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Jim Moon
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Lotus Elise 220 Sport
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augiedriver started following Alarming Lack of Initial Braking in the Wet, Elise engine cover fitting help please, Snows Hedge End - Giving Up Lotus Franchise and 1 other
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Elise engine cover fitting help please
augiedriver replied to Dogrunner's topic in Elise / Exige Chat
Hi Chris, I bought one a couple of months ago as my S3 didn't come with a cover either. The 4 grommets fit into the 4 holes in the underside of the cover and if you look at the engine, you will see 4 lugs sticking up that match up with the 4 holes in the cover. The rubber grommets then just slot onto the 4 lugs. Line up the oil filler cap with the hole in the cover to get it lined up. Hope that’s useful. Where are you based?- 1 reply
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Snows Hedge End - Giving Up Lotus Franchise
augiedriver replied to augiedriver's topic in Lotus / Motoring / Cars Chat
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Wiper arm cross reference?
augiedriver replied to Kubera's topic in Interior/Exterior/Lights/Glass/Alarms/ICE/HVAC/Other
Hi Kubera, If you are just talking about the blade, the Bosch AeroTwin AR26U was a great upgrade for my Elise S3. Works much better than the original. Good luck. -
Break pedal feel
augiedriver replied to 62dave's topic in Ride/Handling/Suspension/Brakes/Wheels/Tyres
I'm picking up this thread which is similar to my own post entitled 'Alarming lack of initial breaking in the wet'. What pads have you changed too? I've now spoken to both A P Racing (Elise and Evora front calipers) and Circuit Supplies who distribute pads for A P Racing. Neither company had heard of this problem. A P Racing do not manufacturer pads but buy them in but thought it could only be the pads as a disc will dissipate water immediately. However, Circuit Supplies didn't think it could be the pads and questioned whether the servo was the problem. But I only have this problem in the -
Thanks for the replies everyone. However, a £50,000 car that doesn't stop very well in the rain doesn't sound like a good design feature to me! Funnily enough there is a ford in Sidmouth, our local town, and yes there is a sign telling you to test your brakes, but I thought that was for cars built 50 years ago with drum brakes! I don't know what pads are on the car, but that is probably my first area of looking for a remedy. I shall call A P Racing on Monday to see what their take is. I'll try your suggestion of lifting off and then re-applying to see if that makes a difference. A bi
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Had to do an emergency stop on the A 303 today in wet conditions and was alarmed to find a severe lack of initial braking. The amount of pressure I had to apply to the brakes just seemed out of all proportion to get the car stopped in time, which it nearly didn't. I was only travelling about 40 mph but the brakes just didn't seem to want to bite. I had this before after cleaning the car and driving down our driveway only to find there were no brakes for the first 20 feet or so. I understand the servo on these cars is a lot less than say an Audi TT, but this was scary and always seems to be in
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augiedriver started following Elise S3 220 ABS speed sensor cable routing ?? and How Do I Get Alerts?
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I'm interested in seeing posts for anything in the 'Elise / Exige Chat' section. How can I get email alerts for this or is there another method of getting alerts?
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Now that looks pretty smart. At first I couldn't understand what the wood was for, but now realise it's for holding the footrest in place rather than bolting or screwing it to the alloy. That's going to be a lot more comfortable on long runs. I don't understand why Lotus don't fit a left foot rest as standard. In our 2007 Elise there was a foot brace in the passenger footwell, which seemed a bit unnecessary to me, so why not a drivers foot rest? I bet it wasn't easy working in the footwell.