Today we take a look at what it takes to replace the clutch in a Lotus Evora. As you can see it is a somewhat involved process. To get the transmission separated from the engine you have to remove Toyota v6 from the Lotus. To remove the engine you have to take the entire clamshell off.
Just a quick look at what goes into it.
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Those clutches are reliable unless they are abused or if the clutch master cylinder began to fail and was ignored. You shouldn't be replacing clutches under 100k miles
Nooooo spankuuuuuuu. I'll take a vintage elise or Esprit over this nightmare.
It really doesn't look that bad.
Awesome vid. Would love to see more Lotus content. Anyway, might have missed it, but what was the mileage on the clutch? Thanks!
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One aspect of any design & engineering brief is maintainability, and not JUST maintainability, but cost effective maintainability. This Lotus fails on the cost effective part of the equation. As you say, it nearly fits through the bottom. They could have designed it so it would.
*Really important question for you*
My mechanic is estimating 40 hours of labor for my 2013 LR4 timing chains (primary, secondary, and auxiliary)… he’s saying the auxiliary chain requires complete oil pan/engine removal. Does 40 hours seem accurate to a LR expert like yourself? He is also doing a cam shaft alignment and 8 new fuel injectors. Thank you in advance!
Smells alittle clutchy in here…………………………………..you came in clutch with that joke
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Gracious Lord! 10-15 thousand for a clutch?
Mind you, here in England its just hit the news that a guy who bought a second hand electric Mercedes has just found out it needs a new battery and has been quoted £15,000 ($20,000) not including labour. The car is worth £12,850 ($17,200). What on earth is going to happen to all these “green electric” cars when they lose their newness? They’ll be worthless.