Advisory/Warning: Motorsport Oil Coolers

This affects Elise S1 / Exige S1 / 340R and Rover K-Series models fitted with original equipment front-mounted oil cooler. We have been carrying out numorous factory oil cooler recalls on Toyota 2ZZ-engined cars, where oil hoses are separating from the unions that are fitted to the oil coolers and sandwich plates. More recently we

2016 Performance Driver ‘Track’ Days with CAT Driver Training

This year we are once again pairing up with our friends Colin and Jo Hoad at CAT driver training to arrange several unforgettable days of activities at Millbrook proving ground dedicated to you and your Lotus. As those who attended the last events we held will tell you, there is no place quite like Millbrook

Little and Large Lotus

We were fortunate to have two extremely different Lotus at the workshop this week. Firstly, an Evora GTE, one of just 20 cars that were built for the road by Lotus Motorsport, based on the original GTE race/concept cars.  With it’s 100mm wider track and body styling, this car features the ‘GP Edition’ livery, inspired

Creaking Hard Tops

If your Lotus hardtop is making creaking or squeaking noises, or vibrating, there are a few things you can do to help resolve this situation… Do: Carefully remove the roof, then clean and spray all surfaces that touch the rubbers with a thin coat of  a dry teflon lubricant (available from many places – including

One, Hundred, and Eleven

We recently had a customer visit the workshop, who was clearly “one-eleven” through and through. The obvious starting point was that they owned a Lotus Elise (Lotus project code M111) 111R, with registration S11 ***.  But it also transpired that their home address is house number 111…  one of the birthdays is 1/1… and they

V6 Exhaust Noise Overridden!

Noise is an ever increasing issue at trackdays in the UK – particularly when fitting a performance exhaust system to a car.  The latest switchable exhaust silencer for the V6 powered Exige and Evora models, provides a method to help with this problem. The Lotus OEM silencer has to pass stringent testing for type approval,