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Hi @ManuelIB, Nice scenery. I was good meeting you recently in Portugal and thanks for the test ride in your Emira. It was my first experience in an i4 and it was also great sharing our accomplished mods and future plans for new ones. It was also cool to check out your auto collection. Ohh...

I use these soft brushes (sold on Amazon) that work great in reaching deep inside the vents.

Hi. Looking forward to you joining us for the long term. While I didn’t necessarily trade in my 2017 991.2 CS for the Emira and did eventually end up selling it afterwards as I found myself always wanting to drive the Emira instead. Bought the 911 new, owned it for 7 yrs and never had a single...

well...there's still the 10% left. ;)

Excellent, good news indeed, you can then dismiss my suggestion. I brought it up simply to explore an alternative to replacing the rear lid glass with anything that has holes, with or w/o louvers, which would invite water and debris into the engine bay. But that's just me.

Hmm, not sure I'd agree with that entirely, particularly with the notion of there not having room for further venting improvement. I removed that under tray 3 times so far. I did find a layered aluminum panel on the inside part of the tray, which I presume somehow helps direct hot air through...

Hi Greg, A cooling engine under-tray, similar to what GRP already offers for the Evora, would perhaps be a more practical solution for extra venting, particularly since water and debris penetration into the engine bay would be a non-issue. Could that be developed for the Emira?

Emira V6 Manual

Couldn’t agree more. James’ criticism is definitely focused on Lotus as a company and it’s corporate culture, if it has any.

It may very well be true and yet not surprising that YouTube and, by extension James, thrive on sensationalism, but one thing is certain which is that throughout its existence, Lotus has provided so much ammunition to have it fired back at them. Their abysmal dealer/customer treatment...

Not really. Those laterals just melted under the 45C degree sun. 🌞

if you’re getting the same performance in Map 2 and 0 if you’re getting no improvement in Map2 vs 0 then there’s got to be something wrong with your module.

My reacting was similar. By the way, a 90% non-failure rate sounds darn good to me., even if it were true. It would likely be much better than one could expect from most auto components, specially involving mods. Happy to live with those odds 😀

I Also do not find the case to be similar with Florida dealerships, but actually, it has been been my experience with other car brands in Portugal where dealers have been constructively helpful with installing aftermarket parts and helpful in keeping manufacturers to honor their warranty coverages.

Not that effective, but tying your mother-in-law on the rear bumper of the car in front may save your Emira from denting. If you happen not to have a mother-in-law around, then unlucky Emira, but lucky you!

A constructive recommendation for the Forum's website developer... There’s so much unnecessary confusion generated by post messages when authors don’t identity the engine configuration they’re referring to. There's hardly any relationship of powertrain issues emanating from i4 vs V6 and, in...

Are they Toyota parts?

Imo, this is the most sporty and elegant wheel design I've seen on an Emira so far. They seem to go so well with the car's lines. Where did you buy them?

But your 1st posted video does show the Verdant pulling ahead in what seems to on what seems be on the first two gears. Hopefully there will be more such comparisons to get to a consensus, but in the meantime, you should send a couple of data logs to Burger so they can determine if your Module...

Not really sure what your second and third videos were about, since it was only on the first one that one could hear the 3 beeps for take off with the 2 cars relatively lined up. To be fair, there could really be something defective with the Verdant's JB4 module, but it could also be that your...

Presumably the DV color Emira has the JB4 while the NG does not. That being the case, and considering the short distance run of your test, the HP enhancement from the JB4 is very noticeable with the DV pulling away on 1st and 2nd gears. Imo, this gives credence to the JB4's effectiveness.

Wouldn't classify that as minimal at all (23% lighter). Every gram saved counts and 680+ of them count a lot more.

Would there be any potential weight savings vs OEM?

Sure, sounds good. Let's exchange contact info via PM to follow up in July.

Agree, but frankly, for whatever it's worth, this debate "to OBD or Not to OBD?" is pretty easy settle ourselves. The kit's included OBDII connector wire is long and thin enough to simply run it temporarily from under the dash to the outside channeling it through a small opening of the driver's...

Go figure, this was their response to me…

This is not how it was explained to me by JB4 and it’s also not consistent with my own practical experience. It was explained to me that the obd connection simply allows for performance data transmission from the car to your smartphone and this seems consistent with the fact that when I switched...

My last BMW, a 650M was some 8 years ago so I don't have a manual, but I'm not doubting at all that the warning was there. If I were to follow all the recommendations in manuals, in my particular case, I'd have a pretty boring ownership experience with my cars. With my Emira, for instance, I've...

Interesting, I've used Rain-X on my past 5 BMWs, 2 Porsches and 2 Lexus without ever having a single problem with their washer system.

One easy fix that has worked for me in the past, admittedly not to my Emira yet, was applying Rain-X to the windshield and cleaning the rubber wiper blades with it. The slippery silicone polymer coating from the Rain-X product should eliminate the blade juddering. There’s a Rain-X washer fluid...

Here's yet another replacement option.

I think it may be difficult to find that OEM plastic ball head screw sold separately as I'd guess they're considered integral to the engine covers. Having said this, you may actually find a suitable aftermarket replacement for it. For instance, performing a quick search on Amazon, I found the...

Interesting adaptation @kitkat and likely to be functional, but I'm curious about one aspect... isn't that control arm to which you attached the brake ducts movable upward and downward? Do you think there's enough spacing to allow for such movement?

For sure. You can find a couple of posts with pics on the threads "Adding a Subwoofer" post # 113 and "Initial Results after adding Tweeters" post # 52.

Don't know, but I do know how you can get KEF tired.