Lotus Emira On Track?

[JP__FOX]

Is anyone else using their Emira on track? I took mine to Goodwood last week and absolutely loving it!



Some uprated brake pads to fit before the Nurburgring in a few weeks, can't wait!

[BertBert]

Looks great!

[hodgre]

Hi
Looks like fun. What suspension option do u have on car?

[JP__FOX]

Sports suspension and Cup 2's, really pleased with it, the turn in is amazing!

[240Cup]

Ah - same spec as me although not tracked mine yet it feels like it will be well planted!! Gearshift looks OK in that vid too, any issues?

And on the subject of brakes - normally Lotus brakes are perfectly up to the job even for repeated track use but I note you say you are changing the pads - are you running out of brakes or just want more feel / more aggressive?

Enjoy!

[JP__FOX]

240Cup said:

Ah - same spec as me although not tracked mine yet it feels like it will be well planted!! Gearshift looks OK in that vid too, any issues?

And on the subject of brakes - normally Lotus brakes are perfectly up to the job even for repeated track use but I note you say you are changing the pads - are you running out of brakes or just want more feel / more aggressive?

Enjoy!

Yes, very well planted! I've missed a couple of shifts when trying too hard and getting used to the car but no real issues, very pleased with it.

I didn't have any fade issues on track but I'm quite hard on the brakes and they don't have quite as much bite as I'd like. I run winmax W5 pads in my track MX5 but also run them in my daily Cupra (that occasionally sees track use) so the bite in both of those was better than the Lotus. I also got through quite a lot of the front pads at Goodwood so hoping they'll wear a lot better with track use!

[ravon]

Really nicely driven ! The car looks very good . Thank you for posting .

[GlynV8]

Sam Reynolds having fun in his at Brands:

Edited by GlynV8 on Tuesday 18th July 17:28

[JP__FOX]

Great video, looks like he was having a lot of fun!

I've since done a couple of track days at Anglesey and an epic day at the Nurburgring, what a place!

[stlol]

Great effort and video, it sounds like there is a big gap in ratios from 4th to 5th??

[JP__FOX]

Cheers, yeah I'd never really noticed on the flat as it's not as noticeable but on the uphill section, there's definitely a bit of a dip before it gets going in 5th. Need to make sure I take it properly to the red line before changing into 5th when I'm back at the ring next year!

[SpartacusF]

I took mine to an MSVT day at Beford, brilliant car, brilliant fun. When it started to rain most people stopped, the M3s and 911s were having underpant-changing moments, but the Emira was solid. Boggo manual tour spec.