Although my example is dated, I remember driving home from work in my, what I called a S2-1/2, which was a very early coupe, the only mod was I did have L1 cams, and the head had been slightly ported, to clean up the casting. I had dead stock Dunlop tires and factory suspension complete with Armstrong?s.
It was raining and dark, but I was ?racing? (or at least he was racing) a 911 on highway 280 south on the San Francisco peninsula. This was in the days when the traffic actually went away after dark.
In any case I turned off at my exit to Edgewood road, with the 911 following. I turned on to Edgewood, and as I drove down towards San Carlos, I saw behind me headlights, no headlights, and then headlights again, as the 911 pirouetted down the road; fortunately not collecting the road banks or drops.
At that point I figured the Elan was good enough, and didn?t need any more help; that Chapman had got it right the first time.