Despite my earlier emails, there are some phenomenal examples of cars running with filters with no apparent problems.
My Uncle’s Triumph TR4A is one…
The car has done 150K miles since '68 including many trips from the UK to Yugoslavia. All these were done without any filters.
Only now is the engine begining to smoke, and that looks likely to be the valve guides and not the bores!
Just shows you,
Tim
If you’re looking for a reasonably priced airbox that certainly fits my Elan S4 (sorry I don’t know about others) contact Dave at [email protected] , a well made GRP box, he made mine in 4 days and it fits the backplate I bought from Kelvedon Lotus, hope this helps those that are looking ,
I have been in intermittent contact with Dave for some months now hoping to get an airbox for my S2. I emailed him yesterday and suggested he send me a box for an S4 and I would modify it to work-I already have an S4 backplate. Dave emailed this morning to say that he hopes to have the loan of an original S2 airbox next week from a Lotus dealer and then he will be able to make them in the ‘full depth’ style we want.
He did suggest that since I am now in a bit of a rush for one that I take an S4 unit and it should take very little to make it work-he suggested that the inlet might need shortening slightly and that the different angle of the S2 would then be taken up by the flexible inlet hose.
Any comments on that?
+1 for Dave’s deeper airbox. It is superbly finished and allows the rearmost cylinder to breathe much better than the original S4 airbox. The quality is excellent, much better than the original, and fits my Elan S4 perfectly.
I bought the one advertised on eBay ‘Lotus Elan Plus2 Airbox Special full depth’ and, despite it being advertised for the Plus 2, it fits the S4 with the same clearances to bonnet etc. as the original. Both use the same backplate.
Just placed an order with Dave for an airbox. I think the shape of the original airbox is one of the few things that Lotus didn’t get quite right.
Does any one know if Dave is still making the deeper S4 Air Boxes? I’ve e mailed him a couple of times but nothing heard.
Keep trying! Dave can be a little tough to contact at times-worth the wait though…
I will! Thanks for the tip.
Anyone have a picture of Daves deeper airbox, preferably the S1/2 version.
V
Here is my S4 'box fitted this week. Nicely finished and supplied with studs to enable easier fitting. Order filled quickly and easy to deal with.
Peter
Looks good, still hoping to buy one for mine.