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Thanks! I have some better routes that are also wider, but this one is right next to my house. I'll have to rig up something and record the proper sound with more enthusiastic driving. My exhaust is quite unique, it's a development piece by Blackforest Lotus (formerly Bernd Feistle Sportwagen) in Germany which had the car in possession/service while it was still a Lotus Press Car. They were intending to sell exhausts but I guess it turned out economically unfeasable. It's a valved setup with quite exotic (but not loud) sound even when closed, and when opened it's basically straight pipe.

The shifter has now been proven with about 2000km of driving, both daily commutes and longer weekend getaways. Here are some behind the scenes of the install, for those that might be interested: Only shame is that this work of art gets totally covered in Evora. Shift quality has improved dramatically over the standard setup, and I no longer have to hunt for gears, especially second and 6th were sometimes problematic for me, even though I tried adjusting the cables in every possible way.

it's actually not poining upwards but rather it's on it's side, so parallel with the ground / engine cover bar. This is the only position that is possible with the stock wiring harness without extension. thru-fitting is hidden on the inner side, the "patch" is ramair's included sticker, that I plan on putting lotus white letters logo on, to have it look nice

It's an NA car. S should be pretty similar, most likely only the elbow needs to be cut at a differnent length to account for the different position of the throttle body

here's a short video I made the other day, but this is only in lower revs (cruising with one hand) I need to make one where I go over 5k RPM, and the sound really gets crazy at about 6500-7200

Hey guys, I want to show the intake I came up over the course of the winter. I didn't want to post before I'm sure of my findings and before the thing is properly tested in real world. As you might know, 2GR is infamous for it's pickyness when it comes to the intake, but there are a few proven aftermarket offerings, like BOE. BUT - I believe 600+ USD for an intake is way too much. I started researching and a bunch of people already tried making their intakes, found info about Radium intakes and their CEL problems etc. I got discouraged, but given intake's relative simplicity, I got digging - what could be BOEs secret? They don't require any remapping! Then I found a post by Wilhelm Raceworks describing their findings, studied how BOE intake looks and that's where I got my aha! moment. The catch is in the spike of high velocity air that the stock ECU maps are tuned for, and MAF sensor must be in a location that closely matches OEM implementation. I got measuring, and found it should only be about 6-7cm away from the start of the intake tube, for it to land within that high velocity airstream. So, an enclosed airbox is needed, there's not enough wire in the harness to get a conical filter anywhere in the cold air stream and retaining such a position. This is something that BOE does with their ITG airbox. I knew I needed something like this, so searching again I found Ramair's ProMax PML-76-FR-102 That's one part solved, now we need the MAF tube, courtesy of the leading online performance website and some piping to connect it all - a 76-80mm silicone tube . I decided to see what to do with the big end of the pipe when I get the filter mounted, I guessed it could work and I got lucky, that I could reuse the stock large diameter pipe. After some trial and error, the end result looks like this: I also found out that I forgot the PCV, so with the help of my friend, found about thru-hull fittings, so I purchased one of appropriate dimensions from the everyone's favourite online auction site and fitted it into the approximate factory position, right before the throttle body. I then made a small bracket to 'hang' it from the engine cover bar, and mounted it for good. I didn't take any good pictures in the process, but here's some after about 2000km of testing, where I can confirm the car performs really well, there's no CELs as predicted, and the sound after 5000rpm is just intoxicating. Here's a final calculation: - silicon hose 30€ - thru-hull fitting 7€ - ramair filter 175€ - maf pipe 25€ - for free, laying around in the garage: some black spray paint to make the MAF tube more stealth and a new 100mm hose clamp for the intake to throttle body connection With all shipping etc, I think I'm still below 250€ mark, so significantly less than half the price of BOE. Let me know what you think!

I found it really gets noisy at about about 120kph, and as @EGTE puts it, SportContact 7s quieted it down a measurable amount, but it's no GT level - my brother's Jaguar XK is probably as loud at 200kph as Evora is at 130. I guess it's just Lotus, so you got to live with some compromises. Roof is paper thin, window seals are not really advanced (mine actually start whistling at about 180kph) no matter the aligning, floor down the feet is just a single piece of sheet metal, and the whole car structure transfers resonations...

Hi Doug, I'm the owner of the first development version of Evora's dolomitishifter. I'm 99% sure yours will fit, as the difference between initial and 2012 cables is in the mounting in rear (transmission) end, and the shifter assembly itself looks the same. And even in unlikely event that there is a difference, Manuel would only have to produce a new cable holder block, which is a small piece. If you have any questions, let me know!

@kkv444v since you look quite knowledgeable, would you know why my car registered in Oct 2009 was put on the "development cars" list then? is it just a mistake?

I did some calculations and the unsprung mass with forged 400 wheels is actually less (or about the same with wider & possibly heavier tires mounted) than the stock cast wheels, so I'd like to think I'm not sacrificing dynamics. secondly, there's couple of routes where we drive quite enthusiastically, and trying to keep up with G80 M3s or RS3s requires quite a bit of commitment in the corners, so I'm reaching or exceeding available tire grip on my current setup. while I love sliding RWD cars, having an mid-engine evora go sideways on you quite a bit above 100kph in the corner is really unsettling 😅

amazing, thank you! I think this seals the deal then!

Hey all, bringing this topic back to life with a question regarding tire sizes. I have an NA evora, currently running 18/19s, but I purchased 19/20 wheels from an evora 400. Now I'm having to purchase the tires, and there seems to be 2 options at play for the rears - 275/30 R20 (S1 design wheels spec) or - 285/30 R20 (evora 400 fitment) S1 evoras 19/20 wheels have exactly the same specs as S2's, 8J front and 9.5J rears, same offsets etc., but with a tire circumference difference of 0.8% between them. Is anyone with S1 evora running 285's at the back? I'm curious about the possible ABS / traction control issues when fitting a different tire. I'm leaning towards the 285 section tire, as there seems to be much more choice available in that spec, compared to 275.

following, I tried to remove front undertray to clean the sand out, found the same issue, there are 3 rivnuts just spinning in place

IMO most likely causes are oil filter housing (if not tightened properly after service) or oil heat exchanger hoses (which were a toyota recall but us lotus owners don't get it) should be pretty straightforward diagnosis by just lifting the car and removing the bottom engine cover.

Actually not with me yet, pending customs clearance since this tuesday, they sure are taking their sweet time.