There have been three dark occasions during the past four decades, where the writer was seriously thinking of selling the S2 elan… Well, you’ll be pleased to learn, that never happened! Throughout the writer’s many decades of Lotus elan ownership, its been an amazing experience and journey. Hard to say what it is exactly, but […]

The next stage:Machining the 40mm thick aluminium plate. The adapter plate is the main sandwich plate component of the five speed gearbox conversion project, for without it, nothing further will happen. we wont be able to mate the Bell and the gearbox together. The initial plan was to have the entire adapter plate CNC machined, […]

Parting of the bell and gearbox case. We take a deep breath, because now its time to get a bit more serious about the project, IE, the process of parting the bell from the front section of gearbox casing, the point of no return, there’s no turning back from here. So, first off, we need […]

Tail Shaft Modifications. Here we go again, concentrating on the minor things. You may think that concentrating on the small things is doing things in reverse, well, perhaps it is, but don’t be too concerned, what this will achieve is to get a lot of the fiddly engineering jobs out the way, and will actually […]