My Evora N/A projects

[EvoraBob]

Old condenser before removing. If you look at the lower 1/3 you will see the darker colour from the dye used to find the leak. The leak was due to a stone damage on the bottom core.

The cooling fins between the cores are rotten which is typical of most lotus condensers from about six years plus old. The side fixing screws are screwed in to the alloy rivet nuts which I had to cut off with a small cutting disc. I used 6mm chimney nuts on the new condenser as more than strong enough to hold the condenser.

New air-con condenser. I gave it a quick paint in black gloss before fitting so to hide the lighter colour when you look in to the front grill.

[EvoraBob]

Removed the front mesh from the lower clam and shot blasted then repainted in etch primer and black. Also got some fine stainless mesh Size: 8 LPI x 0.71mm wire and cut it to size to overlay on the inside of the front mesh to stop stones and debris to enter to the condenser.

Replaced the corroded mesh fixings with new big head fibreglass bonding stud 6mm x 20mm

[Bibs]

https://archive.org/details/condenser_guide.REVA

[steamdriven]

Thanks Bibs for loading the condenser_guide here (i'd picked it up from Lotus Talk I think)

There is also Service Bulletin SB-10043684-2855  08.02.2012    Evora Prior '11MY VIN BH_12527 Number 2012/03  "Modification to the HVAC assembly drain tubes"  which might be useful to those landing on this thread.

Lotus Service Bulletin.pdf

[Bibs]

Here it is in PDF form too in case Archive loses it from their index.

condenser_guide.REVA.pdf

[EvoraBob]

Fitted the new painted condenser.

 

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Cleaned up the chassis and suspension and refitted all the pipes and wiring harness.

[EvoraBob]

Cleaned the top air intake covers as they have never been removed before and were pitted with years of debris.

[EvoraBob]

Removed the flaking lacquer off the light units and re-polished. Re-gassed the air-con system and tested. Refitted the clams, light units and under trays. I replaced most of small hardware and clips so would make it easier if I ever need to remove in the future.

[NAC63]

Nice one Bob looking well 👍 

[cdco]

Looking like this is my how to for a few weeks time !!

[NAC63]

Is the front clam straight forward to remove ? I've a few jobs under there too.

[EvoraBob]

The removal of the front clam is not bad to do, but you need to be patient and be very careful at each stage getting all the parts removed prior to lifting it from the car. You will find that quite a few screws and fixings are rusty and can be difficult to remove and you my need to be mechanical minded and have a good selection of tools as some parts are difficult to get access to. ie cutting discs and grinder, drill, and a hot air gun.

[NAC63]

Thanks Bob

[EvoraBob]

I have thought about changing the chrome badges for along time but unsure what it would like. 

 

So I got them painted black and I think it looks okay Vs the chrome.

Edited July 17, 2023 by EvoraBob

[elandri]

I'd say on a silver car the black looks a lot better.

Great thread. Wish I had the space (and enthusiasm)!

[Jason Trevor]

Bob love this thread I had a 2011N/A and replaced air con rad and rad , wiper motor , door latches , Cold air intake , diffuser , etc etc and loved working on the car. Time and patience but I got there . Car now gone to a new home with 115 thou miles on her . Now have a GT410 having canceled a Emira order . Well done

[EvoraBob]

Replace the standard wheels with 19" fronts and 20"rears and Michelin tyres. 

[Harey]

That looks amazing @EvoraBob, and always love the barge boards.  Where did you get the alloys from?

[EvoraBob]

As I am very fussy and like things perfect and the passenger side dash airbag lift annoyed me, even though is it was only slightly noticeable compared to other cars I have seen. So I decided to remove the dash assembly and try and improve the cover position. when I had the airbag unit removed I found the two plastic screw clips broken that hold the top cover to the dash moulding. I slightly re-bent the top cover alloy and refitted with new screw clips and reassembled the dash. 

Photo of airbag cover lift before removed.

 

Picture showing the position of the broken screw clips.

 

The airbag cover now refitted.

 

[Rambo]

Gap fractionally larger on LHS than the RHS 😉

[EvoraBob]

Ha ha just bad camera position 😅

[Rambo]

🤣 was only joking. Good job. Wish I had your skills 👍

[EvoraBob]

On 15/11/2023 at 08:44, Harey said:

That looks amazing @EvoraBob, and always love the barge boards.  Where did you get the alloys from?

I got the wheels from an ex Evora owner nr Manchester. They are bad to find s/and.

[DH2]

On 14/11/2023 at 22:32, EvoraBob said:

Replace the standard wheels with 19" fronts and 20"rears and Michelin tyres.

Do you need to reconfigure the car - the ABS module will be setup for the smaller rolling radius, and might get upset in a stability control way?

You may not notice it, but it will think you are going faster than you actually are, and steering / brake / yaw inputs will affect it accordingly

[EvoraBob]

No need to reconfigure the car as the tyre profile is different. The speedo is accurate Vs my satnav system. and it all works okay. The 20/19 wheels were offered as a optional extra and no need to reconfigure.