Recent content by OppositeLock

Same here. The wireless carplay is useless in this car, but I've had no problems with the wired connection (and I prefer it, as my old phone as a weak battery and it's nice to get power).

And Waze doesn't have this issue in my Porsche or Subaru. It appears to be a Waze + Emira bug.

Interesting discovery today. I was driving in a place where there is no cell coverage, and so, I was using Google Maps because it supports downloading offline maps. It doesn't have the audio volume glitch that Waze exhibits, so I can play podcasts, music, whatever, and the volume returns to...

You have to turn the volume knob while Waze is speaking.

Some cars, like the McLaren 570s, have active extraction fans to move hot air out. I wonder if it might make sense to do something like that for people who have modified, hot running exhausts. I've tracked my V6 emira on very hot California days, and so far, no problems, and that's about as...

That actuator apparently exists to protect the engine, and it needs to be full open at high load. It's why the car goes into limp mode when it reads that something is wrong with it.

Hi All, I know that with the old sound meters, my stock exhaust V6 Emira just barely passed sound on a warm, sunny day with the 92dB limit, and failed with a 96dB reading on a cool, cloudy day. I'm considering signing up for a November track day, where odds are good that it'll be cool and...

IMO, the Nitron Clubsports, which are double the spring rate of OEM touring, and significantly harder than the sport setup, are still a little too soft for track duty, so to me, these are the compromise coilover :) You can save a lot of money and just have manually adjustable ones, however, you...

I, too, have a set of Nitrons on my Emira, the Clubsport variety, since I go to the track. It's a huge handling improvement for the track, at the cost of some comfort on the street, since these are almost twice as stiff in front as the OEM touring. You have no choice but to lower the car a...

V6 temps are fake too. The cluster matches OBD-II values up until 200F, then stays there, as OBD-II temps increase. On the track, I'm around 220F on OBD-II And the dash always shows 200F.

Yeah, exactly. They're not a critical part. The Elise doesn't even have them. It just lets you go longer between brake rebuilds by keeping fine dust out of the piston seals. I'm not as torn up about it as my dust boots are :)

I don't know. I'm not going to go to the dealer for every little thing because I want them to forthcoming in fixing big things :) Regardless, the OEM dust boot is not adequate for too much tracking. Mine is falling apart after 5 track days. I need a better solution, and the blue silicon ones...

Hi All, Is anyone aware of a source of replacement dust boots for the brake pistons? Since I track my car, mine have gotten cooked and crumbled. They're the texture of dry leaves and crack when you touch them. Lotus only sells the whole caliper, no dust boots in their parts catalog. Before I...

It took about a week, most of it was waiting for the part to arrive, and about a day for the tech to do the work and test drive the car. It was covered by warranty. They changed the pump, flushed the fluid, and the car is totally fine so far.

Sorry to hear that, @PS.08 , I hope it's simply the valve controller as well. I learned on the back of my Elise, which I tracked for many years, that you don't want to mess with stuff that is monitored by the ECU in Lotus cars. They're very picky and diagnosis is annoying without generic...