Elan Injectors

Had the garage take out the injectors and sent them off to be cleaned and refurbished. They came back looking almost as good as new! It has made a significant difference with an extra 110cc of fuel getting into the engine in a more controlled manner.

Throttle response is improved and I think I have cured the problem with the MIL light coming on under hard acceleration.

Further Elan Upgrades

I have changed the seat in the Elan for Bucket seats I bought from a fellow Elan member on the Forum www.LotusElanCentral.com I then sold the old seats to another forum member - Dave. Forums are great when they work like this :-)

Tony lives near Newcastle so as an addition to the seats I was able to pick up a door for his partner's damaged car and drop it off on my way up to Scotland.

Pictures of the seats fitted to the Elan -

Also got 6 point Luke harnesses which I will fit next week and new seat belts from the Lotus Aftersales division.

The Elan is going into the bodyshop on Monday for two days as a st**id woman ran into the back of me in traffic last summer and the repainted bumper is now showing runs in the paint? 8 months after the repair - wierd.

Overdue Update

Been busy with family tragedies - Mother in Law died - Father in Law wanted to die to join her! - Father died - 5 friends died of various cancers - and all sorts of Sh*t on other fronts............sometimes life sucks.

"If it wasn't for bad luck I would have no luck at all......"

Did two track days at the Nurburgring with Destination Nurburgring in the Elan - fabulous. Here are some pictures:-

This is April 2010

Very well run and a great selection of cars - even a Ferrari 599 FXB - the noise was incredible as was the speed.

Here are some from the Aug 2010 DN or DN2 as it has become known :-)

Most extreme Capari driven by a "professional" who didn't understand that the flags apply to everyone!

It was really great to have the Nordschlief to

ourselves. No Tourists, No buses, No D**kheads.

Just everyone enjoying themselves with virtually no stoppages.

Most of the photos are from my good friend Jochen of Frozenspeed - he really is a fantastic photographer - his pictures are always excellent.

I am suffering my winter blues and withdrawal symptoms from not driving the Ring for months!

I had a track day with the BMW car club at Silverstone on the Stowe circuit - the forecast for the previous two weeks was dry sunny but cold....................................... It was actually wet grey damp and cold. I had put my track tyres on in the vain hope that the forecast would be right!

so I spent most of the day slipping and sliding with no traction whatsoever - still we had a laugh and I met up with some old friends.