some new bits added

[steble]

Gave the elan a service yesterday, oil change (what an arse that filter is!!!)

New plugs, (last person that replaced them put the wrong ones in)

New leads

Finished off with a tarty new oil cap

[Simon_P]

Finished off with a tarty new oil cap

Well at least you can be sure it will provide the same performance gain as your proposed intake mods

[steble]

ALL OF FA LOL

BUT I HAVEN'T PROPOSED ANY INTAKE ONES. I'M JUST GOING TO RUN A K&N FILTER IN STANDARD BOX. JUST DON'T LIKE THE WAY THE INTAKE PIPE RUNS

[rip]

Gave the elan a service yesterday, oil change (what an arse that filter is!!!)

Yep. I use K&N oil filters now because they have a 1" removal nut designed into their casing. Getting a spanner on there is not easy, but I can't get any 'normal' removal tool on there.

[steble]

Gave the elan a service yesterday, oil change (what an arse that filter is!!!)

Yep. I use K&N oil filters now because they have a 1" removal nut designed into their casing. Getting a spanner on there is not easy, but I can't get any 'normal' removal tool on there.

next time round I will be going for one of those too lol

I ended up going for the smash a screwdriver through it option lol

[Fredjohn]

Need to be very careful removing the air filter. I forgot (!!??!!) to disconnect the battery, the spanner shorted across the starter motor contacts, got too hot to touch and warmed the oil filter very nicely thank you!!!

Fortunately no damage was done, but two salutary lessons were learned: disconnect the battery and buy a K&N filter next time!

[Simon_P]

Need to be very careful removing the air filter. I forgot (!!??!!) to disconnect the battery, the spanner shorted across the starter motor...

That's a very long spanner you have Fred!




Steble,
Lotus weren't happy with the intake routing either - Details in the Hughes book.
I suspect that they had the intake facing backwards for a reason though.

[Rambo]

What plugs did you put in steble ? And what were the wrong ones you removed ?

[Rambo]

What plugs did you put in steble ? And what were the wrong ones you removed ?

Any of these ??

http://wikilec.9600.org/index.php/Spark_plugs

The reason I ask is that the Wiki recommends 2 types and the gap differences are either 0.8 mm or 1.1 mm ??? Anyone know why the gap size should be so different ?

[steble]

What plugs did you put in steble ? And what were the wrong ones you removed ?

Any of these ??

http://wikilec.9600.org/index.php/Spark_plugs

The reason I ask is that the Wiki recommends 2 types and the gap differences are either 0.8 mm or 1.1 mm ??? Anyone know why the gap size should be so different ?

Ah I didn't know there were alternatives, I put in the top ones on that list. which are listed on the PNM website (and damn near everywhere else lol)

The ones that were in there were the NGK 1.1mm gap ones

[steble]

Need to be very careful removing the air filter. I forgot (!!??!!) to disconnect the battery, the spanner shorted across the starter motor...

That's a very long spanner you have Fred!




Steble,
Lotus weren't happy with the intake routing either - Details in the Hughes book.
I suspect that they had the intake facing backwards for a reason though.

that's interesting I'd like to give that a read, will see if i can find it via google

[tigerdog]

The reason I ask is that the Wiki recommends 2 types and the gap differences are either 0.8 mm or 1.1 mm ??? Anyone know why the gap size should be so different ?

I used NGK Iridium, originally with 1.1mm gap. Wide gap caused misfires under hard throttle and boost in Smaug. Rather than chuck them, I went old school and regapped them to .8. All was fine after that.