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21. Re[2]: tire pressure (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Thu, 04 Jun 98 05:57:58 PST; Any manufacturer-recommended (car manufacturer or tire manufacturer) pressures are more designed to prevent law suits than to be genuinely helpful, particularly regarding performance use. IMO they a; /html/chapman-era/1998-06/msg00004.html (9,307 bytes)
22. Re[4]: tire pressure (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Thu, 04 Jun 98 12:15:22 PST; That's true. I was assuming front and rear anti-roll bars and, because the rest of the car seems to be set up a bit, that they would be non-stock. Usually, in the world of unusual cars anyway, non-s; /html/chapman-era/1998-06/msg00006.html (8,508 bytes)
23. Re[6]: tire pressure (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Thu, 04 Jun 98 18:31:57 PST; The stock Elans (all of them) come with one rather small one at the front and none in the rear. That will work fine. If the wheels are wide enough with respect to the tire width, to have a stiffenin; /html/chapman-era/1998-06/msg00008.html (9,475 bytes)
24. Re[8]: tire pressure (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Mon, 08 Jun 98 07:21:46 PST; Ah, this sounds closer to what I would do (frt.-rear delta). Have you heard of the trick the slalomists (autocrossers) here in the US use for determining the best tire pressure? They apply white liq; /html/chapman-era/1998-06/msg00012.html (7,819 bytes)
25. Re: A dumb wheel bolt circle question (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Tue, 09 Jun 98 05:58:24 PST; Hi Erik, Those wheels actually had "Spitfire" cast into them. The only disadvantage was that the offset was fixed at whatever was considered optimum for a Spitfire.... fortunately, not too far from E; /html/chapman-era/1998-06/msg00018.html (7,534 bytes)
26. Re: Giotti wheels (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Tue, 09 Jun 98 05:44:06 PST; You mean Gotti. They are French, believe it or not. I had a set of three-piece Gottis on a slalom special I used to own. If you're interested, the present owner might sell them. They are 10" wide x; /html/chapman-era/1998-06/msg00019.html (6,812 bytes)
27. Re[2]: A dumb wheel bolt circle question (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Tue, 09 Jun 98 10:40:43 PST; Mine were 13 x 6 too so maybe, with "Spitfire" cast into mine, there was indeed a difference in offset. I do have the measured offset of those wheels home in a file but I'm going out of town now so I; /html/chapman-era/1998-06/msg00022.html (7,431 bytes)
28. Looking for Elan rear hub carriers (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Thu, 18 Jun 98 07:27:14 PST; I'm restoring a '64 Elan S2; my latest unpleasant surprise is on one of the aluminum rear hub carriers. The inner circlip that holds the inner bearing in place is long gone, because some twit must ha; /html/chapman-era/1998-06/msg00042.html (8,789 bytes)
29. Re[2]: Elan Rubber isolated shift lever (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Tue, 23 Jun 98 05:50:53 PST; I saw the addition of the rubber shift lever bushing as an attempt, along with other changes, to civilize the Elan (the Elan itself being a civilization of the Elite) by isolating the driver a bit .; /html/chapman-era/1998-06/msg00047.html (9,120 bytes)
30. Re: Elan shifter (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Wed, 24 Jun 98 05:50:58 PST; Re reaching for fifth, I do that too sometimes because I drive the RX7 every day and the Elan an average of once a week. After having driven many, many different sports cars in my time, I still use t; /html/chapman-era/1998-06/msg00054.html (7,525 bytes)
31. Re: Origin of the Name (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Thu, 25 Jun 98 09:32:54 PST; Ah yes, Andres, I'd much rather believe this one (but can't help thinking that, had it been true, it wouldn't have remained so mysterious all these years). Yes, I choose to believe it. In a couple of; /html/chapman-era/1998-06/msg00056.html (7,320 bytes)
32. Re: Formula One Announcing (NLC) (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Mon, 29 Jun 98 12:05:14 PST; My wife and I are treating it as comedy now. When we first heard him, we were upset but have been telling ourselves it's better than nothing. It's as if they put an ad in the paper for an announcer; /html/chapman-era/1998-06/msg00060.html (7,722 bytes)
33. Re: Incurable (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Tue, 30 Jun 98 05:32:34 PST; Haven't read my copy yet but I absolutely understand the thought. By 1968, when I got my first Elan (S1), I had had many sports cars and thought I was headed to Ferrari, eventually. However, nothing; /html/chapman-era/1998-06/msg00065.html (7,624 bytes)
34. Re[2]: Incurable (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Tue, 30 Jun 98 16:05:56 PST; Yes, even in its present state of dilapidation, that 26R would have an honored place in my stable too. Rod; /html/chapman-era/1998-06/msg00067.html (7,073 bytes)
35. Re[4]: Incurable (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Tue, 30 Jun 98 18:01:55 PST; Sweetening the pot, are you? How about a nice Europa TC in trade? :-) Rod; /html/chapman-era/1998-06/msg00069.html (7,351 bytes)
36. Re: Hart twink valve sizes (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Tue, 19 May 98 10:33:22 PST; If you can wait until I'm home, I'll look this up. It's all in the Elan racing file. I do recall that Hart small valve (what my race car used) is considerably bigger than Lotus "Big Valve". Intake s; /html/chapman-era/1998-05/msg00030.html (8,168 bytes)
37. Re: Elan(Type 45) 5 speed convertion (fwd) (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Wed, 20 May 98 12:03:44 PST; You should ask this quetion of chapman-era@autox.team.net. Lots of knowledge on this very subject there. Rod Hi! Do anyone know of a suitable 5 speed gearbox which one could drop into the Elan. I wo; /html/chapman-era/1998-05/msg00035.html (6,978 bytes)
38. Re: Help - T/C electronic ignition (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Thu, 21 May 98 05:52:20 PST; I have one at home but can't get at it and answer you until this weekend. If someone hasn't already answered you by then, I'll tell you exactly what the instructions say. BTW do you have the unit in; /html/chapman-era/1998-05/msg00036.html (7,718 bytes)
39. Re: list activity (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Thu, 21 May 98 07:56:50 PST; Tor, Activity goes up and down depending on the thread. For example, there have been some very interesting technical discussions regarding alternate transmissions for use in Elans. Not as much regul; /html/chapman-era/1998-05/msg00039.html (7,551 bytes)
40. Re[2]: list activity(introduction) (score: 1): Author: rebean@CCGATE.HAC.COM; Date: Thu, 21 May 98 11:19:48 PST; Welcome to chapman-era, Tor. You are correct in assuming that this list is more directed at the older Lotuses. There are not many of us on the list yet but we're growing and I hope you find the discu; /html/chapman-era/1998-05/msg00045.html (8,623 bytes)

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