Canyon Red Exige V6 Cup

[Arun_D 735]

16 minutes ago, 550superfast said:

Just need to find out the issue number.

Neutral setting - is that middle?

That's right, middle of the 3 holes at the front of the wing bracket. Yours is the same, judging by the photo I took at Silverstone.

[550superfast 446]

7 minutes ago, Arun_D said:

That's right, middle of the 3 holes at the front of the wing bracket. Yours is the same, judging by the photo I took at Silverstone.

Correct - middle setting for me, not tried anything different either. Got any data on the settings? Or know what the Lotus Cup boys and girls run?

[Arun_D 735]

4 hours ago, 550superfast said:

Correct - middle setting for me, not tried anything different either. Got any data on the settings? Or know what the Lotus Cup boys and girls run?

Nothing at all. Would be good to know.

 

Trial fit on the Sparco yesterday once the car was home. You can definitely feel the difference from 320mm of the Momo Tuner to this 300mm Sparco (not sure really if better yet, just takes some getting used to), but it does slight;y help with the issue I had with viewing ahead in my low seating position. Looks great as well.

[stephenwhyte 1,900]

That steering wheel looks superbly chunky Arun - love it!!!

[NANO 127]

The impression is good ... do you also have a good view on the dashboard ?

Does not the steering wheel cover you anything visual ?

[Arun_D 735]

1 hour ago, NANO said:

The impression is good ... do you also have a good view on the dashboard ?

Does not the steering wheel cover you anything visual ?

No problem seeing the instruments at all. I sit so low in my Tillett the top of the wheel is above the instrument cowling.

[geartox 592]

following the wing installation, can you always use the boot to store luggages ? 

can you lock the boot now ?

 

 

[Arun_D 735]

1 hour ago, geartox said:

following the wing installation, can you always use the boot to store luggages ? 

can you lock the boot now ?

 

 

Yes there is still usable space for luggage, but the boot is not 100% water tight anymore 

No, the boot is not lockable. It is just the two aerocatches to open, but if I was really bothered (I am not) then apparantly you can get lockable versions.

[alias23 1,517]

7 minutes ago, Arun_D said:

Yes there is still usable space for luggage, but the boot is not 100% water tight anymore 

No, the boot is not lockable. It is just the two aerocatches to open, but if I was really bothered (I am not) then apparantly you can get lockable versions.

Thats good to know... When I see your car next... im having your boot lol

[Arun_D 735]

Big thanks to Joe at North West Wheel Trims (FB or Instagram NWWheeltrims) for retrimming the Sparco, the standard of his work is excellent, as well as the service. The brief was simple, retrim in a dark grey alcantara to match the Cup's door panel centres / passenger seat cushions and gaiters, and add red highlight stitching, as per the rest of the interior. Joe was quick to send a sample of his 'Charcoal' material, and although an exact match would be too much of a challenge to manage remotely, I was happy with the sample and the wheel was off up to Cheshire. I'm really please with the results. Also big thanks to @GFWilliams for the recommendation. I could have easily just left the wheel in it's standard black alcantara, but this looks well thought out and at home in the car now.

I've done a few more miles in the car with the smaller wheel today, and I'm definitely getting more used to it. The change in feel from the 320mm Momo is marked

Perhaps more excitingly, next week is the first track outing of 2018, another Silverstone GP day with Opentrack. Two significant changes has happened to the car since it's last outing (also at Silverstone, just after the TTX dampers were fitted), the Quaife differential and the CupR aerokit. Although it would be better for a comparison with one change at a time, I'm really keen to see how the car feels with this two additions. Either might call for some minor damper adjustment, depending on how they affect the balance, but we'll see how things are on the day. Of course the weather might play a big factor on how the car behaves. In any case, I've been itching to get out on track again and get this season underway, hopefully with some of my TLF chums.

 

[stephenwhyte 1,900]

That looks superb Arun and looks slightly thicker if I’m not mistaken which will be better for driving! 

[Arun_D 735]

That's right @stephenwhyte, it's a fair bit chunkier than the original Momo Tuner, more akin with the V6S airbag wheel, I'd say. 

[stephenwhyte 1,900]

Just now, Arun_D said:

That's right @stephenwhyte, it's a fair bit chunkier than the original Momo Tuner, more akin with the V6S airbag wheel, I'd say. 

Thickest wheel I’ve ever had was in a BMW Z4M and often wondered why all sport wheels aren’t like this? Should be good mate

[GFWilliams 1,975]

Looks awesome, Joe has done an awesome job on the wheel!

8 hours ago, stephenwhyte said:

Thickest wheel I’ve ever had was in a BMW Z4M and often wondered why all sport wheels aren’t like this? Should be good mate

I've driven quite a few modern BMWs and they have very thick steering wheels and I just find them uncomfortable and lack delicacy.

