Emira Standard Wheel Alignment Settings?

[Honcho]

I'd appreciate and feedback on a handling 'issue' which may or may not be resolved by a geo setup.

I've had the car 4 weeks and am enjoying it immensely. The ride (touring chassis) is great but I have the feeling that the steering is a bit 'wayward'. It is particularly apparent on bumpy roads which we are blessed with in the UK. It feels like the car is constantly being deflected off line and needs a lot of input to correct.

I test drove an Emira on the sport chassis with Cup2s and can't remember the same issue although it did tramline quite a bit. I've had the geo checked at Lotus Silverstone and it is on standard settings. Anyone noticed this particular characteristic of the Emira? Any recommendations about dialling it out with a non-standard geo setup?

I've had an Elise S2 for 11 years and also had an Exige S2 for a few years so am used to a lot of feedback and a lively drive. I seem to remember the Exige being a bit of a handful on a bumpy road but greatly improved after a geo.

Haven't noticed this. The front wheels will want to steer when going over bumps with feedback going through the hydraulic rack, but only a problem if not holding the steering wheel - so not an issue for me.

 

[action_turtle]

I'd appreciate and feedback on a handling 'issue' which may or may not be resolved by a geo setup.

I've had the car 4 weeks and am enjoying it immensely. The ride (touring chassis) is great but I have the feeling that the steering is a bit 'wayward'. It is particularly apparent on bumpy roads which we are blessed with in the UK. It feels like the car is constantly being deflected off line and needs a lot of input to correct.

I test drove an Emira on the sport chassis with Cup2s and can't remember the same issue although it did tramline quite a bit. I've had the geo checked at Lotus Silverstone and it is on standard settings. Anyone noticed this particular characteristic of the Emira? Any recommendations about dialling it out with a non-standard geo setup?

I've had an Elise S2 for 11 years and also had an Exige S2 for a few years so am used to a lot of feedback and a lively drive. I seem to remember the Exige being a bit of a handful on a bumpy road but greatly improved after a geo.

Sounds like my car tbh, as was the test drive. You feel every angle of the road in the wheel, I thought that was the point of the hydraulics? Maybe it’s not. It’s my first car with this set up, so nothing to compare it with

 

[Elise111s]

Yes, I'm starting to think it's just me getting used the particular nature of the Emira. It's just a bit different from the Elise which gives loads of feedback but seems a bit more directionally stable on a bumpy road. Very different cars but both a joy to drive.

 

[MiamiBlue]

Trying to solve a slight right pull under hard acceleration I was going to get the alignment checked. I don't have a dealer nearby so tried a garage with a 'hunter' alignment system. However the Emira was not on their database of cars. They said they would 'have a go' but I respectfully passed.

Do we really have to go to Lotus to get a wheel alignment?

 

[action_turtle]

Trying to solve a slight right pull under hard acceleration I was going to get the alignment checked. I don't have a dealer nearby so tried a garage with a 'hunter' alignment system. However the Emira was not on their database of cars. They said they would 'have a go' but I respectfully passed.

Do we really have to go to Lotus to get a wheel alignment?

I got mine done at a local garage, lotus wanted too much money to do it. Give these settings on this thread to the tech, it will do the job.

 

[Elise111s]

Trying to solve a slight right pull under hard acceleration I was going to get the alignment checked. I don't have a dealer nearby so tried a garage with a 'hunter' alignment system. However the Emira was not on their database of cars. They said they would 'have a go' but I respectfully passed.

Do we really have to go to Lotus to get a wheel alignment?

Had mine done recently at Lotus Silverstone who outsource the job to a nearby tyre business. They had the Emira settings but it didn't show as Emira on the print out as the car wasn't in the database.

 

[MiamiBlue]

I've just seen some settings have been posted earlier in the thread. Printing these off and taking them with me seems the solution.

A word of caution here. It seems some third party garages have acquired Emira settings (but they still don't appear on the official alignment machines databases -Lotus haven't shared them?). But the settings differ between suspension type AND tyre type. So it's quite possible they will use an incorrect set of settings if they're not aware of this and have all the combination settings. So I would ask anywhere doing an alignment that they're aware of this.