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Spotted - Yellow S1 Elan near Wittringham

PostPosted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:04 pm
by Mazzini
Lovely S1! I was in the white S3 S/E dhc.

Re: Spotted - Yellow S1 Elan near Wittringham

PostPosted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:03 pm
by TBG
Gosh - do people live that far north? :shock:

Re: Spotted - Yellow S1 Elan near Wittringham

PostPosted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:07 pm
by Mazzini
Gods own country (on a sunny day).

Do you have a close ratio (2.5/1) gearbox in your S3?

Re: Spotted - Yellow S1 Elan near Wittringham

PostPosted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 8:36 pm
by el-saturn
i´m real south and never spot any elans ---------- sandy, alps

Re: Spotted - Yellow S1 Elan near Wittringham

PostPosted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:55 pm
by elanfan1
Was it Kenny?

Re: Spotted - Yellow S1 Elan near Wittringham

PostPosted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:01 pm
by TBG
"Do you have a close ratio (2.5/1) gearbox in your S3?"

Mazzer - I am not sure! As far as I know it is what it came with in 1966. I do have the 3:1 cwp though. :D

Re: Spotted - Yellow S1 Elan near Wittringham

PostPosted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:36 pm
by elans3
3.1 ? do you mean 3.55 ?

Re: Spotted - Yellow S1 Elan near Wittringham

PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:26 am
by Mazzini
elans3 wrote:3.1 ? do you mean 3.55 ?


TGB has a 3.1 diff.

If you have a close ratio then 1st would be good for probably 55mph.

Re: Spotted - Yellow S1 Elan near Wittringham

PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 8:13 am
by TBG
I don't use more that 6000rpm at most. This gives 44.3 in first, 65.4 in second and 94.6 in third. If I could pull 8000 rpm that would give 175.4 in top!!! Jeeesh! :D

Re: Spotted - Yellow S1 Elan near Wittringham

PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 8:22 am
by Mazzini
Sounds like you have the later box. The close ratio with a tuned motor and a 3.5 is perfect for fast road use, but I think this set up might struggle with some of the Alpine passes. I know you have a tuned 1700 motor so you should be laughing.

Re: Spotted - Yellow S1 Elan near Wittringham

PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 8:39 am
by trw99
[quote="TBG"] If I could pull 8000 rpm that would give 175.4 in top!!! Jeeesh! :D[/quote]

I jolly dare you!

Tim

Re: Spotted - Yellow S1 Elan near Wittringham

PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 9:44 am
by TBG
Tim - yes - perhaps not! But with the 3:1 I get a fairly relaxed 80 mph at 3500 rpm and that is what I need for long cross Europe jaunts - if they will let us in!! :shock:

Re: Spotted - Yellow S1 Elan near Wittringham

PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 1:00 pm
by Elan 1600
Where does a 3.1 diff come from?

Re: Spotted - Yellow S1 Elan near Wittringham

PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 1:27 pm
by TBG
https://www.ntgear.co.uk/

Speak to Gordon who is most kind and helpful. :D

Re: Spotted - Yellow S1 Elan near Wittringham

PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 2:30 pm
by Elan 1600
Thanks for that.