5A ECU battery feed.
Part is now fitted.
Fault is still present …
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‘Trigger’s Broom’ at some point mate? 
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What you need, is a nice reliable S3 Exige… 
Until I fix this problem I shall not rest!
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Front earth point ( the one where you plug the battery jumps in ) cleaned.
No change.
Is the fault known to also due to poor grounding?
You could be in a rabbit hole 5 days before you leave.
TBH @johnfishcurtis I have had the issue for 3.5 years and only decided 5 days before leaving Id like it fixed.
I have a fault ( dash stays on ), I have a workaround ( remove fuse R4 ) and the problem goes.
I think Ill park this issue until I return
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I would park it as well.
You could end up with a worsened situation. Deal with it on your return.
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100% with you John. I have chanced my arm changing the ignition switch, cleaning the existing earths that I can get to.
I have resigned myself to the R4 fuse not being fixed before Spa. I dare not mess with anything now. Its too close.
I have been out and bought some new snazzy UK plates to replace my battered plates.
I went out for a small shakedown run to check that everything was working as expected as I had been rummaging around in parts that perhaps I shouldnt have been rummaging around in prior to a road trip
The less said about this, the better
I have however started dialogue with a very clever man about having a new loom made up. Quite how far I take this I am not sure yet.
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Who’s front splitter is that?
Do you need to resort to a completely new harness, that’s quite an undertaking?
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Its a reverie one.
Do I need a new loom? Well, technically no. I suppose I dont. However I do have some rather persuasive arguments with man maths for going for one :
- I could go fly by wire rather easily
- I could get rid of the adapter loom from Lotus → SCS
- I have a break in the loom that controls the IACV. Its got a spade on it at the mo and Ill replace with some deutsch connectors , but better no breaks
- My injectors have pig tail connectors
- Corrective actions on other parts of the loom such as where the USB power is taken off.
- Could go mad and go full PDM …
I could on the other hand
- Remove front clam
- Clean up the earths
- See if that resolved the R4 fuse
However, worth noting that the Lotus S2 exige engine bay loom is NLA.
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Me…
Remove clam and clean all earths.
Repair cable correctly.
Sort R4 fuse.
Save the money from a new loom on fuel/beer/dirty weekend 
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I take your point John.
Its the real weak point of the car with the amount of modifications its had on it.
New Loom, DBW, sequential and digi dash
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Well, funny you should mention that.
If I went down the PDM route the AIM PDM Motorsport dash is literally 1/3 of the price of a AIM MX2E. Now the way I look at that its basically buy a PDM32 and get a free dash.
Solid man maths right there, right?
If I stopped there Id be happy but not ecstatic. Sadev ST82-17 ideally next.
I said “Project completed” when I mentioned this to Jaik. He retorted “What’s after when the project is complete”
"TVS1320 … "
The list goes on.
I know I should stop. I should have stopped before I got started really with the Katana.
I have invested heavily in this car but I just cannot see me selling it , and the V6 as wonderful as it is just does not float my boat.
There are probably two cars that tickle my fancy ; Porsche Cayman GT4 , or a GTS 992. I just cannot justify spending that much cash on a depreciating asset though. Thats it. Thats all I would replace my exige for…
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Ah sod it, just do it.
I kept looking at this as inspiration… Trackspec's Exige S240 Project: Part 4, Completed Aero — Trackspec Autosports
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I shall investigate