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2010 NA owner here. Ready to buy a bolt on kit. Please let me know!
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heavy all the time (cold or hot) or only after the car has warmed up?
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1. real brake vents on front bumper. 2. relocate engine bay blower to unblock RH side vent. 3. exterior trunk key latch. 4. relocate phone mic to steering column. 5. add seat belt loops to seats 6. replace seat back adjustment knob with latch lever instead. 7. revise rear ventilation hose with one that won't peel over time.
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Engine issues...3 weeks out of warranty!
Squidward replied to Tex Gore's topic in Engine & Ancilliaries/Gearbox
+1 on Justin182's recommendation.. Additionally on top of cleaning the Throttle Body, clean the MAF sensor as well. Both are very easy to do.. I had idling issues (near stalling) as well and it went away after I did these two things. good luck and let us know if it helped. -
Nice feedback, Ritchie. I had a chance to test drive the 2013 IPS S a couple months back and I'll be honest--Nothing was significant enough for me to want it over my 2010 NA. While there was plenty of little changes that do add up to an overall improved build and anyone going forward would be foolish to choose a 2010 LE over a 2013, unless of course they had an issue with the price difference. For me it would take a substantial improvement in performance or build quality for me to warrant spending another ~$80,000 on a new 2013 S (or IPS S). Plus I don't think I would get much for my cu
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yeah it's a bit of a PITA with that damn anti-sway bar there. I managed to remove my 3rd cat and NA silencer in one piece.. saved some time, but DOES require a bit of finessing to get it out. Doing the reverse is considerably harder, so I would recommend installing the decat pipe first, then the sports exhaust. By far the easiest solution is going with a straight pipe. Took me literally 30 minutes from start to finish.
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Dead battery ?short circuit
Squidward replied to Solarshaun's topic in Interior/Exterior/Lights/Glass/Alarms/ICE/HVAC/Other
270mA is huge. If our manuals say the car will sit idle for over 4 weeks @ 27-32mA, then a 270mA draw would seem to support my assertion that the battery will be weakened after only a few days. Per the Lotus Evora Service Notes: Quiescent Drain With a fully charged battery, a car with no aftermarket electrical equipment fitted, all electrics switched off, and the alarm system either armed or disarmed, will have a quiescent current drain of between 27 - 32 mA dependent on audio and sat. nav. options. Under normal conditions, this should allow a park period of over four weeks before start -
ic. so I take it that it means it is more robust? or more versatile in racing applications of the car?
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what is so good about this. not sure I understand the point if this. please explain. thx
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Rear clam off pics and clutch change findings
Squidward replied to rafphillips's topic in Engine & Ancilliaries/Gearbox
andy trust me you have it good. I had my exactly the same work on my car and while the repair was successful, the reassembly was not. In fact if any of you saw it you'd think it was a joke, but it was not. it was a nightmare. -seatbacks scuffed to hell (backside) -scrape in leather door sill -weather seals poorly installed: seal jutting out where the glass seam lines meet the vent/sail panel, seal along the b-pillar not straight and kinked, seal along top of door opening jutting out. -gas lid had a gap when closed -headliner smudged with grease marks -leather shift boot was loose (they -
Dead battery ?short circuit
Squidward replied to Solarshaun's topic in Interior/Exterior/Lights/Glass/Alarms/ICE/HVAC/Other
if you want to change out all the bulbs to LED, you'll need eight bulbs--six 42mm bulbs for interior and trunk, and two 37mm bulbs for the license plate lights. I bought mine all from Amazon. 6 x 42mm High Power 6 SMD LED Festoon Dome Bulb White 12 Volt DC 2 x 37mm High Power 6 SMD LED Festoon Dome Bulb White 12 Volt DC To avoid battery issues, I recommend you buy a deep cycle battery.. These are designed to be drained repeatedly without damage. They are more expensive but worth the peace of mind. If you want to go light weight, a few owners have used the 36AH Shorai LiF -
Accent lighting pics anyone?
Squidward replied to dalepearson's topic in Interior/Exterior/Lights/Glass/Alarms/ICE/HVAC/Other
I don't recall the light beads being as bright as shown in the photos...we're there modifications made? or is it a quality of the camera? in fact I can barely see mine in daylight and at night it's rather dim. -
Dead battery ?short circuit
Squidward replied to Solarshaun's topic in Interior/Exterior/Lights/Glass/Alarms/ICE/HVAC/Other
I have had mine replaced along with a few other fellow owners I know on the other forum. It's impossible to determine what the prevalence is for this problem based on such a small sampling. I do believe the stock Varta isn't a very good battery to begin with but I don't know if that's an accurate statement, nor is the presumption some of us have made that the Evora has a higher than usual draw on the battery at rest. (No one has gotten around to actually measuring the load on the battery.) Anyway one theory I have is that many of our batteries have become damaged from being overdrawn duri -
afaik, only pre-MY12. (http://ebookbrowse.com/54817-9823-sb-2011-29-evora-clutch-pipe-insulation-pdf-d468099173)
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Mel, get a Shorai battery - 4.96lbs, 36ah battery with 540CCA. A few owners have run with them long term with no issues. Alternatively if you need more reserve power you can buy two and parallel them for 72AH (equivalent to the stock lead acid rating) and over 1000 CCA at your disposal. I assume the rear louvres will save you at least another 25 lbs. I have one made of GRP and it's really light but imagine CF one would be even lighter!