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Re: 2007 Lotus Exige S
304whp peak when cool, 295whp when the intercooler was warm. Tq is in the 190 lb-ft range and very flat from 5000-8500rpm, I'm working on getting the graphs to post. Basically makes no power below 4k rpms then just screams up top, even wants to keep going way past 100mph which I wasn't expecting with the 1.8l.
The car was running stupid lean, over 13:1 on the old tune, it's a good thing I decided to get retuned after these mods. Car feels much more responsive now on tip in, and I am finally feeling traction control kick in for the first time. I didn't know what was happening at the autox today, thought it was stuttering on corner exit and the tuner told me to turn off TC next time.
After the entire day of autox (about 16-17 miles of track) I noticed my brake light came on which indicates brake fluid isn't completely full, and I saw some fluid around the front bleeders. Also I was having some trouble downshifting, like I was getting locked out, so I might have a leak in both the front calipers and the clutch slave. I may have overtightened them, or the previous owner did, they were nearly impossible to get loose when I flushed the system last week.
But the good news is I got best time of the day, and I kept getting a little bit faster as the day went on. My last lap I had a few really good turns in the fast sections but sloppy elsewhere, and it was still my best time by a half second. The car pushes a little bit so I'm going to adjust my front swaybar one notch stiffer and see how that goes.
For those of you who know Marshalltown, my best time was 1:22.06 for two laps, hoping I can get that into the sub-1:20 range with more practice and temps over 50* for some more traction.
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