Purchased about four months ago the Elan is being modified to a lightweight specification. The car is fitted with a Lotus galvanised chassis, which is in excellent condition and replaced at some stage in its life.
Over the past few months I have fitted a 26R alloy radiator/swirl pot and alloy fuel tank supplied by Tony Thompson Racing. A Safety Devices Roll Bar and side intrusion bars are also fitted to the car with 3 point harnesses. An cable operated plumbed-in fire extinguisher has also been installed behind the rear bulkhead.
The differential was rebuilt with an alloy nose and steel billet output shafts. Not an easy job to remove the diff from the car and unfortunately there was a problem with the rebuilt unit supplied by Tony Thompson Racing. They were immediately on the case and the Elan is currently at Gerry Wainwright Motorsport.
Gerry has fitted solid driveshafts and an ATB (Automatic Torque Biased) Differential fitted with alloy nose casing. To protect the new driveshafts limited droop shocks were fitted. All these parts were supplied by Tony Thompson Racing.
A track day at Castle Combe has confirmed how effective the ATB and solid driveshafts provide a solid feel to the transmission and excellent grip. Unfortunately halfway through Camp Corner I lost oil pickup and have probably damaged the main bearings. Engine out to investigate.
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