Please help me with my Lotus Elise 190. I fully upgraded the car to the max with every thing I could purchase using low wear slicks. But it does not handle to well. I don't have traction in turns. It tends to slide sideways into the turn. I can't control the car enough to keep it from going off the road or into the gaurd rail. On the straight aways I am able to pull away with no problem. I tried adjusting everything from camber, toe, spring rates, etc... I probably am doing it wrong. Someone please help.....
Need Help with settings for Lotus Elise 190
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Did you turn ASM and TCS to zero?
If not, give that a go. Certainly get rid of the ASM as that will have the effect of giving you a four wheel drift in corners (if your grip is letting go then it applies the brakes - BAD idea!).
Remember that the Elise is really light so you might not want to set her up too stiff. Hard set-ups give you more responsive handling but actually reduce grip. Normally the trade off is worth it but the Elise has so little weight putting pressure on the tyres that a stiff set-up will probably give you a 'driving-on-glass' feeling.
Also, try setting your brakes up for a front bias and brake early. Don't brake into the corner or you'll probably see our old friend Unintended Slide coming to visit
! When laying the power down for exit, do it progressively rather than suddenly or the rubber will let go of the track and off she'll sail sideways again.
If you let me know what tyres you're using and what course this is to be set up for I'll have an investigate if you like.
If not, give that a go. Certainly get rid of the ASM as that will have the effect of giving you a four wheel drift in corners (if your grip is letting go then it applies the brakes - BAD idea!).
Remember that the Elise is really light so you might not want to set her up too stiff. Hard set-ups give you more responsive handling but actually reduce grip. Normally the trade off is worth it but the Elise has so little weight putting pressure on the tyres that a stiff set-up will probably give you a 'driving-on-glass' feeling.
Also, try setting your brakes up for a front bias and brake early. Don't brake into the corner or you'll probably see our old friend Unintended Slide coming to visit
! When laying the power down for exit, do it progressively rather than suddenly or the rubber will let go of the track and off she'll sail sideways again.If you let me know what tyres you're using and what course this is to be set up for I'll have an investigate if you like.
surekin - Thank you for giving me some advice. I will give it a try. Aloha and Mahalo(Thank You),
808speedfreak
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Hope this helps. I know Sukerkin has a considerably more indepth way of deciding the settings, but this worked for me.
Cote DAzur
Settings:
289 hp
Springs: 12/13.3
Ride Height: 66/73 (bottomed out)
Bound: 5/6
Rebound: 7/7
Camber: 3.4/1.8
Toe: 0/0.5
Stabilizers: 3/3
LSD: 10/40/20 (stock)
Autoset Gearing: Level 25
Final Drive: 3.938 (Stock)
ASM = 0; TCS = 0
Results:
Motor Sport Elise: + 18.158
Motor Sport Elise: + 22.132
Elise 190: + 50.560
Elise 190: + 56.761
Elise 190: + 109.566
Best lap: 143.122
Total time: 1729.316
This is an excerpt from the Compendium, and I have all of the Elise Trophy write-up availble should you need it.
I didn't have a brake balance controller, and I regret not purchasing it. The additon of the controller would have improved braking performance, and cornering.
For Deep Forest I softened the Springs and raised the ride height.
I ran Apricot hill with settings identical to Cote D'Azur. One thing that I found was that this car needs to keep all four wheels on the ground. Any loss of traction resulted in a significant loss of speed.
If you're running the Elise Pro series, clean runs are a must.
Good luck
AO
Cote DAzur
Settings:
289 hp
Springs: 12/13.3
Ride Height: 66/73 (bottomed out)
Bound: 5/6
Rebound: 7/7
Camber: 3.4/1.8
Toe: 0/0.5
Stabilizers: 3/3
LSD: 10/40/20 (stock)
Autoset Gearing: Level 25
Final Drive: 3.938 (Stock)
ASM = 0; TCS = 0
Results:
Motor Sport Elise: + 18.158
Motor Sport Elise: + 22.132
Elise 190: + 50.560
Elise 190: + 56.761
Elise 190: + 109.566
Best lap: 143.122
Total time: 1729.316
This is an excerpt from the Compendium, and I have all of the Elise Trophy write-up availble should you need it.
I didn't have a brake balance controller, and I regret not purchasing it. The additon of the controller would have improved braking performance, and cornering.
For Deep Forest I softened the Springs and raised the ride height.
I ran Apricot hill with settings identical to Cote D'Azur. One thing that I found was that this car needs to keep all four wheels on the ground. Any loss of traction resulted in a significant loss of speed.
If you're running the Elise Pro series, clean runs are a must.
Good luck
AO
