Exige S/C.g - Lotus Exige S/C Service Notes

Lotus Service Notes
8. Use a 6-point socket on the tensioner arm to allow fitment of the multirib accessory drive belt around the
pulleys as shown, ensuring that the belt is correctly seated in all the ribbed pulleys.
Slave pulley
Belt tensioner
Crankshaft pulley
9. Refit other components in reverse order to removal.
Note areas of change compared with standard models;
# Engine dipstick tube altered to avoid supercharger.
# Crankcase breather pipe altered to avoid supercharger.
# Relays on engine bulkhead move to avoid supercharger by-pass capsule
# Charcoal canister moved from bulkhead to bracket on top of chassis right hand rear upright member to
avoid alternator.
EXIGE S/C.G - WHEELS & TYRES
240R cars use lightweight forged alloy 5-spoke roadwheels at 7x16 and 8x17 are ½ inch wider, front and
rear, than standard Exige wheels, but retain the standard insets of + 31.3 mm and + 38.0 mm. The wheels
are finished in either Satin Black or High Power Silver dependent on body colour (see above). 'Lotus Sport' is
moulded into one of the spokes of each wheel. Cup and Exige S models use standard Exige wheels finished
in hi-power silver.
The Lotus specific, regular Exige Yokohama A048 tyres, identified by 'LTS', are fitted as standard.
EXIGE S/C.J - BRAKES
For 240R and Cup models, the braking system is uprated in the following respects:
- Motorsport brake pads are fitted front and rear;
- Steel braided brake hoses fitted all round;
- Front and rear brake callipers are finished in 'Sport Yellow';
- Hydraulic system filled with Castrol 'SRF' synthetic racing brake fluid. Over 500°F boiling point. Dot 4.
EXIGE S/C.K - COOLING
Twin front mounted oil/air coolers (std. Exige hot climate spec.) are fitted to all supercharged Exige mod-
els. An engine intake air chargecooler radiator is rubber mounted to the engine, with cooling airflow collected
by the roof duct and directed via the tailgate panel and flexible bellows to the radiator, after which the hot air
exhausts through the tailgate louvres.
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Water pump
Supercharger
Exige S/C
Alternator
A.C. compressor
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