.
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FINALLY!!! Another +2 owner! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/savewave.gif Welcome!

Have ya put the beefy short shafts into that diffy? The stock ones will shear with a standard output mill and donuts... CV's and a few more horses would mandate 'em.
 
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Welcome aboard! I'm in the midst of building an engine for my Europa race car- Just had John McCoy of Omnitech do a stage 4 Weber conversion head for me- it's going on a 12.5/1 steel-crank tall-block (1710 cc). Looks like it oughta make 165+ HP & 160+ lbs/ft. It's not together yet, but the flow-bench data is really impressive. Who's doing your conversion? We oughta compare notes sometime.

Cheers,
Craig Bolton
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69 E-Type OTS
67 MGB
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66 BSA A65L
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geez... ONE post.

Jeff! Ya skeert 'im off with th' "freak" comment! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
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DrEntropy said:
FINALLY!!! Another +2 owner! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/savewave.gif Welcome!

Have ya put the beefy short shafts into that diffy? The stock ones will shear with a standard output mill and donuts... CV's and a few more horses would mandate 'em.
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Hope this is the start of a trend! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif
 
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As do I, Boss.


EDIT: Not another word since the 26th of last month...

I'm alone again. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif
 
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I know. I agree! I been beatin' the bushes but apparently all my Lotus pals are wallflowers!
 
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Don't turn off the lights yet, I'm still here!

The Europa's rear is stripped down - doing suspension, brakes, and fuel system over the winter, as well as the transaxle rear seals and a couple other tidy up items. So far so good, with no real headaches or suprises.

Rob.
 
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Rob said:
So far so good, with no real headaches or suprises.
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Good! It makes the tasks much less painful when things don't fight back. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
 
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I ~wasn't~ going to MENTION that, Steve. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif
 
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Steve said:
DrEntropy said:
Rob said:
So far so good, with no real headaches or suprises.
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Good! It makes the tasks much less painful when things don't fight back. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
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Is this a Lotus we are talking about here? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif

Most unlike a Lotus!
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Hard to believe - but yes! It is, however, an unusually low-milage (15,000) and unmolested example. If maintained properly and not unduely buggered about with, seems to me these cars, although somewhat quirky, are not such a challenge to work on. Much of what I am doing is pretty straight forward and really just undoing some of what the POs have done (or doing it right). Not that the PO did anything wrong, but I would have made different choices (i.e. going back to a mechanical fuel pump, original air intake, installing a Girling M/C).

It helps pass the long winter evenings.

Rob.
 
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So true. I've just re-established contact recently with a friend of over thirty five years. We'd "lost" one-another for a decade or so. He's got a Renault Europa and an Elan S-3 S/E coupe. Has had 'em as long as we've known eachother. I've tried to get him to sign on here, but so-far, no joy. He's still "working" so hasn't a lot of time to do the FUN stuff. We'll see.

His and my cars are relatively unmolested.
 
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Yup, I'm still here too.. Just moved into our new digs.. Bought an acre south of town, with a monster shop..and... A HOIST!. Now all the cars are indoors ( Lotus, MGA, Cortina, Escort.. I just love it!)

Used the hoist to good advantage today by removing the Elan body to pull the drive train. Finally going to do something about that howling input shaft, and no worky speedo.

I can't tell you how nice it is when the temp outside is about zero degrees, to have a nice big heated shop. ( um..ok.. I just told you..)
 
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