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03-22-2007, 12:15 PM
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El Jefe - Agent 111
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Elise/Exige Fasteners to check periodically
This thread is to detail the fasteners you should be checking, or have your mechanic check. The Elise, like any track car, should be checked periodically. Some fasteners may be fine for many thousand miles. Some, should be checked much more often. Some are safety, some are a nuisance issue. Some will depend if you track the car. Please add your findings to this thread. I will eventually make a table of all the suggestions.
Fastener---------------Tool--------------- Interval-------------------Note Carpet Bolts Hand or a wide flat screw driver Monthly Lid Latch Cap Screws ?mm Allen Key 10k Miles Rear Toe Link Brace Wheel Well Liners Rear Diffuser (Main) Bolts Rear Diffuser 8mm Bolts
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03-22-2007, 12:17 PM
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El Jefe - Agent 111
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Carpet bolts. Those plastic things, two per, that hold down the carpeting (if you have it).
These can and will work loose in a quick time and will fly under the seats to be lost forever. I think the action of a passenger stepping on them getting in and out and moving their feet can loosen them. I recommend checking these every couple weeks. Simple to do from the driver's seat or when you gas up the car.
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* V E R I T A S * A E Q U I T A S * We have been feeling the buzz since 2002 2006 Noble M400. Getrag tranny, Quaiffe LSD, Hinged clams. Duratec dual turbo V6. Hoosier 315-18 tires. 2350 pounds. 0-60mph in 2.9 seconds. ..is a stranger in an open car. Tempt you in and drive you far away |
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03-22-2007, 12:18 PM
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El Jefe - Agent 111
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The cap screws that hold in the latching mechanism to the rear lid. A sign you are coming loose is when the lid does not latch when you close it. The latching mechanism itself is moving up.
Use an allen wrench to tighten this up. Check every 10k miles?
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* V E R I T A S * A E Q U I T A S * We have been feeling the buzz since 2002 2006 Noble M400. Getrag tranny, Quaiffe LSD, Hinged clams. Duratec dual turbo V6. Hoosier 315-18 tires. 2350 pounds. 0-60mph in 2.9 seconds. ..is a stranger in an open car. Tempt you in and drive you far away |
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03-22-2007, 12:21 PM
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The rear toe link bolts! If you are not running an upgrade you should check them before every event and at a minimum install the nord lock washers from S111. They are extremely cheap insurance.
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03-22-2007, 12:29 PM
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fm78.tv - check it.
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The Phillips screw on the handle side of the door, at the top of the runner, just beneath the seal. This is usually the culprit for a window that won't close all the way, and will eventually work its way loose. Here's a pic originally posted by Steve W:
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03-22-2007, 12:38 PM
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my name is not *cliff* !!
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* Main and 8mm bolts on the Engine Access cover - 8mm and ??? - 5k. Especially if you don't do your own oil (which you should).
* 8 bolts (4 on either side) that hold the exhaust up - 8mm Socket - 10k. They mount through thick rubber grommets, and you'll be unhappy when they loosen up and your exhaust starts making out with your diffuser. I would like to see some torque spec numbers in this sticky, especially for those important suspension parts. Anyone have them?
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cjlittle[dºt]com 05 Exise, 2bular 6 inch exhaust, BWR double adjustable Penske shocks, Hypercoil springs, HIDs, BWR front sway bar, Light weight PC680 battery w/BWR brace, SCC OEM Exige mesh kit and Exige rear clam details, LSD, Lotus sport clutch and light weight fly wheel. Sector front splitter. Stebel horn. Multivex Mirrors. Volk CE28 wheels. Painted the color of an aquarium. Oh wait, this is someone else's car... |
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03-22-2007, 12:40 PM
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El Jefe - Agent 111
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At this point with some of us over 30k miles, we have learned what bolts work loose... and we have learned where to use loctite too. I will add loctite in the notes to the main post.
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* V E R I T A S * A E Q U I T A S * We have been feeling the buzz since 2002 2006 Noble M400. Getrag tranny, Quaiffe LSD, Hinged clams. Duratec dual turbo V6. Hoosier 315-18 tires. 2350 pounds. 0-60mph in 2.9 seconds. ..is a stranger in an open car. Tempt you in and drive you far away |
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03-22-2007, 12:49 PM
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McLareghini Bugatterrari
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Recommendations should include torque values where applicable.
Thanks, xtn
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2006 McLareghini Bugatterrari, Storm Titanium... <mods> installed: air horn, Scroth 4-point ASM harnesses, Sector111 halon extinguisher and mounting bracket, Von Hep exhaust and rear panel delete, Pagid brake pads, red Volks CE28n wheels, Toyo RA-1 tires, Nitron SA coilovers, Sector111 (WorksBell) quick-disconnect steering wheel kit. awaiting installation: Scroth "pull-up" lap belts, Sector111 RTD Brace, Tony's heater bypass mod, and dropped steering rack mounting plates. </mods> |
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03-22-2007, 12:51 PM
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fm78.tv - check it.
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Matte Black, Sport, Touring, ***** intake (TBA), RAC Mono wheels, Painted Shift knob, smoked turn signals, Alpine SPS 6.5" rear speakers, MB Quarts, JVC Nav, Starshield, LBH exhaust, Dpic perf. gauge, Custom true HID projectors, GUT wing and splitter, Mesh side pods, Sector111 harness bar and 4-point harness, Lotus Sport Ohlins double-adjustable suspension, swaybar, '06 LED tailights, Toda flywheel, Lotusport interior. |
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03-22-2007, 01:10 PM
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my name is not *cliff* !!
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My car has all those things?
 Where did those come from (be specific you)? I never thought I'd say this, but here goes: "Thank you Alan."
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cjlittle[dºt]com 05 Exise, 2bular 6 inch exhaust, BWR double adjustable Penske shocks, Hypercoil springs, HIDs, BWR front sway bar, Light weight PC680 battery w/BWR brace, SCC OEM Exige mesh kit and Exige rear clam details, LSD, Lotus sport clutch and light weight fly wheel. Sector front splitter. Stebel horn. Multivex Mirrors. Volk CE28 wheels. Painted the color of an aquarium. Oh wait, this is someone else's car... |
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03-25-2007, 07:49 PM
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McLareghini Bugatterrari
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Elise/Exige Fasteners to check periodically
Uh... all of 'em? xtn
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2006 McLareghini Bugatterrari, Storm Titanium... <mods> installed: air horn, Scroth 4-point ASM harnesses, Sector111 halon extinguisher and mounting bracket, Von Hep exhaust and rear panel delete, Pagid brake pads, red Volks CE28n wheels, Toyo RA-1 tires, Nitron SA coilovers, Sector111 (WorksBell) quick-disconnect steering wheel kit. awaiting installation: Scroth "pull-up" lap belts, Sector111 RTD Brace, Tony's heater bypass mod, and dropped steering rack mounting plates. </mods> |
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03-26-2007, 09:20 PM
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El Jefe - Agent 111
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 I can't imagine the average person checking all the engine bolts periodically. I know I won't.
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03-27-2007, 04:37 AM
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McLareghini Bugatterrari
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If you keep the car long enough you will....
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2006 McLareghini Bugatterrari, Storm Titanium... <mods> installed: air horn, Scroth 4-point ASM harnesses, Sector111 halon extinguisher and mounting bracket, Von Hep exhaust and rear panel delete, Pagid brake pads, red Volks CE28n wheels, Toyo RA-1 tires, Nitron SA coilovers, Sector111 (WorksBell) quick-disconnect steering wheel kit. awaiting installation: Scroth "pull-up" lap belts, Sector111 RTD Brace, Tony's heater bypass mod, and dropped steering rack mounting plates. </mods> |
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03-27-2007, 08:31 AM
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Practical is boring.
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Edit: except for the engine mounting bolts. The 2zz is more likely to fall out of the car than it is to fall apart.
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03-27-2007, 12:19 PM
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McLareghini Bugatterrari
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Funny you mention that...
On sunday I was helping a couple of friends do tech inspections and brake/clutch fluid bleeds. One of the things we looked at while the belly pan was off is, you guessed it already didn't you?, the engine mount bolts. xtn
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2006 McLareghini Bugatterrari, Storm Titanium... <mods> installed: air horn, Scroth 4-point ASM harnesses, Sector111 halon extinguisher and mounting bracket, Von Hep exhaust and rear panel delete, Pagid brake pads, red Volks CE28n wheels, Toyo RA-1 tires, Nitron SA coilovers, Sector111 (WorksBell) quick-disconnect steering wheel kit. awaiting installation: Scroth "pull-up" lap belts, Sector111 RTD Brace, Tony's heater bypass mod, and dropped steering rack mounting plates. </mods> |
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03-29-2007, 11:34 PM
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check every plastic bit in the fender well liners periodically.
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05-23-2007, 11:18 AM
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n. Chiefly British.
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06-05-2007, 07:03 PM
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At a recent track event, the exhaust system suddenly broke. We determined that the motor was rotating because, of the two bolts which secure the engine/trans to the rear lower motor mount, one was backed out half way and one was gone entirely. We replaced the bolts and I ran the rest of the weekend. When I took the car to the dealer to order the new exhaust, the tech noticed that both of the bolts from the front lower mount were also missing. In other words, 3 of the 4 bolts were gone and and the 4th was half way out. It is impossible to check these bolts unless you are specifically looking for them - they go into the motor or trans itself.
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