So long story, won't get into the details, but had some transmission woes back in Nov. Conferred with the dealer after getting the car driving again and they ordered the latest (2013) shift cables under warranty and I had those done. Badabing Badaboom.
January 6th-I drive home from work at 6 pm just fine. Park the car in my garage, shut off, normal.
January 7th, 530 AM. I start my car and attempt to put it into gear. No Bueno. I won't go into all the details, but bottom line the friction plate was stuck engaged. No burning, smoking or slipping. Just stuck.
Get it towed to Lotus of Orlando. They contact Lotus, pull my logs, agree my car has been treated well and it doesn't make sense, authorize a clutch replacement under warranty (20k miles, 18 months of warranty left)
I decide to pony up for the Evora S flywheel and clutch. Important note. This is a roughly 1300 dollar upgrade over the NA parts. The clutch cover and flywheel are the expensive parts. It isn't cheap from any source (deroure, lotus garage, etc)
NA flywheel OEM is 16 pounds. S flywheel OEM is 11 pounds. I figure with my tune etc the heavier friction plate will be beneficial in the long run.
Picked it up today. Overall it shifts the same. Clutch takeup is different, but not dramatically so, from the NA car. Pedal feel is the same to me.
The flywheel makes the car much much more responsive from idle to about 5.5k. Above 5.5k it is about the same I think. It definitely likes to rev, and starting out and throttle blips can be much more subtle now.
Still breaking it in. Here is just a quick vid that I think illustrates my above comments
Guess I can add it to my list of mods
January 6th-I drive home from work at 6 pm just fine. Park the car in my garage, shut off, normal.
January 7th, 530 AM. I start my car and attempt to put it into gear. No Bueno. I won't go into all the details, but bottom line the friction plate was stuck engaged. No burning, smoking or slipping. Just stuck.
Get it towed to Lotus of Orlando. They contact Lotus, pull my logs, agree my car has been treated well and it doesn't make sense, authorize a clutch replacement under warranty (20k miles, 18 months of warranty left)
I decide to pony up for the Evora S flywheel and clutch. Important note. This is a roughly 1300 dollar upgrade over the NA parts. The clutch cover and flywheel are the expensive parts. It isn't cheap from any source (deroure, lotus garage, etc)
NA flywheel OEM is 16 pounds. S flywheel OEM is 11 pounds. I figure with my tune etc the heavier friction plate will be beneficial in the long run.
Picked it up today. Overall it shifts the same. Clutch takeup is different, but not dramatically so, from the NA car. Pedal feel is the same to me.
The flywheel makes the car much much more responsive from idle to about 5.5k. Above 5.5k it is about the same I think. It definitely likes to rev, and starting out and throttle blips can be much more subtle now.
Still breaking it in. Here is just a quick vid that I think illustrates my above comments
Guess I can add it to my list of mods