📓 Journals kitkat's Emira

[kitkat]

lol you guys are too much, no your car isn’t going to burn up from wheels made of forged az80 (magnesium alloy)

 

[mr.suntorytime]

lol you guys are too much, no your car isn’t going to burn up from wheels made of forged az80 (magnesium alloy)

BRB going to order some forged TNT wheels

 

[NJemira85]

BRB going to order some forged TNT wheels

This is so lit

 

[Totally Average]

Prototype parts came in:

Tolerance check:
Fitment check:
Fastener checks:
Functional check: Over this weekend.

We’ll go into production after functional check is completed.

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I'm super interested in this relocation and ordering mag 18's so I'm enthusiastically subscribed to your process!

 

[Tracked Emira]

This video shows why you need 18s on slicks if you're seriously tracking any car...Mic drop!!!

 

[Beachbum]

I'm so glad I asked

 

[kitkat]

Been toying with the idea, will play around with it this fall/winter.

Before you ask:
- Yes the reverse lockout would need to be removed to make the shaft thinner, an entirely new shaft may actually be needed.
- Unsure how if I can come up with a mechanism to keep the lockout in place or not.
- Yes this would have some side to side adjustability.
- Unsure about spacing from gate to gate or throw length -- will be experimenting with that.
- Would probably get the base made in 6061 gloss black anodizing and the top in 6061 brushed aluminum to attempt to match the existing surrounds.

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

Been toying with the idea, will play around with it this fall/winter.

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Ok as much as I love the shift boot delete and full open shifter look, and I really really love it.... This would be totally next level. Gonna be stalking the forum for this update now.

 

[RyanGphoto]

Been toying with the idea, will play around with it this fall/winter.

Before you ask:
- Yes the reverse lockout would need to be removed to make the shaft thinner, an entirely new shaft may actually be needed.
- Unsure how if I can come up with a mechanism to keep the lockout in place or not.
- Yes this would have some side to side adjustability.
- Unsure about spacing from gate to gate or throw length -- will be experimenting with that.
- Would probably get the base made in 6061 gloss black anodizing and the top in 6061 brushed aluminum to attempt to match the existing surrounds.

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IF you decide to sell this.. Count me in.. I can give you money now.

 

[NJemira85]

Been toying with the idea, will play around with it this fall/winter.

Before you ask:
- Yes the reverse lockout would need to be removed to make the shaft thinner, an entirely new shaft may actually be needed.
- Unsure how if I can come up with a mechanism to keep the lockout in place or not.
- Yes this would have some side to side adjustability.
- Unsure about spacing from gate to gate or throw length -- will be experimenting with that.
- Would probably get the base made in 6061 gloss black anodizing and the top in 6061 brushed aluminum to attempt to match the existing surrounds.

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Can this be mg?

 

[kitkat]

IF you decide to sell this.. Count me in.. I can give you money now.

lol chances are this will be a one off project for me, it most likely won’t work on any other car

 

[RyanGphoto]

lol chances are this will be a one off project for me, it most likely won’t work on any other car

nooooooo... you are brilliant.. you can figure this out..

 

[Anothernimbus]

I think what he means it that it will be bespoke and only he will have it!

 

[Anothernimbus]

And we’ll all be jealous…

 

[kitkat]

If I can make it work for multiple cars I'll figure something out, but this is Lotus we're talking about, the variability from shifter to shifter isn't like +/- 1mm, it's more like +/- 1cm.

 

[RyanGphoto]

If I can make it work for multiple cars I'll figure something out, but this is Lotus we're talking about, the variability from shifter to shifter isn't like +/- 1mm, it's more like +/- 1cm.

cm... mm.... Same difference.

 

[kitkat]

Bad news, the shift gate is a no go.

I was planning on making a brand new shift lever with a thinner profile in order to pass through gates, but unfortunately this shaft is welded to the lower portion of the ear. Part Number 3 below:

This is necessary because I can only really work with a 10mm diameter shift lever to get a reasonable shift pattern in place. Right now that diameter is 14mm which means I need closer to a 15.5-16mm shift gate width -- basically the H pattern goes away completely at this diameter.

- Replicating this part from scratch is way outside of my abilities.
- Putting #3 into a lathe and trimming it down to 10mm diameter is possible but it's irreversible and will no longer work with the oem reverse lockout sleeve. This is a permanent modification I'm not willing to do.
- A new #3 can't be purchased alone, it comes with the entire shift assembly and costs $1500.


Fun while it lasted

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

Bad news, the shift gate is a no go.

I was planning on making a brand new shift lever with a thinner profile in order to pass through gates, but unfortunately this shaft is welded to the lower portion of the ear. Part Number 3 below:

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This is necessary because I can only really work with a 10mm diameter shift lever to get a reasonable shift pattern in place. Right now that diameter is 14mm which means I need closer to a 15.5-16mm shift gate width -- basically the H pattern goes away completely at this diameter.

- Replicating this part from scratch is way outside of my abilities.
- Putting #3 into a lathe and trimming it down to 10mm diameter is possible but it's irreversible and will no longer work with the oem reverse lockout sleeve. This is a permanent modification I'm not willing to do.
- A new #3 can't be purchased alone, it comes with the entire shift assembly and costs $1500.


Fun while it lasted

Can't win em all. Just means more time and energy freed up for your next idea. Keep at it

 

[kitkat]

I've been running these redesigned GRP Lowering Cup spring perches for a couple weeks now. I think there's a large variability in the diameter in the axle boots on the Emira axle supplier. Likely they're using a couple different boot suppliers and they're not all exactly the same. Some people are able to get 20mm of loweing in the rear but some are only able to get 7-10mm.

Took some measurements, modeled these up and had them machined for around $50.
This resulted in about a 4-5mm increase in clearance for me allow me to get about 15mm total lowering in the rear.
I should have just gone with Nitrons from the start but I didn't want to increase my service intervals for suspension just quite yet.

Posting this here incase any of you want to do the same, included in the downloads is the STEP file and technical drawings.