Several decades ago, (Early 80’s) when I was quite new to things Lotus, someone asked the following question. Could you tell me what the CC volumetric capacity of the combustion chambers of the twin cam cylinder head is on your engine? My dumb newbie answer was… I dunno… what’s CC capacity mean anyway? And that’s […]

The Lotus elan – Hailed by many as The perfect Sports Car. Released in 1962 – Production ceased in 1975 – Colin Chapman’s Gift To The Sports Car Driver. The unique torsionally stiff lightweight sheet metal constructed chassis, the amazing performance from the twin cam engine, along with advanced suspension design and dynamics, at the […]

Removal and Replacement Of The Differential Pinion Seal. This is a continuation from the previous article and video about easy removal of the differential from the elan, we hope you enjoyed that video, and you gained a couple of takeaways from it. Now we going to concentrate on the servicing and maintenance, discussing the removal […]

The time will arrive one day when you will need to remove the differential from your Lotus elan. This is a job that most owners try to avoid if they can. But there’s a few small tricks that can be applied that make the removal of the diff really quite easy, we’ve made a short […]

The Lotus elan epitomises everything a true drivers sports is meant to be. Any elan owner would tell you, for its miniscule size, the elan punches well above its weight in performance, braking, and handling, even Gordon Murray, the McLaren F1 designer says, “the elan is simply one of the best sports car ever built”, […]