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The Elise uses 4 lug 288mm rotors, so they will not fit (the hub dia. is also smaller). The front spindles, rear calipers and master cylinder are the same as the Lotus. The front calipers are slightly different, with a taller mounting boss to space them out for the larger rotors.
Thanks!I thought I already answered this.
Here are the pics. Please don't ask me to tell you which is which.
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I've already order the kit to mount the OEM front 2-pots in the rear (and keep the original rear caliper for the handbrake) with 308mm brake discs and 4mm spacers. I got hold of an extra set of OEM calipers to use on the rear wheels. Eliseparts would not recommend the same front and rear calipers as they need to have more bias at the front than the rear as the weight transfers to the front under braking.Why all 4 other than for looks, why not just the rear. You really want the fronts to be over effective?
I do not know but would bet that is a shared part.When disassembling the handbrake we discovered that the handbrake cable needs replacing. Does anyone know if the Lotus Elise S2 cables are the same as the Roadster's?
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Hi Henry,Hi All,
I'm just reading this and getting up to speed. I too would like to improve my breaking, but budget is somewhat limited. A few things that I had questions about...
- It was said that the Roadster weighs 1000# more than the Elise and has significantly more weight on the rear "axle". Per my R&T testing of the Roadster said that it was 700# more , but amazingly, the weight distribution only changed from 38%/62% to 35%/65%.
- It was said that the OEM rear setup wears 3x faster than the fronts and proves how undersized they are. I agree with the OP that this does not prove that they are undersized, but they are overly biased.
- I believe rear weight biased cars still mostly benefit from better front brakes. The weight transfer during braking is significant. Not scientific, but just look at 911s with their larger calipers on the front, and they have an even greater weight bias on the back being a rear engined car. And, 911s are generally some of the best braking cars around. I think the OEM front setup was limited to the 16" wheel as well as running 175 section tires. I have put OEM rear wheels (17") on the fronts and running 205s. So, anyone know of any larger rotors than the 310 rears or 308 from EBC? Maybe EBC makes something even larger. I agree the larger the diameter, the more brake torque that can be applied.
Moge, please lmk how your setup went.
Thanks,
Henry