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I’m not sure that I want to remind myself of what I went through, but have a read here @Simon Post in thread 'Emira Issues - from final production cars' https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/emira-issues-from-final-production-cars.2190/post-102482 If you haven’t had yours fitted yet, some...

My strategy is to make sure I put it into factory mode (button 3) before I turn the car off when I pull up at home. That way I’m not going to piss anyone off in my residential street with an early-morning open-valve startup. I find button 2 (100% closed) pointless. Factory mode in tour is fine...

I’d be more worried about the valve controller. The ability to close the valve at high revs when the car would normally force it open might be an issue. BTW, thanks for the install hints Greg. I thought my bumper-off method was way harder than it should have been. I hadn’t thought to undo the...

Whole bumper. Fixings for lower section not accessible. Not actually too difficult. Undertray off, wheelarches out, centre brake light off, fold back boot carpet to access 4 blots, disconnect 2 connectors, unclip from fenders, lift off.

Why would I do that if I’m able to do it myself? 🤔 Seriously though, it would cost a lot more than that around here.

A good rule-of-thumb is to take the manufacturer recommended cold road pressures and use them as the hot track pressures. Nothing he said in that video suggests that this isn’t at least a good starting point.

Exactly my experience trying to do it on my patio by myself. The silencer is prevented from going backwards or downwards by the exhaust finishers and the cat can’t go forward without hitting the subframe. If you have access to a car lift and two burly blokes to wriggle apart the silencer and...

People vary a lot.

I’m reading it as a difference between tyres. 3mm rear difference between Goodyears and Michelins, which would just be slight difference in sidewall height.

Do your water jets still work? I’m thinking you’d need to drill a hole in that (like the standard one) otherwise there will be a vacuum.

The 3rd cat weighs 2.8kg (just checked) and the (Milltek, stainless) de-cat weighs 1.4kg (iirc).

Well, I think so. Just unpop from the rubbers. Several people have had the small access panel fall down behind the engine as it’s easy to not clip it in properly. This was my just-in-case modification:

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Except that it’s actually easier to pop off the whole front panel rather than the silly little access hatch. It’s easier to get at the dipstick and you’re not going to drop the small piece down behind the engine when it doesn’t clip back on properly!

On further investigation, mine is even more odd. If I select audible unlocking, it bleeps when locking, but not when unlocking. Which is actually what I want. Eg: It won’t bleep if I try to lock with the boot not properly closed. Thanks for making me take another look. 👍

Odd one this. I’d like mine to bleep on locking but it’s not an option in my menu, despite what the manual says. Unlocking yes, but not locking.

Was there something wrong with my link in post #2? 🤷‍♂️

https://www.lotuscars.com/en-GB/emira-handbook

This is from the Evora, but gives you a good idea. Identical manifolds and Y-pipe. The Emira has the “3rd cat” where the 90 degree link pipe is and the silencer has two outlets rather than one.

Because they use the valve controller originally designed for a Ford Fiesta ST. You can work this out from the part numbers. I would presume it’s Ok to have the valve shut on the Fiesta? But that’s a different setup to a supercharged Emira. Ideally they should have reprogrammed the controller...

Milltek are to blame for this confusion by calling their pipe an OPF Bypass. Which is very surprising as you would hope that they, if anybody, should know the difference between a catalytic converter and a OPF/GPF!

Mine has suddenly started this nonsense this week. It did it once in the first days of ownership (4 Feb ‘23 collection), and a couple of times in November. Now it’s doing it every day. No software changes since it had its recalls done in August. Done thousands of miles since then. The process...

Proper adjustment will definitely improve things. These cars are sensitive to it. I’ve had three cars with the same transmission setup (Exige 350, Evora 400 and Emira) and they’ve all been slightly different. The Emira, thankfully, has been the best of all. Lovely snickety-snick action. No...

Well, it will change emissions to some extent. It is a cat after all. It’s just a question of whether it changes enough to fail a test in your location.

Firstly, it’s not an OPF (GPF) on the V6, just a third catalyst. I’ve installed the Milltek one and there are no warning lights. The third cat has no O2 sensors so there is nothing to be warned about.

You’ve been ripped off. €710 is way more than I’ll be expecting to pay. If B&C charge me more than £400-450 (€500 max) I’ll be unpleasantly surprised.

Noticed a funny with the service required indicator. Mine says 54 days, so 8th December. But I picked up the car on 4th February. I’m assuming 8th December (last year) is when the car was PDI’d or commissioned somehow. It should really have been reset to a year at handover. Mileage “required...

That was me. Bottom left. Could see water in the vin window. Thankfully (!) got hit by a stone before anything consequential got inside.

I thought from the thread title you had found another cupholder!

This was my solution. https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/where-has-the-cover-gone.3592/post-103217

That won’t help I think. The crossmember of the subframe below the cat stops it coming downwards. It is good but it’s strangely hard to tell how good. Like you, I installed the valve controller first and running with the valve open all the time obviously makes the car louder. Then running...

Here you go: Post in thread 'Shift Knob Replacement' https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/shift-knob-replacement.2412/post-94196

Just trying to find a better link. Hang on…

Careful. The service manual is misleading on this (as it is with quite a few things) Post in thread 'Shift Knob Replacement' https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/shift-knob-replacement.2412/post-94196

Doing it DIY by yourself is nigh-on impossible. If you have a lift and an extra pair of hands I think it’s do-able but a pita. One needs to unbolt the silencer and hold it to the rear while the other wriggles the cat forwards to separate it from the silencer. There is very little wriggle room...

Part of the “Transition from Sports Car Company to Premium Lifestyle Brand” (I think I’ve got the quote correct - check with the marketing department) All those interpretative dancers don’t come cheap you know.

My fix - drill some holes on the underside for a small cable tie. This is only to stop it falling down as I don’t use the little panel. It much gives much better access to pop off the whole front cover, which is nearly as easily removed as the little one.