Cosworth YB Turbo Into Elan

[Chancer]

Absolute petrolhead porn!

Thanks for sharing.

[stevebroad]

Body now sitting on chassis awaiting bolts. Once this is done I will tidy up the holes ready for rmaking the covers. The one over the dampers will be easy but the cover for the handbrake/gear lever/actuator will be a little trickier.

[stevebroad]

Held the new screen up to the hole and it seems a little short top to bottom. Anyone got a screen lying about that they can take a central measurement from? Failing that a best guess on the car would be fine. Thanks in advance.

[Geoffers71]

Mmmm, hope you haven't got an S2 one by mistake. They are a little shallower than the S3/4 ones. Are the bottom corners rounded rather than square? if so it's an S2 one. Can't measure mine at mo as away from the car, but sure someone will do so soon

[stevebroad]

Ah, that is quite possible. It measures 480mm top to bottom. I will check the corners tomorrow. I see an ebay listing in my future

[stevebroad]

I am almost tempted to leave it like this

[stevebroad]

Corners of screen are square and code (265) equates to S3/4 screen. Spoke to Tony Thompson who kindly measured a screen and confirmed that the S3 screen is 480mm tall. The 40mm gap must be taken up by the screen rubber.

Whilst researching this I discovered that polycarbonate screens are legal on UK roads and this would save me around 5.5Kg Downsides are that the screen is an integral part of the body stiffness and some race classes don't allow them. The new roll cage should deal with the stiffness issue and I can always revert to glass if the race class requires it.

However.......with terminal speeds around 150 I have reservations about a polycarbonate screen staying in place. I think that I will stick with a glass screen for now.

[john1180]

I've seen one pop out of a 26R in a race, pretty scary!

[stevebroad]

Oooooo, Ok, I am convinced. I will have enough to do without having to hold on to the screen

[stevebroad]

Elan loaded up ready for the short trip to the roll cage fabricator tomorrow. Pushed it in on my own so the weight reducton programme is working

Car fitted pretty well. I can walk down both sides and there is room at the front for a workbench and tool boxes, etc.

[seniorchristo]

Stevebroad
What racing organization has a class for your Elan? The CAN AM series is long gone.

[stevebroad]

Stevebroad
What racing organization has a class for your Elan? The CAN AM series is long gone.

The ME class

[stevebroad]

Stiffening/Roll cage almost finished:

[stevebroad]

Roll cage is finished!

[stevebroad]

First fit of carbon fibre roof. Orignal weighs 7.1Kg. This weighs 1.9kg at the moment but, once flow coated and the window flanges are fitted, it should end up less than 3Kg.