Some Pics of my 240Cup

[G7 Rye]

Hi all, had the "Cup" a couple of months now and recently took it for an outing to Cadwell, thought I'd post a couple of pics...

A must visit track for any exige/elise owner, very tight and twisty.

[shangani]

Looks brilliant. Cadwell is a great track. However, your car appears to be badly undersprung. (as they usually are on the OE dampers)

[S Works]

Nice car, that's a track that's on my list of to-do's next year. Thought the same as shangers. Looking very under-sprung there, what springs are you on?

[G7 Rye]

Its got the Ohlins dampers on, couldn't really adjust them before first track outing as I didn't know what to expect.

Edited by G7 Rye on Saturday 21st July 12:31

[S Works]

Crank 'em down harder next time, will improve cornering loads. The Lotus standard set-ups are notoriously over-damped and under-sprung.

[Zebede29]

I only live up the road from Cadwell (literally 12 miles away!) but for some unknown reason i've never taken my S1 up there for a blast - now i'm upgrading to a 111s, I need to get my arse into gear and get a track day booked!

Funny really cos I've been around the Nurburgring in it which was a 1,000 mile round trip......

[Alex_S]

Awesome car, I think I might have seen you in it at JCT600 a few months ago, looked really good.

[bjc388]

Great pics ... looks as if you had fun

[Lotusnick S2]

Great pics and very nice car
Next time play with the Ohlins and you will see a massive improvement

[G7 Rye]

Are there any settings you would recommend?, also for camber etc...

[Lotusnick S2]

I am running the 340R track Geo settings ase per
http://wiki.seloc.org/a/Geo_Setups

For the Ohlins have a look at the manual that came with the car.
I think your car has different Ohlins to the usual S2 Exige ones so the following might not be applicable http://www.bell-colvill.co.uk/admin/lotusnews/PDFS...

Mine are custom by Aurok (Ohlins UK dealer) plus I have a Rover Elise

[stew-S160]

wow, that is gorgeous, and with the backdrop of cadwell, fantastic shots.

[twiggie]

Look really nice, one of my favorites Cadwell,

Just upgraded to s1 111s so will get there in it soon , would be ther everyday if i lived 12 miles away

Twiggy ( with an ie on PH )

[hardtop]

what colour is that?

[NathanE]

Very very nice car mate! One of the best colours I think.

Agreed with others, it looks like the suspension needs a few tweaks done

[GirlyLotus_Tamer]

Superb looking car am loving the colour - what is it?

[Boggy]

Look's very cool and very planted, nice shot's

Boggy

[bruh_la]

S Works said:

Crank 'em down harder next time, will improve cornering loads. The Lotus standard set-ups are notoriously over-damped and under-sprung.

Nothing you can do with the damper settings will alter the fact that the springs are too soft. "Cranking down" will only make the problem worse ie over damped, under sprung.

To the original poster, the euro Cup settings are a compromise between road and track. The U.S. cup cars which are track only run the same damper as you have but valved for the stiffer springs the car is delivered with (425 front and 576 rear)

[S Works]

bruh_la said:

S Works said:

Crank 'em down harder next time, will improve cornering loads. The Lotus standard set-ups are notoriously over-damped and under-sprung.

Nothing you can do with the damper settings will alter the fact that the springs are too soft. "Cranking down" will only make the problem worse ie over damped, under sprung.

To the original poster, the euro Cup settings are a compromise between road and track. The U.S. cup cars which are track only run the same damper as you have but valved for the stiffer springs the car is delivered with (425 front and 576 rear)

You're right, apologies. Any reason you know of why the Euro cars don't have the stiffer springs? Those spring rates sound about right considering what I have on mine (lighter car) with the Honda lump (400/550's). I run my dampers pretty soft on road and the ride is still very compliant with the stiffer springs.

With no offence to the OP whatsoever, that car's rolling around like a channel ferry in a rough crossing!

Seems a bit daft that Lotus sent them out with springs that are so compromised, especially considering that the Cup versions were marketed as being trackday spec straight from the factory.

[SpeedYellow]

Problem is you can't put stiffer springs on the factory Ohlins, they will not adjust up enough to cope.... so it gets expensive to upgrade...

On track the car is better with max compression, two clicks from mac rebound and stiffest setting on the front ARB.

The roll looks worse than it is, full upgrade on the suspension is only worth about 1.5 - 2 seconds around Silverstone GP and you loose some of the forgiveness in the setup, so I think as a compromise Lotus did good!