First Lotus

[eos]

Just really to say that I have now had my First lotus for approx 2 weeks now ( Elise S2 sports tourer ) and while I absolutely love the car my only gripe is the gearchange which is an absolute pig (esp the low gearchanges which feel like i'm having an arm wrestle).It appears from previous comments this is something prone on the K series engine and going on peoples advice I have now had the elise parts gearlinkage kit fitted to the car.
To be honest I'd like to say that It has improved things but the only way I can describe it is it feels 'tighter' but not really any easier.
I havn't as yet fitted the short shifter (which I'm currently waiting on) although it seems their are varying opinions on wether this actually improves or worsens the stiff gearchanges.
I certainly hope I can get the gearchange feeling sweeter than present as apart from this issue I love everything else about the car.
I'm currently looking though the forum regarding engine upgrades etc and hope to be getting something done regarding this during the summer.
Thanks to all who have answered my previous posts and I hope to see a few of you on the road in the near future.

Eos

[kevin ritson]

It's never gonna be perfect but you learn to ignore the sloppiness

[eos]

kevin ritson said:

It's never gonna be perfect but you learn to ignore the sloppiness

trouble is not so much sloppy as just plain difficult to engage sometimes - suffered the ordeal of a M25 jam last weekend and my arm felt like it needed a rest by the time i got the car home.

[PB9]

also with the 'k' you may have some movement on the slave cylinder for the clutch. Get somebody to press the clutch and have a look in the engine bay and see how much movement you have.

this could be solved by,

www.eliseparts.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=93&products_id=262

but the 'k' has never had the best gear box, but mine is easy to change gears. Maybe the only time is in stop-start trafic first->second can be a pain but the others are fine.

Do you also have the Quick shifter with the gear link ?

-pete

[bogie]

if you have the gear linkage kit make sure its adjusted properly by someone whos done them before - it can take a bit of tweaking to be perfect and if not done properly can appear stiff etc....the quickshift is worth it also - had one for 4 years now and would never be without it.........