📓 Journals kitkat's Emira

[Steve Tillett]

Hello Steve, I karted with your padded seat over 20 years ago and it was one of the best seats in holding me in and comfort.
Still karting to this day at 54
So I know these will be awesome!
I will be getting it from Greg since he’s been so helpful and knowledgeable about everything. It will be the carbon with padding everywhere since I drive it to the track.
Are there options for red stitching and what color do you recommend for magma red?
This is the only combo will allow me to slide back and forth, correct?
And the angle of the chair can be adjusted as well, correct?
Do you recommend a 5 or 6 point seatbelt and which one?
Who’s roll cage or harness bar do you recommend?

We have standard thread colours but we can buy in any colour. It just cost to buy the reel of thread.
With stitch colours the shade does not have to be so close.
On the seatbelt question, the only thing I would strongly recommend is a crotch strap. Whether five or six point the most important thing is to stop the body travelling up the seat back should you go into the tyre wall backwards.
I would ask Greg on the roll bar question. I don't get involved in those.

 

[kitkat]

I believe @GRP might be working on something

 

[Tracked Emira]

We have standard thread colours but we can buy in any colour. It just cost to buy the reel of thread.
With stitch colours the shade does not have to be so close.
On the seatbelt question, the only thing I would strongly recommend is a crotch strap. Whether five or six point the most important thing is to stop the body travelling up the seat back should you go into the tyre wall backwards.
I would ask Greg on the roll bar question. I don't get involved in those.

I will be wearing a HANS device so with that is a 5 or 6 point better?
Greg, what are you working on?

 

[Steve Tillett]

I will be wearing a HANS device so with that is a 5 or 6 point better?
Greg, what are you working on?

I don't think five or six point will affect a Hans device. The most important thing with a Hans is that the belts are properly positioned on the Hans and that in a crash the belts do not come loose. Flex in the seat or brackets can do that. Over long lengths of belts to badly positioned anchors can do that.

 

[kitkat]

Some eyecandy for y'all:

 

[digilotus]

Some eyecandy for y'all:

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Super shiny, looks great!

 

[freefall_junkie]

Some eyecandy for y'all:

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Even though I have owned my Emira for over two years and must have seen thousands of Emira images, sometimes I see a photo like this and think wow, it really is a fantastic looking car

 

[kitkat]

3D Printed Rock Guards for the Emira

Just wanted to release a new design for the Emira. I had some TPU filament in 95A shore left over so I decided to design some rock / mud guards. This came about because after some fun on some back roads I noticed I have essentially destroyed the PPF behind the front wheels on the leading edge of the side sill, the rear fenders, and the PPF on the bottom of the rear bumper. These use mostly the stock hardware except for a couple optional extra locating holes for the front to use 3 push clips each instead of just the 2 factory ones.

How They Look

Printing Your Own

• See Attached Emira Rock Guards.zip for:
  • The STEP file modules for your own slicer.
  • A 3MF for a full 4 plate setup inside of your favorite slicer with all of the slicing settings.
• Tips on slicing:
  • Place them with the protruding nubs face up and turn on supports.
  • 7 wall loops and 15-25% rectilinear infill works fine for me.
• Tips on filament selection:
  • I printed these in 95A shore TPU, this works very well, 85A shore will be too soft.
  • 68D shore TPU will likely work too but maybe you may need to modify the model to be 1.5mm instead of 2mm thick, more on that later.

Can You Print Them For Me?

Nope, sorry you're on your own there, find one of your 3D printing buddies and have them help you out. While the cost is low for me, I really don't want to be in the 3DP business. Expect to spend < $5 in TPU and 12 hours printing a full set of 4 rock guards.

Can I Modify The Design

Absolutely! The following is the OnShape models, you can modify any parameters you want here as well modify the underlying sketches and features if you so desire. I've made the commonly modified parameters as variables.

OnShape: Lotus Emira Rock Guard CAD Model

You can modify the models simply by:

1. Create an OnShape free account.
2. Copy the CAD model into your own account.
3. Make the modifications you want, most people will just modify variables, the ones you're probably interested in are the "extension" variables. They drive how far the rock guard extends from your bodywork. Double click the variable to change and save it.
   
