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PostPost by: el-saturn » Wed Mar 01, 2017 7:50 am

this little alpine place called switzerland hardly has any straight roads! sandy
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PostPost by: ElanDNA » Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:43 am

el-saturn wrote:this little alpine place called switzerland hardly has any straight roads! sandy


Yes Sandy, and the consequences are hard for me. I never say it to my wife:
9000km with little troubles, but a few parts:

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A sunday-drive with my wife gives a fuel-consumtion from 5,2 to 6.5 liter at 100km.
I alone on non straight streets from 8 to 14 liter at 100km!
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PostPost by: rgh0 » Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:59 am

Urs
OMG What have you done with your Elan - where are all the carefully designed oil leaks intended to stop chassis corrosion and collect any dust before it is spayed up by your passage and annoys the locals? You can only drive a car like that in summer in dry weather immediately after the local Swiss country road street sweeper has gone by to make sure the road is spic and span in accordance with Swiss regulation :lol:

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PostPost by: Famous Frank » Thu Mar 02, 2017 3:44 pm

Is that a dry sump? And is that a catalytic convertor? Let's see more and I would love to learn more of the specs.

Thank you for sharing.
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PostPost by: Davidb » Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:26 pm

Very nice! How big is the motor? I see you are using Spax shocks-how are they ?
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PostPost by: el-saturn » Fri Mar 03, 2017 6:01 pm

yes indeed!! lots of new stuff down there: so lets see the bay area (not san fran) from the top please and i'd also confirm the difference in gas consumption when ol wifey's in there!! sandy - ps need more pads with her too
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PostPost by: ElanDNA » Fri Mar 03, 2017 6:09 pm

Davidb wrote:Very nice! How big is the motor? I see you are using Spax shocks-how are they ?


Hi David
The Motor has 1593 ccm. He runs very well. It's not only a warm wind which cross my cylinderhead. :)
The Spax are good. The wheel load and absorption is good to adjust. Urs
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PostPost by: ElanDNA » Sat Mar 04, 2017 6:14 pm

Hello
Somebody want to knows nearly too much from my secrets!!
My oil change at last Saturday. It's easy at my dry sump. Not a lot more work as original.
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Level ok

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More from my dry sump installation follows. Urs
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PostPost by: ElanDNA » Tue Mar 07, 2017 5:44 pm

el-saturn wrote:yes indeed!! lots of new stuff down there: so lets see the bay area (not san fran) from the top please

Hi Sandy
You await an answer?:
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Thats all you can see from upside!
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PostPost by: el-saturn » Tue Mar 07, 2017 7:42 pm

just love it urs!! what kind of fuel injection (it is asn't it?) is that - looks great!! sandy
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PostPost by: ElanDNA » Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:09 pm

Famous Frank wrote:Is that a dry sump? And is that a catalytic convertor? Let's see more and I would love to learn more of the specs.

Thank you for sharing.
Frank


Hello
To first question: Yes, how down follows. To second question: Yes, how follows later.
I've my carpet destroyed, thereby you see the oil tank.

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Have fun with the pictures. Urs
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PostPost by: el-saturn » Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:12 pm

this oiltank location lets you have a co-pilot and it's even closer to the pump. sandy
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