Recent content by Steve24

I stand by my comment. Anyone who is influenced by one of these clickbait clowns (Harry aside, as he doesn’t need to do it) is themselves an idiot. Whining and controversy equals clicks, equals money, equals flipping cars so they can buy the next one to whinge about. Would I seriously...

Who? Can’t stand these tossers.

There is definitely something not right with those numbers. I’ve done 0-100kmh in less than 5 seconds (recorded on dragy) in a totally stock car and with a laughably slow 1st to 2nd gear change (not to mention heaps of wheel spin at the start). Others have recorded times under 4.5 seconds...

Exactly. I have nothing against this type of development for our cars (quite the opposite) but people really need to go in with their eyes open. The thought that you could do whatever you want and then if your car blows up just reverse it, pretend it never happened, take it to the dealer and...

You may be right, but I doubt it's that simple. I wouldn't be remotely surprised if there is some trace left somewhere that shows something had been done. Not to mention, if you think Lotus and / or dealers don't read this stuff you should think again. I once had a throwaway comment (amongst...

The dealer wouldn't care. But as you say they wouldn't do any work under warranty unless Lotus was paying them, and the suggestion is that if you play around with the ECU and then something blows up Lotus won't cover it. But they would probably be more relaxed about other mods provided they...

I have no opinion either way in relation to the JB4 and various other tunes. I'm watching all this with interest and may do something once warranty expires, and when all of these concerns are put to bed one way or the other. I just make the observation that you must have a very relaxed dealer...

No disrespect, but I’m going to nip this fuel stuff in the bud right now. As someone who lived with this problem for more than a year and tried pretty much every fuel on the planet to solve it and nothing changed (other than what might be considered “chance”); Get the latest software updates...

I don’t believe for a moment that an Emira V8 will happen, but if it did I wouldn’t want it to sound like an AMG V8 or similar. It’s just not the right note for an exotic car IMO. Perfect for a muscle car, or front engined GT, but not a mid engine supercar.

Fair enough

As someone who obviously tracks their car and drives them hard I’m surprised you chose touring suspension in the first place. What was the reasoning for that? I only very occasionally track my cars and don’t really drive them hard at all (in 10,000km I’ve used track mode probably five times)...

Very helpful that @Coreyalert3 has posted this detail and taken one for the team! It’s clear that he has been quite gentle with the launch (understandably) if I’m reading the 0-60 time of 5.13 correctly. I’ve managed a 4.80 with a totally stock car without being too brutal and others have done...

That is extraordinary. I would be absolutely furious. It’s a shame you couldn’t walk away. That said, it looks great. Good luck!

Obviously there are different opinions on the dangers of increasing power beyond a certain point in terms of the transmission. JUBU sell this uprated clutch kit, which they say is good for up to 500hp and 600Nm...

Agreed. But it makes sense if Lotus were originally planning on higher hp / higher price versions later on - would give them plenty of room without having to worry about the gearbox. Obviously a lot has changed since the Emira was first announced, so who knows? As an aside, I can’t stand AI...