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21. Re: Elan +2 as (semi)daily driver? (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 10:15:31 -0500
The problem is, that there is notelling when something will go bad. I f you cannot afford to have a "bad year" i.e. water pump, rotoflex, misc electrical gremlins, tehn you probably should rethink yo
/html/chapman-era/1998-11/msg00009.html (10,946 bytes)

22. re: '65 Elan prognosis (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 11:12:02 -0400
I'm running my car with no dust sheild, with no ill effects. It had gotten so distorted over time that getting the motor to the tranny was a real bitch and I just tore it out. The missing bolt was pr
/html/chapman-era/1998-08/msg00033.html (6,389 bytes)

23. RE: Elan Rubber isolated shift lever (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:22:57 -0400
I'm thinking shock isolation might be important also. Not in normal use, but if someone slipps, or you had a minor collision, whatever, and overloaded the gear lever, there is nothing to prevent bre
/html/chapman-era/1998-06/msg00051.html (7,595 bytes)

24. re:elan advice/opinions (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 10:08:40 -0400
I just rebuilt one of the two webers from my seven. It is really not that be[although it isn't on the car yet] they are pretty fool proof. All the jets are different threads so you cant mix them up,
/html/chapman-era/1998-05/msg00001.html (6,761 bytes)

25. It lives again! (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 17:05:28 -0400
Well, the +2 is on the road again. The new engine seems to be behaving just fine, just a little header leak, they seem to warp every once and a while and I have to grind the flange straight. Also, I
/html/chapman-era/1998-05/msg00003.html (7,031 bytes)

26. re:list activity (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 13:04:13 -0400
Did I happen to mention how well a Toyota factory FM radio fits in the dash of the +2..........sorry I don't have an alarm............
/html/chapman-era/1998-05/msg00041.html (6,947 bytes)

27. 7 list (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 15:37:49 -0500
I have to agree that the seven list is a disappointment to me as a Lotus Seven owner, it has a lot of traffic about various seven clones, but very little relevant to original sevens.It must be worse
/html/chapman-era/1998-04/msg00000.html (8,219 bytes)

28. Re: Seven List (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 12:59:59 -0500
Chris T. says he can get me the 9's that's good to know, I see that a small leak has developed on my rear axle, an ominous sign... I may need to udgrade at some point and prefer the look of the 9 in
/html/chapman-era/1998-04/msg00006.html (7,563 bytes)

29. Re: Re[2]: 7 list (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 13:34:05 -0500
Not really far afield, since it is a Sevens list, not a Lotus Sevens list, and at this point, lotus sevens are the tiny minority of sevens. Probably less than 2000 s1,2 and 3 Lotus sevens were ever
/html/chapman-era/1998-04/msg00007.html (7,999 bytes)

30. actual content! (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 10:28:52 -0500
I've been playing with the Nissan tranny some more, and the results are mixed. The problem I'm running into now is that I really need to move the tranny forward an inch, but if I lop it off of the be
/html/chapman-era/1998-04/msg00016.html (7,049 bytes)

31. 7 list (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 10:28:50 -0500
I always gets a little dicey when people talk about whats appropriate on a list. I remember this thread going on on the lotus list and was amazed how peeved people get about so many things. I actuall
/html/chapman-era/1998-04/msg00017.html (8,403 bytes)

32. actual content \gearbox stuff (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 20:57:51 -0500
I had thought of it, and it would be easy, but I don't think i have the room My friend Dave and I were enjoying a few frosty concentration enhancers and thought of that very thing this afternoon, mu
/html/chapman-era/1998-04/msg00020.html (7,392 bytes)

33. elan lust abatement (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 10:25:05 -0400
EFI huh, sounds interesting. What system does it use?
/html/chapman-era/1998-04/msg00027.html (6,719 bytes)

34. Re: Lars-Olof Eriksson me/mine (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 15:07:25 -0400
Welcome Lars!
/html/chapman-era/1998-04/msg00029.html (6,683 bytes)

35. Dave Billings (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 14:14:45 -0400
Gee Dave, I feel bad getting started on my engine rebuild in march, and its ready to go in. ;) Hell, all you need a grand or so and off you go. Its spingtime! Welcome Keith
/html/chapman-era/1998-04/msg00055.html (6,253 bytes)

36. Re: Elan EFI/QED (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 12:48:15 -0500
Got one from Dave Bean last year, actually not that bad, compared to the original.
/html/chapman-era/1998-03/msg00045.html (7,216 bytes)

37. elan output shafts (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 17:55:07 -0500
I never had a problem with breaking one [70 +2 +135K miles], but I did lose the outer bearing area, which I assume was merely beat to death by poor tolerancing/bad material/what have you. I replaced
/html/chapman-era/1998-03/msg00055.html (6,882 bytes)

38. 5pseeds in elans....revisited (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:07:00 -0500
Finally getting a little time to work on the +2, engine at the shop being bored. I slid the rear housing from the nissan 5 sp[1983 28zx, 3.06 1st gear, .745 5th for those short of memory]. It is very
/html/chapman-era/1998-03/msg00061.html (7,778 bytes)

39. Re: 4wd in F1 (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 14:01:30 -0500 (EST)
accelrative force Pure RWD no doubt tends to some degree aid in that weight transfer. Mid engined cars with *very* low CGs would have much less weight transfer than street cars, implying that AWD mi
/html/chapman-era/1997-12/msg00029.html (10,141 bytes)

40. Re: Digest lotus-cars.v002.n748 (score: 1)
Author: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 10:23:18 -0500 (EST)
Personally, living in New England, I think fwd is better for basic transportation, since no one calls rain delays for life. I love my +2, but it is downright scary in the rain with less than 1/2 a t
/html/chapman-era/1997-12/msg00035.html (8,484 bytes)


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