Engine Cover

[Julian73]

We have choices of standard plastic, red highlighted plastic and CF.

At the factory I saw the perfect cover, none. The Exige S V6 is using our engine & supercharger but instead of a cover the SC is painted black and has a cast aluminum plate (also black) screwed on to it with Lotus performance in raised letters. I told them I want that built into my car but was told no can’t do that engine angle is different, blah, blah, blah. Even the GTE where they tried to save hundreds of pounds has the Evora cover but in CF, go figure. While it could be for air flow management I think its just because they don’t want to clean up the wires and hoses.

Now I at least answered whether to spend $1500 on CF engine cover. I will paint the SC with some black thermal dispersant ceramic paint and wait to find the PN for that cast plate.

[AMD_Fusion]

Mine came with the CF cover, looks pretty cool, but I wouldnt have spent the $$ for it (I bought a 2010)

[Julian73]

Update, I painted SC with red crackle paint. And while still trying for exige V6 parts, or reasonable price on a used CF cover, will produce my own cylinder bank covers in CF/ Red Twill Kevlar that I have left over from making intake ducts on my RX-7

[invictusmaneo]

I'm pretty sure it was somewhere on here...but the engine cover was functional and helped reduce iat on a dyno...someone had done runs with and without and there was a difference.


Can't remember who..Ramtin was that uou?

[Orcas]

I have always felt the engine should be dolled up with no cover needed. I think people want to see the engine when they look through the glass and not a cover, I know I do!!

I would love to see photos of dolled up covers or someone that dressed up there engine compartment.

[ramtin1000]

No it wasn't me but I don't put my cover on. Since I replaced the hatch glass with the vented cover I actually want the heat to rise and get out if the engine bay through the hatch vents.

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[gasupraman]

I would love to see some pics if anyone has some. I thought about getting a CF wet wrap on mine just because it was around $125, which was cheaper then painting it

[Julian73]

Rethinking, who needs a cover?

[Orcas]

I am still working on ways to make the engine or engine cover look better for a low cost. I just removed the performance sticker off the engine cover. LOTUS is all it needs to say! Looks better.

[squidward]

i had my cover off for a time.. I never got used to the rear view without it.. it just seemed strange. It was bothersome to see a gaping darkness taking up the lower half of the rear view mirror. Putting it back on was much better, framing up the rear view of the car cleanly.

[Julian73]

Originally Posted by squidward

i had my cover off for a time.. I never got used to the rear view without it.. it just seemed strange. It was bothersome to see a gaping darkness taking up the lower half of the rear view mirror. Putting it back on was much better, framing up the rear view of the car cleanly.

I had the same issue, now the red SC does come into the lower edge of vison and draws your eye away from the gaping darkness.

I dont like the trash forward of the engine and wonder about the Exige V6 cover plates, at least the forward one although it looks cheap for a 100k car.

[invictusmaneo]

they did a much better job dressing up the exige v6 engine bay than the Evora...I don't mind the plastic much-if you look at a base r8 it is all plastic too.

I agree-it would be nice if they would implement the nameplate on the other cars.

[Julian73]

Originally Posted by invictusmaneo

... I agree-it would be nice if they would implement the nameplate on the other cars.

Some day the parts list will come out on the Exige and I will at least purchase the Lotus Performace plate

Exige S Engine cover

[HKFEVER]

Originally Posted by Julian73

I had the same issue, now the red SC does come into the lower edge of vison and draws your eye away from the gaping darkness.

I dont like the trash forward of the engine and wonder about the Exige V6 cover plates, at least the forward one although it looks cheap for a 100k car.

Your supercharger is different from the factory 400HP version.

Plus, factory has a very nice big engine cover that is in red and black with all the logos on it that cover almost the whole engine bay.

SORRY, type in wrong thread.

[HKFEVER]

Originally Posted by Julian73

Rethinking, who needs a cover?

Your supercharger is different from the factory 400HP version.

Plus, factory has a very nice big engine cover that is in red and black with all the logos on it that cover almost the whole engine bay.

[Julian73]

Originally Posted by HKFEVER

Your supercharger is different from the factory 400HP version.

Plus, factory has a very nice big engine cover that is in red and black with all the logos on it that cover almost the whole engine bay.

Factory 400 Hp version, are you talking of the GTE? The SC's are one and the same between the Exige V6 and the Evora S .. the big cover on the is one of three options i) big grey/silver plastic, ii) optional red/black plastic, or iii) optional CF .. they are all the same size, although teh CF version is real and thinner and does weight less.

As you have an Exige V6 in hand, do you want to pull an impression of the black plastic covers so as to make CF versions? The SC belt cover is not needed on the Evora as that pulley is tucked under the body work.

[HKFEVER]

Originally Posted by Julian73

Factory 400 Hp version, are you talking of the GTE? The SC's are one and the same between the Exige V6 and the Evora S .. the big cover on the is one of three options i) big grey/silver plastic, ii) optional red/black plastic, or iii) optional CF .. they are all the same size, although teh CF version is real and thinner and does weight less.

As you have an Exige V6 in hand, do you want to pull an impression of the black plastic covers so as to make CF versions? The SC belt cover is not needed on the Evora as that pulley is tucked under the body work.

I don't have Exige V6. The market is too small, not worth to make it.

[Julian73]

Originally Posted by HKFEVER

I don't have Exige V6. The market is too small, not worth to make it.

Could be a hit in European market