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So the bracket arrives, I go to install it, and it's a real PITA to try and get the bolts threaded in to hold the bracket. It's hot, I'm sweating, so naturally the first bolt and the socket on my ratchet slip out of my hand and fall down somewhere into the hell of the engine bay. So now I'm...

Payam addressed that on post #1050 on the previous page. He says it works but to be careful with it; not the exact same as actual race gas.

That doesn't have to be stated. I merchant cannot take money for a product or service, and not provide it but still keep the money. Was this Naples? Contact Lotus, contact the Attorney General for the city the dealer is in.

For those of you who have it installed, which app are you downloading? There's a free on and a paid one for iPhone.

Mine would be from that batch, but I can't complete the install until I receive the bracket, which is supposed to arrive Monday. Is yours a manual or auto, and did you connect the OBD cable?

Here's that same area in the picture with the white fuse box cover, but the cover is removed. You can see how much more room you have to get your hand behind the curved plastic piece, which is hiding that rubber plug.

I placed my order with @GRP and I already received the shipping notice, so it should be here pretty quick.

Lotus Excel cam cover.

Trying to get mine installed. I used your trick of feeding a stiff cable through the rubber grommet. I only had to pull the carpeted corner piece out, I didn't need to remove the back panel. The white panel on the right in this image, is the plastic fuse box cover. The white part is actually...

Did you reuse the old ones, or use new bolts and nuts? There IS a lock washer on them, yes? If there is and you're tightening them to spec, maybe you'll need to get race bolts and nuts that are drilled so you can safety wire them.

Glad you like it! I was pleasantly surprised at the difference as well. Which adapter are you referring to? You'll only encounter the gasket when you disassemble it to clean the filter.

What fitment issues were you referring to?

I'm way out in this distant place called Idaho. I know I know.... but we now have electricity and indoor toilets! ;)

@GRP @Payam@BMS I ordered my JB4 from GRP on June 1st. My wait is beginning to become slightly biblical. For 40 days and 40 nights I've waited, but no bueno. Any news?

This is a great video. I really enjoyed this one. Looks like the series is going to be epic.

This is the only image I could find from Goodwood so far. Not sure this is a street car though.

That's the particulate from the initial wear-in of a brand new engine. That was in the oil before I removed the filter, which also had particulate in it. This is why you change the oil after the first few hundred miles of a new engine, so that particulate isn't circulating in the engine. I...

I did an oil change right after the 1,000 mile break-in, and this is what came out of the engine. This is the drain pan I drained the oil into. Those flecks of metal you see aren't gold.

There has to be a display control module somewhere....

It's interesting that they changed the loom location for the 2025 model year. If you climb into the trunk and work from there, it's easier. You'll have to remove and reinstall the unit every time you clean the air filter.

Don't track a tire with a plug. If the tire heats up too much, the plug can blow out and you're toast. Is it a front tire or rear? A plug will be fine for normal street driving, but for extended "spirited" driving I wouldn't trust it. Get the plug so you can take the car to a tire place and...

Lotus didn't really shoot themselves in the foot, they were machine-gunned by covid, supply chain issues, Brexit, inflation and things they never imagined were in their future when they originally did their forecasts for costs and production. I still think it's a great car, but it's not enough...

Isn't this the same Evo who's Jethro trashed Lotus and the Emira when he was given a pre-production car to test drive at Anglesey, and compared it to a track prepared Porsche that just happened to be there that same day?

How easy was the access? Did you have to remove the underbody panel?

Soon as I get my unit I'll do a dyno run; same shop as my previous runs.

That looks pretty good.

I have a lot of gold heat reflect foil left on the roll I bought to wrap around the Eventuri connect tube to the supercharger inlet. This issue with the clutch line in the engine compartment sounds like a good place to use some of that foil.

@GRP Any news on JB4 shipments? My order with you is now sitting at 30 days and counting.

You could check the connection to make sure the connector is plugged in correctly. Check the hose lines; check to see if there are any air bubbles in the line between the fluid reservoir and the pump. Is your dealer close? If everything is connected and looks okay, it might be a bad pump...

Is it making any sound? Do the wipers work? If nothing is happening at all, might be a fuse.

Maybe they should look into making the Emira Flex Fuel compatible. More power, less emissions. The mileage goes down, but the offset is E85 is a lot cheaper than gas. It also runs cooler in an engine tuned for it. I've been researching and reading up on it, and I think I'm going to...

Trump?? The entire EV thing was already collapsing before the election even happened. He had nothing to do with that. It was collapsing because of simple economics; EV's were too expensive, brutally expensive to repair, the cost of battery replacements were insane, people were discovering...

Clutch failures and power steering failures are a supplier issue, not a Lotus is screwing up failure. They DID use well-known and working components and sub-assemblies, or they thought they were. All those decisions and contracts with suppliers were made before Covid and everything that...

That's an old photo from April 2022 of prototype cars. Those wheels were just ones they had at the factory that were used to move the cars around.

"somehow riddled"? New manufacturing system, new paint system, new body panels with a new process, new electronics with new features never before on a Lotus, new more sophisticated and complex electronics, new and much stiffer regulations and requirements no Lotus has ever had to meet...

I don't know about this... on the one hand, I can understand the desire to get around tariffs, plus the cost of shipping cars across the ocean to the U.S., but to completely abandon Hethel? Part of the appeal of Lotus as an exotic brand is because it ISN'T made in the U.S. No matter what Chevy...

Just waiting for @GRP to ship my unit.