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OK, so it has been over six months since my last post, but wanted to follow-up on the issues I had last November. Here's the linkhttp://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f160/help-second-opinion-broken-bypass-valve-65436/
After having the local Lotus dealer look at the car, take apart the supercharger, etc... they finally diagnosed the problem after three weeks of the car being in the shop as being a cracked ringland / bad compression. Subsequent repair work would be outside of warranty because of Gotham tune. Say bye-bye to the warranty on my engine.
After saving up my soda can money, I finally took the car to a independent shop (Gas Head Motorworks in Houston) to have them look at the car and give me a damage report. Within two hours they sent me an email with the attached images and asking me if I had my stock exhaust.
Diagnosis = broken muffler thus the exhaust was choking off the engine! I dropped the stock exhaust off on my way out of town to drive my Miata at MSR Cresson.
Stopped by to test drive the car at lunch, and my car had dodged the bullet. I had my car back! I happily paid the $80 repair bill and thanked Clint and Kevin repeatedly for fixing my car in the most economical way possible.
:clap::clap::clap:
IMHO, find a good independent mechanic who knows how to work on race cars and the warranty issues becomes irrelevant. I'd rather pay for quality work than worry about what is and what is not covered by the warranty.
Happy day are here again!:coolnana:
After having the local Lotus dealer look at the car, take apart the supercharger, etc... they finally diagnosed the problem after three weeks of the car being in the shop as being a cracked ringland / bad compression. Subsequent repair work would be outside of warranty because of Gotham tune. Say bye-bye to the warranty on my engine.
After saving up my soda can money, I finally took the car to a independent shop (Gas Head Motorworks in Houston) to have them look at the car and give me a damage report. Within two hours they sent me an email with the attached images and asking me if I had my stock exhaust.



Diagnosis = broken muffler thus the exhaust was choking off the engine! I dropped the stock exhaust off on my way out of town to drive my Miata at MSR Cresson.
Stopped by to test drive the car at lunch, and my car had dodged the bullet. I had my car back! I happily paid the $80 repair bill and thanked Clint and Kevin repeatedly for fixing my car in the most economical way possible.
:clap::clap::clap:
IMHO, find a good independent mechanic who knows how to work on race cars and the warranty issues becomes irrelevant. I'd rather pay for quality work than worry about what is and what is not covered by the warranty.
Happy day are here again!:coolnana: