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Smoky · 07-03-2008, 02:57 PM

I'd be wary of installing a cut-out on the Lotus. The ECU is so finicky, I think it would have trouble going back and forth like that. I bet you'd get CELs and poorer performance in the long run.

Cut outs are for 60's and 70's muscle cars. I've seen some good cut out kits on 4th-gen F-bodies, and newer trucks, etc that work well. But even then it starts to get hairy because of the sensors feeding the ECU a whole different stream of data when the cut out is on vs off.

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Smoky Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lafayette, LA Posts: 395	I'd be wary of installing a cut-out on the Lotus. The ECU is so finicky, I think it would have trouble going back and forth like that. I bet you'd get CELs and poorer performance in the long run. Cut outs are for 60's and 70's muscle cars. I've seen some good cut out kits on 4th-gen F-bodies, and newer trucks, etc that work well. But even then it starts to get hairy because of the sensors feeding the ECU a whole different stream of data when the cut out is on vs off. __________________ -Smoky '07 Exige S, Chrome Orange, Track/Touring, LSD, Starshield, 2Bular 8x24, S111 Ultra Discs