Lotus Elise Disk Brakes

Lotus Elise S1 Disk Brakes

MMC Disks

The Earliest Elises were fitted with a very lightweight magnesium alloy disk, these disks had an extreamly long life expectancy with a very low weight. The down side of the disks was their fragility at high temprature and poor ability to shed water when driving in rain often providing "interesting" moments for the driver if used in anger on a rainy day.

These disks where discontinued due to cost when problems where incured with the origional supplier.

Standard cast iron brake disks These disks followed the MMC disk as the standard Brake disk for the Series 1 Elise Standard discs (Vented) Lotus Part Number: A111J0128F

Vented S1 OEM Disk

"Lotus Motorsport" discs as fitted to the 111s, Sport 160 and other models (Cross drilled and Vented).

Lotus Part Number: A111J0141F

Cross drilled and Vented S1 Disk

Lotus Exige S1 Disk Brakes

The Lotus Series 1 Exige was equiped with the same Cross drilled disks as seen on the Series 1 111s and Sport 160 editions as shown above.

Lotus Part Number:A111J0141F

Lotus Elise S2 Disk Brakes

288mm Vented Discs

The S2 discs feature longer, curved internal flow passages which increase the disc stability and reduce hot spot formation. The revised hole pattern has been specified to complement the new vane arrangement.

The discs are not handed, so the same disc is used on the right and left hand sides of the car. The cooling air flow through the left and right discs is identical and the flow rate is purely a result of pressure differential between the centre of the disc and its rim; the shape of the vanes and the direction of rotation does not affect the flow rate significantly. Some noise from the brakes themselves is to be expected but there is a fix to stop brake pads banging in the callipers.