Elan 412 spec sheet

[Team Lotus]

Involved a lot of Matt black..........

[Mazzini]

Where on earth did you find that?

Ah I just looked at your old posts

[pharriso]

"Team Lotus" must be Richard Parramint...

[Mazzini]

This morning in the rush hour traffic I spotted a matt dark green Evoque and a matt black BMW, Lotus were obviously forty years too early with the idea.

I wonder if, during the product life of the Elan, Lotus ever considered replacing the 1500 pre-cross flow block with the 1600 cross flow?

[trw99]

The Sprint flyer used at the 1970 Motor Show mentions the intention to have the following variants:

Sprint 355 - Fitted with a 3.55 final drive ratio for 'effortless long distance touring in excess of 110 mph with maximum speed of 125 mph'

Sprint 377 - Fitted with a 3.77 final drive ratio 'for the best combination of high touring speed and rapid acceleration'

Sprint 399 - Fitted with a 3.99 final drive ration for 'very rapid acceleration but top speed curtailed to 115 mph by rev limitation'

My assumption is that 'Sprint 412' project would therefore have either a 4.12 final drive ratio (unlikely?) or a 5 speed (ZF) gearbox.

Tim

[Team Lotus]

Here you are Tim........

[Team Lotus]

Another one...

[trw99]

Thank you again, Richard.

Look at those performance figures! No wonder they called it Sprint! Imagine 'cruising' on the autobahn with that 4.12 FD!

Tim