Lotus elan se turbo

[Basil1903]

Hi after some advice just inherited my mother’s lotus - all original and 29k miles. Houston got it serviced and mot as not moved out of garage for 2 years.
The brakes seem to be locking slightly and pulling to left - although garage said no issue for mot. Any advice on what I should do to improve / replace - I want it ready for classic but local garage not sounding confident to get it done and we’re talking about Astra brakes for front
Thanks
Mark

[Nyloc20]

Lotus Elan Central is the best forum for the M100 Elan. Very knowledgeable and helpful folk on there.

[andrew]

talk to max and tim at http://www.lakesideengineering.com/
they looked after my elan se turbo for many years

[SimonTheSailor]

So what happened ?!

You can get a good brake upgrade from PNM Engineering. Your rears will probably give you grief soon as well and fail the MOT.

[Throttle Body]

Nyloc is right. Lotus Elan Central is the place to go.

The weakest part of the braking system are the rear calipers. The sliders tend to stop moving, especially after a period of non-use. A straightforward job, but while you are doing them, you will probably want to replace the seals, which is a bit more difficult.