Re: Is it possible to have a relaxed drive in a Elan?
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2021 12:52 pm
Good morning/afternoon, thank you for all of the responses and sharing your adventures! What a fantastic group, very much appreciate the posts.
I was not complaining, well, not fully. To be clear I absolutely love the Elan, and that it is so totally involving is a big plus. That said, as others have noted we have some big spaces here and I like touring so having a 5th gear or taller rear ratio would help. With 5 speed boxes being a bigger job and recently even harder to come by here in the USA that doesn’t seem like the path for me personally, and I’m really enjoying the freshly rebuilt 4 speed gearbox in the car.
I caught up on my reading on this and it appears that the most pragmatic tweak would be a 3.1 rear gear set, exactly as @TBG fitted. It looks like NTG can provide those? https://www.ntgear.co.uk/ford-english-7-crown-wheel-and-pinions/
Thanks again and great to see the cars being used and enjoyed! To my Southern California fellow owners pints are on me and same threat to those in Northern California once I get the gearing figured out.
I was not complaining, well, not fully. To be clear I absolutely love the Elan, and that it is so totally involving is a big plus. That said, as others have noted we have some big spaces here and I like touring so having a 5th gear or taller rear ratio would help. With 5 speed boxes being a bigger job and recently even harder to come by here in the USA that doesn’t seem like the path for me personally, and I’m really enjoying the freshly rebuilt 4 speed gearbox in the car.
I caught up on my reading on this and it appears that the most pragmatic tweak would be a 3.1 rear gear set, exactly as @TBG fitted. It looks like NTG can provide those? https://www.ntgear.co.uk/ford-english-7-crown-wheel-and-pinions/
Thanks again and great to see the cars being used and enjoyed! To my Southern California fellow owners pints are on me and same threat to those in Northern California once I get the gearing figured out.