[Arun_D 735]

BMW certainly get the honour for being chunkiest of the chunky monkeys. Some people can't stand them, but I seem to flit between liking thinner wheels or thicker at a whim. What I really don't like are overly sculpted grips or thumb rests, and I'm afraid I seem to recall the Evora suffers from this (personal preference). Thankfully the Spare is the Goldilocks zone (just right), though you may notice it oddly has a chunkier cross section between 5 and 7'o-clock, for reasons I can't work out yet.

[chumaxa 96]

Extremely good looking wheel, I just wonder why there is not a better finish on the center plate, I mean when the alcantara stops, could be better executed I reckon.

[Neal H 877]

It does look good Arun, but what's it like to manoeuvre around the car park!?

[Arun_D 735]

Thankfully @Neal H I don't do too much of that, but it hasn't required a noticeable amount of extra effort maneuvering out my garage and off my drive, which requires some moderate lock jiffling.

[Schnitzel 26]

2 hours ago, Arun_D said:

Thankfully @Neal H I don't do too much of that, but it hasn't required a noticeable amount of extra effort maneuvering out my garage and off my drive, which requires some moderate lock jiffling.

I've got the same one on my car, and it's absolutely fine for maneuvering around. Looking good Arun!

[Arun_D 735]

So the first outing of 2018 didn't really go to plan...to say I'm disappointed is an understatement, but cancelling the day was the right decision. 

Thankfully it did give me the chance to have some Quaife assisted fun on the way back to the south coast, mostly in McDonalds car part, taking me back to my Essex roots :-)

 

 

 

[Tex 217]

Looks suspiciously like Towcester McDonald’s ?

So you made the trip to Silverstone today then , i was just about to leave but fortunately Dave’s email came through. Great shame but was the right decision 

[GFWilliams 1,975]

Looks like quite the adventure!  Sorry I bailed earlier, didn't really see the point of driving any more than needed when on Cup 2!

[M4rk 160]

That is a shame, hopefully you can find another track outing soon to test your new bits of kit.

How were the ZZRs in the cold weather and snow?

[Arun_D 735]

19 hours ago, Tex said:

Looks suspiciously like Towcester McDonald’s ?

So you made the trip to Silverstone today then , i was just about to leave but fortunately Dave’s email came through. Great shame but was the right decision 

That's right. I already had accomodation booked, so thought we'd hedge our bets and see what may happen. I was ready to rock when I saw Dave announce it on social media just before 6am, but thought it best to start the journey back down as soon as possible to minimise risk (obviously with breakfast first)

15 hours ago, GFWilliams said:

Looks like quite the adventure!  Sorry I bailed earlier, didn't really see the point of driving any more than needed when on Cup 2!

Totally understandable, I was kinda in the same mindset anyway

1 hour ago, M4rk said:

That is a shame, hopefully you can find another track outing soon to test your new bits of kit.

How were the ZZRs in the cold weather and snow?

Absolitely fine if you're not being an idiot and asking for miracles, though I wouldn't hold much hope if faced with more than what we had (millimetres of snow, slush and ice)

[Arun_D 735]

With the latest purchases of carbon 360 Cup engine cover inserts by @alias23 and @gfwilliams, it struck me yesterday when I was washing the car, that a lot of people may not be familiar with the engine cover arrangement on the CupRs, as most of the focus on my car's recent addition has been to the aero namely the chassis mount carbon wing.

The CupR kit ditches the standard engine cover in its entirety, replacing it with a simple removable carbon panel. This of course represents a significant weight saving, especially for the V6 Cup, that retained the standard glass engine cover of the regular V6S.  Additionally I expect it to help quite a bit with extracting heat from the engine bay. One downside is of course there are no gas struts to support the cover, so you have to find a home for it (preferably somewhere soft) when you remove it, and if you're outside and it's windy, be prepared for the panel to want to sail away. The other downside is it leaves the boot area susceptible to water ingress, as it has no seals. Although I have no boot carpet anymore, most of the boot area is still usable, so to combat the small amount of water that does get it, I went to a camping store and bought a dry bag that I can keep my things in. This also will hopefully also act as some protection against gubbins clattering against the exposed inner wall of the rear of the clam.

The panel comes from Lotus in an unfinished state. To keep things in-line some of the other parts on the car, which was also the same as all Lotus assembled CupR covers I've seen, I had H111 paint the top surface in the usual Lotus matte black, rather than go for a gloss or satin carbon finish. I left the underside showing the raw unfinished carbon.

To secure to the car, there are two fairly chunky pins at the front of the cover, which are first inserted into a pair of female inserts in the clam. This is a bit tricky at first because you have to slide the rear of the cover under the wing before moving it forward to locate the pins. Practice makes perfect.

 

The panel is then retained at the rear with two flushmount aerocatches. 

 

One thing I tried to do was to get a total mass of the panel, however it proved too light to register on my bathroom scales, and just too heavy for my mini electronic kitchen scales. I gently started resting the panel on the scales, and almost had them supporting the whole mass and noted the scales were coming up to registering 3200g, but it was at this point where it maxed out. @550superfast , I suspect you've done this successfully, can you shed any light on a figure?