Lotus Elan and Lotus Elan Plus 2 Forums

A friend of mine is selling this if anyone fancies a foray into racing :

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/ ... an/1538830

Jon

One really crazy car!
I like a lot!

That exhaust looks like a plumber has been sniffing illegal substances

By the way; where are these cars racing this year? I'd love to go & watch them.

Cheers
John

It's got a Duratec under the bonnet!

Now tat's what I call a race car

I guessed you might join the party Alan

But don't the real ones that mean business usually have a turbo-charged Cossie engine?
In comparison a naturally aspirated Duratec is a bit "puny"

Cheers
John

How can you call 270+ BHP puny? Girly would be more appropriate

At least it won't break and there's no spooling up turbo to catch you out on corner exits.

Interesting to see how many series it's eligible for; perhaps there's re-emerging interest in these cars and a so called modern engine doesn't preclude it from joining in.

Yes I think its great & would really look forward to watching such cars compete on track; truly incredible machines that should never have died out as they seemed to do.

Cheers
John

Ruddy Duratecs get everywhere ....

Tim

The previous owner ran a Cosworth BDG with a sequential box and had great success with it.
I had a dialogue with him during its rebuild - it looked like a really good set up.
I recall that the car was a originally built by an aircraft engineer and is full of clever engineering.
Out of my price range so I ended up building my own which I might finish one day to give it a run for its money.
If money was no object I'd go for it
Gavin

The car is raced at Croft regularly and holds a number of lap records.

If it doesn't sell he's keeping and investing in a 2.3 Duratec to give it the 'perfomance it deserves'

Jon

a great looking car and NOBODY out there could cause him troubles with one of OUR P U N Y lil TCs!! - and i've got maybe 160* (150) and don't encounter too may threats here on our local passes (*outta visit a dyno some day) cheers and enjoy your sunny ride today (at least in europe) sandy