Re: New to me Elan finally arrived!!!!
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:08 am
Hi Greek S1/S3,
Thanks for the pictures and story!! A lovely looking car you have, enjoy and cherish it.
Just some remarks on you observations:
1. Generator vs alternator.
I "upgraded" to an alternator last year. If you are not a sticker to originality there's various options to fit an alternator. There is also a brand that makes alternators looking like generators (search the topics here, it's been discussed upon last year here I recall).
For me the upgrade makes life a bit easier as the alternator at idle speed still generates enough power to not deplete the batteries when you use indicators f.e.
2. Bottom scraping exhaust
I have normal suspension and my car does not like speed bumps. Given the fact that in The Netherlands the B-roads have 60 kph (40MPH) speed limits there's lots of speed bumps around. It's nuissance that I have to put up with. My wife cringes every time we go over one as she hates potential damage to the car.
3. Weber carb's
Hissing and popping does happen to me as well when I shift down.
My specialist went through great pains to let the car run smoothly and it's improved since the engine was competely overhauled this winter. The word I got is that these little cars have a small engine with huge carb's and therefor are prone to burn exhaust fumes every now and then in the exhaust because they are so tuned. Again it scares the bejeezus outta my missus .
That's my two pennies worth!!
Thanks for the pictures and story!! A lovely looking car you have, enjoy and cherish it.
Just some remarks on you observations:
1. Generator vs alternator.
I "upgraded" to an alternator last year. If you are not a sticker to originality there's various options to fit an alternator. There is also a brand that makes alternators looking like generators (search the topics here, it's been discussed upon last year here I recall).
For me the upgrade makes life a bit easier as the alternator at idle speed still generates enough power to not deplete the batteries when you use indicators f.e.
2. Bottom scraping exhaust
I have normal suspension and my car does not like speed bumps. Given the fact that in The Netherlands the B-roads have 60 kph (40MPH) speed limits there's lots of speed bumps around. It's nuissance that I have to put up with. My wife cringes every time we go over one as she hates potential damage to the car.
3. Weber carb's
Hissing and popping does happen to me as well when I shift down.
My specialist went through great pains to let the car run smoothly and it's improved since the engine was competely overhauled this winter. The word I got is that these little cars have a small engine with huge carb's and therefor are prone to burn exhaust fumes every now and then in the exhaust because they are so tuned. Again it scares the bejeezus outta my missus .
That's my two pennies worth!!