Refurbishing Worn Out Trunnion Bushes. The time could arrive where the lower trunnion bushes will have considerable wear, the suspension could become noticeably sloppy, and there will be a noticeable fall off with the handling of the elan. And as with any precise instrument, they perform better if maintained within the given tolerances. The elan, […]
The Long Cam Bolt.
In days gone by, a broken cam shaft on the twin cam lotus engine was almost never spoken about, but for some reason, we are now hearing more about this unpleasant, expensive breakage occurring on the Lotus Twin Cam engine. But the question should be asked as to why it happens, and truth be known, […]
Lotus Marque & The Lotus Elan
The Lotus Marque – About the elan. The cute little fibreglass bodied sports car that has the ability to embarrass, and harass much more powerful sports cars out on the road, or even on the race track. The lotus elan, evokes many emotions to different people, some go all gushy and mushy at the site […]
Lotus Cylinder Head Rig.
During the past thirty four years of owning and maintaining an S2 Lotus elan, there have been many times when I could have made a wish to the automotive Jeanie that some special equipment would just magically appear in the workshop that would make the job of rebuilding and maintaining the elan just that little […]
To Flare Or Not To Flare
There are two schools of thought on whether one should flare the guards of the lotus elan? The purist would never become involved in this kind of project, and one can understand the thinking behind that. But what if you acquired a car with a body that had been considerably bastardized, molested, and altered, (For […]
Rear hub flange assembly
During a casual visit to the forum lotuselan.net, there was a discussion thread re the process of dismantling, re-assembly and re-torquing of the elan rear drive hubs to the stub axles. The post was intriguing, because of the process, method, and procedure the poster was being advised of how to, lap, fit, assemble, and torque […]
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