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Brake Upgrade - 340R

Post by Cammy » Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:48 pm

Thinking about upgrading the brakes on the 340R.
Standard brakes at the moment with S/S hoses all round.
I will most definitely upgrade the pads but wondering whether or not to do the discs as well. Brakes feel as if they need a bit more bite. Fast road and track use.
Has anyone fitted the aluminium discs supplied by Elise Parts?
Any advice/opinions would be greatly appreciated.

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Post by Sanjøy » Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:02 pm

MMCS and get her even lighter ?
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Post by simon » Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:09 pm

Hi Cammy, welcome over here :wavey
No idea about discs but I'm looking forward to seeing your car out on a run, need to get one organised soon. Any pics of it?
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Post by Andy G » Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:28 pm

is it the yellow one?
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Post by Cammy » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:37 am

Si, look forward to a run in the not to distant future. No pics of car yet but I'll be sure to get some shortly.
Car is standard colours, with an F1 air intake sticking out the nearside above the passengers head. Awesome noise & looks the bollocks :D

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Post by GregR » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:47 am

Speak to Shug - he got the Ali belled discs from eliseparts. I think Stu Pollock does a mean line in disks himself, search under muts nuts.

Looking forward to seing you out soon :D
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K Series Injector cleaner

Post by Sanjøy » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:24 am

REading this months Evo and the long term S1 owner claims to be down on power and is goign to run some injector cleaner thorugh his system.

Thought ?

Brands ?

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Re: K Series Injector cleaner

Post by simon » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:41 pm

Nothing like a blatant thread hijack is there? ;) :roll:
Sanjoy wrote:REading this months Evo and the long term S1 owner claims to be down on power and is goign to run some injector cleaner thorugh his system.

Thought ?

Brands ?

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Post by Sanjøy » Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:48 pm

T1ts meant to hit new thread.
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Post by Shug » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:15 pm

GregR wrote:Speak to Shug - he got the Ali belled discs from eliseparts. I think Stu Pollock does a mean line in disks himself, search under muts nuts.

Looking forward to seing you out soon :D
Your best bet if money is no option would seem to be AP5000 rotors on Geary's ally bells, paired up with Padgid RS 4-2s and braided hoses.

You won't get an improvement in braking by replacing the discs, but they will wear less and be less prone to warping (standard Lotus are cheese)

A more budget oriented option would be SBS pads and EBC discs. Stu stopped doing the full ally-belled numbers, but he can supply vented EBC discs which he machines with the funky MutsNuts spiral grooves (to deglaze pads) Those & SBS would be my choice on a cost/performance scale.
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Post by Cammy » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:47 pm

Cheers Shug. I think I will speak to Stu about the discs. I'm about to bleed the brakes anyway so will replace the pads now and see what difference i feel, then change the discs once I get a couple of track days out of the ones on the car.

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Re: Brake Upgrade - 340R

Post by dov » Wed May 17, 2017 6:14 am

My ebc discs and rs42s are still for sale m8.. :wink:
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Re: Brake Upgrade - 340R

Post by Stu160 » Wed May 17, 2017 8:36 am

The pad choice is what will make the difference. I fitted standard Pagid plain discs, and standard pads to elise last month, and used them at Donnington, more than enough stopping power for the AD08,s that were fitted. I have to say though, going back to driving the elise , you forget how hard you have to press the pedal with no servo. CL6,s will improve the bite, if you can stand the squeeze, and Mintex F6 will do the same, but they are a metallic pad, so not good for your wheels.

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Re: Brake Upgrade - 340R

Post by Lazydonkey » Wed May 17, 2017 8:49 am

Holy thread resurrection!
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Re: Brake Upgrade - 340R

Post by campbell » Wed May 17, 2017 11:53 am

Lazydonkey wrote:Holy thread resurrection!
Yup. Cammy has another even sillier roofless car now...11 years on =8-o
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