Lotus Elan Central

by **GeoffSmith** » Wed 14.02.2007, 12:57

Gareth,

Correct.

There is a good reason for putting in "REMOVE" when posting an e-mail address on a public forum. It is to circumvent the b*****ds who set up programs to go around web sites picking up e-mail addresses (e-mail harvesting) so they can bombard everyone with spam.

It might be in your best interests to remove the second (valid) e-mail from your posting!

Geoff

Website · by **theelanman** » Wed 14.02.2007, 13:00

geoffsmith wrote:Gareth,

Correct.

There is a good reason for putting in "REMOVE" when posting an e-mail address on a public forum. It is to circumvent the b*****ds who set up programs to go around web sites picking up e-mail addresses (e-mail harvesting) so they can bombard everyone with spam.

It might be in your best interests to remove the second (valid) e-mail from your posting!

Geoff

geoff
good point....so I have...
cheers
g

by **GeoffSmith** » Wed 14.02.2007, 13:24

Don't want to upset admin do we? Well, not that way we don't. :wink:

by **Sy V** » Wed 14.02.2007, 13:35

...some of you can do it just by breathing, Geoff!

:wink:

by **Elanlover** » Tue 20.02.2007, 20:48

donsladek wrote:How about a "stiffy" for the Federal Elans, or even the UK ones??

Door escutcheons and/or aluminum door latch handles?

glove box latches?

C'mon guys, here's a good opportunity to get those obsolete parts!

Don Sladek

I'm with Don. I'd pay money for a Fed equivalent of the stiffy and some aluminum door handles and pulls to replace the plastic ones we have now (which would look good combined with carbon fibre door escustcheons).

Listening Alan????? :poke:

by **Doug** » Wed 21.02.2007, 04:38

Elanlover wrote:I'd pay money for a Fed equivalent of the stiffy and some aluminum door handles

uh, what else have you been asked to pay?? :bananasex:

I agree: aluminum door handle pulls are on the list for my future Elan too . . .

that sounds like a simple Brian CNC project - - - - maybe start a thread seeking interest in it and see how many others you can drum up ? ? ?

[ducking low to avoid Brain's back roundhouse kick]

by **F1 LOTUS** » Wed 21.02.2007, 07:02

by **nchase** » Wed 21.02.2007, 09:53

Mine's on it's way from AB. Not sure if I'll have it fitted in time for Donington A) Im' no mechanic so it will need to be added by the garage and b) getting the car to them is slim currently.... but if I do, I'll let you all know.

by **Elanlover** » Wed 21.02.2007, 14:20

Doug wrote:uh, what else have you been asked to pay??

Well, there was something about kidneys and right arm as payment for B-pillar caps. That was a while ago though when kidneys were in demand..........

Doug wrote: .......that sounds like a simple Brian CNC project - - - - maybe start a thread seeking interest in it and see how many others you can drum up ? ? ?

Hmmmm...........................Brian??????

Cut a nice slot out of the center or some round holes as an accent??? Pulls and handles? :poke:

Ducking...... :smt075

Website · by **theelanman** » Wed 21.02.2007, 15:32

Sy/Willb
any chance either of you could ask the following question

theelanman wrote:do we have a combined price for the cables and the short shift????
I see the shifter is £120...can someone remind me of the cable price....and are they doing an LEC 'all in deal'?????
cheers
G

I dont seem to have their 'ear'.....
Ive droppped them emails over the past couple of weeks via the email on the web site and via the email Sy gave me but with no joy......
I think chris.t is interested in the same package
cheers
g

by **Sy V** » Wed 21.02.2007, 16:40

I'll try, but it's probably because they want to sell the SS kits direct and the cables via Will.

by **WillB** » Fri 23.02.2007, 11:15

Hi All,

I've just had an email from Preeya @ AB and she's working on the price.

Hopefully I'll be able to offer a 'package price' of the AB cables + shifter.

I'll let you know when I have more info

Will

by **chris.t** » Fri 23.02.2007, 12:15

cheers Will

by **chris.t** » Thu 22.03.2007, 10:13

I need nore feedback on the cables and short shift installation. I tried Monty's gear change at Donny and i found it very stiff, not what i expected at all. he did say there was a problem in so far it didn't self centre. I would want the shift to be just a wrist movement rather than a shove with the whole of the upper body. Can this be achieved?

Also, any news on a bundle price yet Will?

by **Enright** » Thu 22.03.2007, 11:01

Chris,

You can try mine at Brands this weekend and see what you think.
It's still a tiny bit stiff (ooer missus) which overcomes the centring springs a bit, but on the move you hardly notice.

by **chris.t** » Thu 22.03.2007, 12:46

cheers neil, didn't know you had a short shift otherwise i would have badgered you at Donny

by **Enright** » Thu 22.03.2007, 13:37

Mine's not the AB one - it's one of the old Isuzu Performance ones that Rod fitted before I bought the car, so I can't take the credit.

Theory behind the mod is the same: halving the length of the arms on the selector box halves the throw of the gear lever.

But AB's implementation of the solution is far more elegant. Isuzu Performance just hacked down and re-welded the original arms.

AB has made a total replacement spindle which the arms are attached to, and even offered a selection of different throws.

It's what I would buy if I were doing it now.

The only downside is that if you halve the throw, then you double the effort. Ye canna escape the laws of physics!

by **Darren** » Thu 22.03.2007, 13:51

theelanman wrote:I dont seem to have their 'ear'.....g

Mine arrived on Friday morning, far too soon to get it installed for Donny

. So I've put it with my new AB cables, solid mounts and Dave's short shifter, for when I get a moment to fit them :wink:

Owwwww and the kit looks & feels much better in real life i.e it's nothing short of a work of art :twisted:

Darren.

by **nchase** » Fri 24.08.2007, 19:12

Ok,

I have had the AB ShortShift fitted today (middle position) and along with their cables which I have had fitted for a while, the reduction is great, but still as easy as ever - no extra effort. The Shift from 2nd to 3rd is definately going to make the difference on the track. Certaibly the feeling is that of much less time with the clutch disengaged.

I certainly approve of this option. The only one I have tried was Neil's (Enright) and no offence to him but that was a lot of hard work!

by **Enright** » Mon 27.08.2007, 11:38

nchase wrote:I certainly approve of this option. The only one I have tried was Neil's (Enright) and no offence to him but that was a lot of hard work!

None taken - you're right it was at the time - it even fatigued and broke the gear lever mounting bracket.
It's freed up a lot more since, and I'd like to compare it to someone else's whose had it properly fitted.
But I still get a very annoying/embarrassing problem of it jumping out of reverse every few seconds, especially if I'm reversing uphill.

Lotus Elan Central

AB Motorsports Elan - Short-shifter

Who is online