The standard differential brace supplied with the lotus elan, is in many elan owners minds, inadequate. And not only that, it is a hindrance when it comes to removing or installing the diff into the elan chassis. There are many elan owners, who, when faced with the removal of the diff, would very much prefer […]
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Elan – Damaged Diff Housing Repair.
Aluminium is not a robust metal, it wont take a lot of abuse or excess stress. But, if you want to add lightness which is the Lotus ethos, then aluminium is the “go to” metal for many automotive components and applications. As you can visualize from the collage above, the housing had bit of collateral […]
Protecting The Lotus Aluminium Diff Housing.
Up to the time the writer purchased the basket case S2 elan in 1981, for more than a decade, it had a pretty hard life being flogged around many Australian race tracks, we still have the log books of competition history… and the car was even featured in the book: Racing Elan’s In Australia, and […]
Roll Over Bar Hoops.
Design and Fabrication of Roll Over Bar Hoops. There are two types of roll over bars. The most common type is the continuous single hoop type of bar commonly referred to as the towel rail, a term left over from the surfing days of the sixties, you have probably noticed some photos from the era […]