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Lotus Elon

1969 Analogue Lotus Elan reborn without noise & smells. Same weight to keep handling balance

Now Starting on 'rat's nest' ... Mating to 50 year old wiring (surprisingly untouched and in good condition). #LotusElan #LotusElon
Sweet. Even at maximum droop the cv's still work. But I would'nt risk full torque at those angles. #LotusElan #LotusElon #electricclassiccar #EV #Lotus_Elon
Diff Get in 😆 Quite a battle, but finally went in. The 'sprint strengthening bar' made it even tighter. #LotusElan #LotusElon #electricclassiccar #electriccar #EV
Upgraded Diff, ready to Squeeeeeeze back in to the chassis #LotusElan folk will understand 😆 #LotusElon #electricclassiccars #EV
Graph shows why electric power is so good at sensible road speeds. ICE is only brilliant over ~100mph to overcome drag. EV's give 100% 'talk' from zero, no BS 😆 #electricclassiccar #efficiency #electriccar #Tesla #LotusElan #Lotus_Elon
Donuts and Differential ! Electric Torque would have eaten the Donuts 😋 ... but hopefully not the Diff - well, not with upgrades. #Lotus_Elon #electricclassiccar #LotusElan
Access all areas. 'Only' 400+ kg over 'the office' 🤔 #Lotus_Elon #LotusElan
Bum in the air ! (No not typical British cycling 😆 ) #Lotus_Elon #LotusElan #electriccar
Drive line upgrades - to take the extra torque. Going from 'fossil gobbler' to 'sun to mobility' converter 😊. #engineering #LotusElan #Lotus_Elon #EV #electriccar
0 to 62 in 3.5 sec !!! (Theoretical) While waiting for parts to be made and delivered, I did some calculations. OK these ignore air resistance, transmission losses and (wheels spinning), but 0-60 c 4 sec similar to Toadster seems feasible. Can someone check my calcs ? Eh @nigelgasper 🤗 #LotusElan #Tesla #electriccar #classiccars #ev #0to60
Driveline CAD and FEA completed - now getting parts made. Did the chassis while at it, and if I get chance I'll flex the T-spines on the body :-) #LotusElan #electriccar #Lotus_Elon #Lotus #Tesla #EV #cad
It's such (nerdy) CAD fun lightweighting parts for this project #generativedesign . This is the sort of thing that Colin Chapman ( #genius ) did in his head. This gave him the nickname 'Chunky' as in "you can take out a chunk there" 😄 #Lotus #Elan #Lotus_Elon
ICE vs Electric 😎 #TwinCam #LotusElon #Tesla #Lotus #Elan #EV
.... GONE 😄 !!! #Heavymetal (164kg) #bruisedfingersbutsoworthit #nomoreoil #LotusElon #LotusElan #Lotus #Tesla
.... Going.....
Going ......
Elan is dead - long live Elon 😊. 41Kg of Fossil stuff already gone, next engine out. #LotusElon #LotusElan #Tesla #Elan
Corner weights before surgery. Amazing: exactly 50:50 F:R Colin Chapman knew his stuff ! All ~164kg so total weight to match (or better) is 656kg ! #LotusElon #LotusElan #Lotus #Tesla #ColinChapman #Elan #EV
New bits on the block #LotusElon
Grand Day Out with Lorette. Collecting parts and inspiration for #LotusElon @zeroevuk 500 miles by FREE electricity ! (Half from my PV's, half from @elonmusk & @elecclassiccars ) Thanks Richard, TOP advice 👍 See what I saw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IwnAi-ooEI incl. clean Tesla-Ferrari #Lotus #Elan
Sharing the fun (and noise - before the engine comes out) with Ariane #LotusElon #Lotus #Tesla
One of these little 235Nm beauties, is mine. Counting down the days (9) to collect from @electricclassiccars #LotusElon #lotuselan
Starting to CAD (Anyone Loan me a 3D Scanner ?)
Loads Of Trouble Usually Serious 😄 #Lotus
#tesla battery module, model, for scale. #LotusElon #lotuselan
Can't wait to get rid of this complex noisy fossil gobbler. Just fixed a carburettor, so quaint ! #LotusElon #byebyebrumbrum #freshair #silentrunning #lotus #Tesla
Body looks good (2m away 😏) Can't wait to ditch the noisy 'fossil gobbler' in the front. #LotusElon #lotuselan #Tesla
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