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As I'm waiting for my kit, I don't actually see a new tariff. The news articles from today say that after a year, the US/UK trade fell by 25%, is that what you're referencing? He did remove a whisky tariff today after dinner with the King during a toast... which is the dumbest way to do trade policy I've ever heard.

They're saying on the UK forum that it was an all-hands-on-deck, last minute build. Maybe they just didn't have time to do the white wheels. They do look FABULOUS though.

Here we go again. 25%

Wow that's actually a great call on white wheels Someone missed this

Good and bad news. Good news is the car is running on the new ecu and means it can be tuned / driven. Bad news is I'm travelling for work starting wednesday, and will be back around memorial day, if that can scratch your itch. happy to help you try the car out.

Omg you are so right, what a huge miss on not matching the wheels!

Makes sense to me.

It's not too late for them to paint the wheels white!

Apparently most of the senior builders/assemblers went to this to maintain all the 22 cars, and mine that is in build isn't progressing as quickly because of it! Drat! Super cool though, maybe they'll get some awesome press out of it.

Just received a Caterham Bulletin that in part says:

I always wondered why you would need a quicker than standard rack. As a non-autocrosser that makes perfect sense.

That's to hook up to a manifold vacuum line/fitting to automatically adjust fuel pressure by throttle opening (manifold vacuum). In general terms, high vacuum @ idle = lower FP, low vacuum = higher FP. Not typically used on our setups. I put a cap on mine just to keep any potential debris out.

We autocrossers are dealing with smaller-radius turns and elements that change direction more-quickly than in road courses. I knew a guy who traded in his "Magnum" Ferrari on a new Nissan Z-car because the Ferrari steering was impossibly-slow for autocross.

You all are correct. There is a hose straight down at the bottom of this device. I did not expect this to be fuel but I see now that it certainly is. From what I learned about connecting the Hayabusa injection on my Caterham, the fuel line comes from the fuel pump at the back of the car to the rear of the fuel rail. From the front of the fuel rail it goes to the fuel-pressure regulator and from there it goes to a return line back to the fuel tank. I noticed there is a small-diameter hose fitting on the fuel-pressure regulator with nothing attached to it. Since I see a similar fitting in in the photo from S1Steve, I expect this is nothing to worry about. Still, I am curious. What is the purpose of this little fitting?

Have you located these mounts? They are more like what I think might work or be more easily modified to fit my application. I am more than willing to make it worth your while to find them.

I can see that these will not work for my car, thank-you for the photos.

Basically the same regulator. Take a better look and you’ll see the second hose outlet at the bottom..

Faster. I never drove the car with the fast rack, but on a road course I can't image needing anything faster than the normal ratio.

For what its worth, with my Birkin having a Duratec and my FPR a different unit, the location is the same as yours: This is an old picture I pulled from my other thread, with an arrow added to point out the FPR.

It certainly appears to be a regulator, and fuel makes the most sense. But it also appears as though only one of the barbed tubes is connected to a rubber line. That seems odd if fuel is going through it. Is there a third connection, perhaps on the underside?

It looks like the same FPR I ran in my fuel injected Birkin. I think mine was an Aeromotive.

In case it matters, this Birkin is fuel-injected.

FPR? edit: Fuel Pressure Regulator?

I'm York area, so not too far. Let me do some measurements and get back. Pics came through fine.

@Vovchandr is right. An adjustable FPR. Scott