Thanks Johnathan, it was so much fun driving that elan flat out around Goodwood

Thank you Iain, it is Craig Beck building the engine and Gerry Wainwright preparing the car, both are excellent

Thank you, it is always great racing the Elan 😁

Thing hauls ass

At the LMC they have been wound upto well over 240 kmh...

Thanks Jim, yes all is fine. What are your plans for the season

@@nigelgreensall Racing the 996 in the Class 1 Porsche Club Championship Nigel. First round at Donny tomorrow! Walls a bit further away than Goodwood!!

I was there testing a Cobra yesterday and could see all the Porsches also testing, good luck and send me some updates over the weekend

Was greasy as hell yesterday. Must have been fun in the cobra!! We were parked opposite a black Griffiths with your name on the side also- wondered whether you were there!

That's always the advantage of a lightweight car. Even in my NC MX5 (which is a good bit heavier) I'm running up the back of cars that just passed me on the straight. Bigger cars have to brake WAY earlier

The homologated weight is 580kg. A typical SAE bhp is 180 bhp for a Lotus Twin Cam. Although the Cobra was most probably a repro (with the Daytona space frame roll cage) costing a fraction more than an Elan, the Porsches pricing is about 1 million GBP more than the others put together...

​@@Andrew-vx2lssome claim with the modern cylinder head and camshafts of today that particular twin cam engine can make 200 reliable horsepower, above 4000 rpm and that a racing weight of 900 pounds is possible. I am not particularly interested in the value of the cars but I believe the owners should regularly be appreciated throughout the event for sharing their cars with all of us. I favor the Cobras and GT40'S above anything else, as well as Bill Shepards Amazing 59 T Bird. However a Cobra is only as good as it's driver as that quirky transverse leafspring front suspension of the 289 years makes the car a handful to drive. It also takes the right engine builder to get the horsepower of the original and even a bit extra out of a 289 the way Carol Shelby did. I look forward to Goodwood videos every year but never get to see the 427 SC Cobras or 427 GT40'S either. Enjoyable to learn about the little Elan this year though. It deserves it's day in the sun with it's amazing driver.

@@crazyoilfieldmechanic3195 I stated 180 bhp as a SAE as this is a dyno figure (without alternator) and with a wet sump. 200 bhp is possible with a dry sump. The LTC is an 8 valve and it cannot equal say a Cosworth 16V BDA. [I own a warmed up Elan]. The racing weight is 580 kg (Cf. FIA papers #128), but it could be dropped to say 560kg on an Elan. In this case, this fellow is a very good driver [a well known instructor in GB]. A s you correctly state, the Cobra's front suspension has no place on any car!

@@Andrew-vx2ls I expect that particular Elan is very well prepared but as we agreed the man driving is the reason that car performs so very well. Did you ever race your Elan ? I was a competitor in the Carrera Panamericana several times many years ago and was very privileged to see many rare cars participating. A 2 door 55 Bentley coupe, a gull wing Mercedes as well as a roadster of the same year and an A C Ace, all original with the little 4 cylinder engine. As I looked the Ace over I was stunned to see the transverse leaf front suspension !! I was more acquainted with the 427 SC Cobras and they were produced with a much different round tube frame with coil over A arm front suspension and independent rear suspension as well so I was equally shocked to realize that all the 289 Cobras had that transverse leaf front suspension. The little Ace obviously wasn't very competitive but it did well in it's class against Morgans and MGs. But the Alfas ran off and left it.

@@crazyoilfieldmechanic3195 All in due course...