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hi, I'm fairly new here, and am wondering if any of you have any suggestions on what to do with an Elan to get it performing a little smoother. Much as i love turbos the lack of low end power is a real pain, so i'd like to try and smooth things out a little. So far i have only changed the air filter to a green cotton one, and that has certainly helped the car breathe. does anyone have any opinion on the following thoughts? replace air intake pipe with something more solid bigger fuel jets stronger fuel pump replacement ECU aside from trying to get it to go a little faster i could do with reducing the body roll when cornering, and add some more sentisivity t…
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Up until a few days ago the red warning light used to come on at around 6k revs but seems to have stopped. Anyone know what the problem could be?
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To Save me time i was wondering if anyone knew where the wiring conects to the gearbox to give the speedo information for speed as mine has come lose becuase the speedo sometimes does not work!! Any help would be apprciated the conector probably just needs cleaning!
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Is there anything I need to know before I go for this in the morning ? I've got a full set of standard S1 suspension with low mileage that came with my car. Sonya's now needs it fitting before Monday as one of her dampers has given up
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Hi I'm new on here and this is my first post so be gentle. I bought my S2 from Nick Whale in February and it only had 6k on the clock, with full lotus service history. But the next scheduled service is for a B-Service even though the car still only has 10k on the clock. Now I've phoned a few places and I can't believe the price some Lotus dealers are trying to charge me, £470 for a B-service on a K series is taking the P**S I phoned Horizon and they quoted £243 and I know through reading topics on here all you guys rate Horizon Highly. I then Phoned PTP in Hinckley, They have quoted £170 plus if you a SELOC member you get a discount as well. PTP …
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Well i've finally got some Bridgestone rears fitted at last! Ordered them on Monday night and they turned up on Wednesday, checked the dot code and they were CFE quick phone call back to Blackcircles and two DCK's turn up on Friday . A quick trip to the local Ski Tyres and Bingo,two new rears fitted no problem at all for £10+biscuits So big thumbs up to blackcircles.com & ski tyres in Cheltenham!! Cheers Jez
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I know this is a midlands owners site but do any of you have any info on powder coating companies up here in the Glasgow area? Wheels getting a bit tatty looking. Thanks.
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Dyno On Monday 1 2
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ok so ive had 2 weeks of thrashing car seems ok but sometimes ticks over far to low and can stall on rapid deceleration, so car is booked for checkover and dyno on monday car was advertised as s1 exige 192 brake upgrade sport exhaust (make unknown ) carbon air box question is what sort of figures should i be expecting so on monday i know wether to be happy or sad ps..... car now also needs a geom check cos of slight miscalculation on wet road has anyone got set up figures . ive got 10 bloody grands worth of computer wheel alignment system but no exige data aaaarrrrggghhhhh thanks
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Im going to do my first track day in the fairly near future A question for you track day regulars. I wish to protect my small blue pride and joy as much as poss. Do you change the oil before the track day for a different viscosity oil? Change it before and after for your normal stuff ? Not bother at all Any ideas, comments
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Not too sure what is causing it but it just started happening. Switch the heater fan on, very high pitched squeal! uncomfortable on the ears! so can't use the fan at the mo'. Could it be a dry bearing or something caught in the mechanism. Where do I start looking to get to the fan and motor? Cheers Dunc
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Windows Bust
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Having recently bought an Elise I have had problems with the drivers window, I can't wind it down. After looking inside the door, the rubber on the channel that the window runs down has perished and has bent out of shape. I spoke to the dealer who quoted 2-3 hours labour, ouch!!. Does anyone have any experience of doing this themselves, if so how hard is it? or, do you know a friendly garage somewhere in the west midlands who can do it at a decent labour charge? Also any ideas on anyone who can help with a repair/replacement alarm fob?
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I know there was a thread about it recently, but I wanted to ask some questions relevant to my car. Firstly, I've decided a front end respray would do wonders for my car. The stone chipping on the front clam is pretty bad and all the laquer has come off giving the nose a rough, pitted and dry feeling In addition I have this really annoying crazing to the paint around and between the Lotus badge and passenger side indicator where the paint has really cracked badly (I have NO idea why). I can see a large sliver of paint coming away in the next few months if I'm not careful The car is Ruby Red by the way... I wonder whether it could have anything to do with the ca…
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you've not lived till you've had one. They are what every K driver should aspire to. Roll on Sunday Run
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Just fitted the SBS pads to the car today. What's the best way to bed them in? 1. Gentle use for a couple of hundred miles 2. Several increasingly hard stops 3. Gentle then a few hard stops Need to get them up to full capacity for Sunday. Tarticus
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I have seen a few Lotus with yellow brakes and think it looks good. Has anyone done this themselves and what is best to use?
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