Will this 5 speed Isuzu/Gemini gearbox conversion fit into the Lotus Elan? The short answer is yes… But not without a considerable amount of preparation and engineering work. This is part 1 of a series of blog articles that will detail the preparation and installation of the five speed box into the writers S2 lotus […]
Brake Upgrade – Elan S2.
Its exhilarating to drive a fast sports car, but its also important to be able to stop that fast sports car with excellent brakes. The disc brakes on the S2 elan were OK, but not brilliant, and with an increase in power and other go faster upgrades, they were found to be wanting. Throughout the […]
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 […]
Lotus elan rear strut hub and tube.
Today we explore the removal and replacement of the rear strut tube of the Lotus elan. The day could arrive soon when you may need to tackle this job, the videos below outline how to carry out that operation using the correct tools and methods. There could be a reason to think that this job […]
Spacer Rings For CVDS.
For many years the writers S2 elan was driven around thinking that it handled pretty good. But it wasn’t until my friend who is a professional suspension tuner had the elan on the alignment bench checking the front suspension, when he also decided to check the geometry of the rear suspension, one side was “0” […]
Traditional Foundry and Engineering.
Some would call traditional skills “Old School” and possibly say, well that’s just out of date. But don’t be fooled by that remark, because a huge quantity of car parts were once produced by the “old school” technique and engineering processes, it is still very much in practice today in many countries across the globe. […]
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