   
4. Right Click the parts and export them to STEP or STL file to your slicer.
5. Print your modified rock guards.

 

[Foxy87]

Yup, this is a Seasucker Komodo -- also have a Seasucker Talon for MTB, not sure if I want to transport a MTB with this car though.

Did you try to transport your Mtb with it or why are you not sure if its a good idea?

I have a tarmac SL8 S works and an epic 8 Pro and argue to buy a seasucker for the emira, once I ordered. I dont plan to buy two racks though and the komodo doesnt look like it will take mtbs…

What would be the best solution for roadbike and mtb?

 

[kitkat]

Did you try to transport your Mtb with it or why are you not sure if its a good idea?

I have a tarmac SL8 S works and an epic 8 Pro and argue to buy a seasucker for the emira, once I ordered. I dont plan to buy two racks though and the komodo doesnt look like it will take mtbs…

What would be the best solution for roadbike and mtb?

If you have PPF you can't transport a mtb with one rack. If you don't have PPF you can just use a single bicycle rack fine. I transport my road bike and gravel bike with just the komodo, and the mtb is sometimes transported with a combination of two bikes just on the glass since I have PPF.

I usually take a different car for the mountain bike.

 

[Foxy87]

Thank you. I am not planning on PPF the roof, so I guess the talon would be the solution for both bikes (epic and tarmac).

 

[kitkat]

Thank you. I am not planning on PPF the roof, so I guess the talon would be the solution for both bikes (epic and tarmac).

Yup just keep in mind the Emira is pretty wide, depending on how big of a guy you are, this might be easy or hard. I generally advise people to mount the seasucker to the bicycle off the car and then plop the bicycle on top of the car. If you put the mount on the car first and then bring the bicycle over in order to link the TA fork and axle into the mount on the seasucker you're gonna have a really bad time when the bicycle falls over on top of your car and scratches everything up.

 

[Foxy87]

Thanks for the tip. Will keep in mind! I also have an Enduro Bike that I race on, so its pretty heavy with DH casing and everything (about 17kg). Do you think that would be a problem with the Talon on the Emira?

Edit: of course I have a familycar with a hitch, but it would be fun when I am on my way to the alps on my own and be able to go with the Emira instead of the big ass SUV…

 

[kitkat]

Thanks for the tip. Will keep in mind! I also have an Enduro Bike that I race on, so its pretty heavy with DH casing and everything (about 17kg). Do you think that would be a problem with the Talon on the Emira?

Edit: of course I have a familycar with a hitch, but it would be fun when I am on my way to the alps on my own and be able to go with the Emira instead of the big ass SUV…

Where would the rear wheel be placed? I figure most of the weight of the bicycle will be where the rear wheel is because it will be tilted back. I'm wondering if that's too much weight for just the glass. Then again I've entirely mounted my Scott Spark RC on just the glass alone.

 

[Foxy87]

I have no idea but thought I would place the rearwheel on tha glass. Maybe it fita on the trunk lid right behind the glass…?

Do you have a pic of the mounted Spark?

 

[kitkat]

I have no idea but thought I would place the rearwheel on tha glass. Maybe it fita on the trunk lid right behind the glass…?

Do you have a pic of the mounted Spark?

 

[Foxy87]

Thanks, looks great. Now I also get what you meant by 2 racks for one bike

 

[kitkat]

I have a set of wheels coming and have been playing with designing some new center caps for it, in the mean time I was playing with creating some floating center caps as a 3d modeling thought experiment. I guess now they're turning into a reality.

 

[Dragoon]

3D Printed Rock Guards for the Emira

These use mostly the stock hardware except for a couple optional extra locating holes for the front to use 3 push clips each instead of just the 2 factory ones.

Do you drill the liner for extra locating holes? Did you use a backing plate or anything to give the additional push clips some support or something solid to bite into?

 

[kitkat]

Do you drill the liner for extra locating holes? Did you use a backing plate or anything to give the additional push clips some support or something solid to bite into?

The front has 1 additional locating hole which you do have to poke a small hole into using either a drill or screw driver, it has no backing plate but it stays in place with just a clip. It is completely optional, I just wanted it more secure -- everything else only requires the OEM push / screw pins.