Nick OTeen

I stand up mine in a corner in the living room.

We machined a recess for the half crown (1962, in light of the car being a 1962 Lotus 22) into an area on the valve cover that is used, by some, as place to install a fitting for a breather. It's permanently embedded in place. The intake manifolds are plated in electroless nickel (though smudged up a bit with oil in the photo) and are long and curved due to the engine in a 22 being canted over to the right in the chassis to lower the center of gravity. As for the other aluminum valve cover, I couldn't say for certain if it would clear a roller rocker set up, but it seems pretty tall and roomy. It is essentially dimensionally identical the Cosworth cover on the 22 engine. If you can send me some dimensions I can measure it and check.

Here are a couple photos of the aluminum valve cover. It's actually a nicely cast piece. It will look a whole lot better after spending a few minutes with some paint stripper. That flat rectangular area on top could be modified by having a machine shop with a CNC mill engrave some letters and/or numbers, or an emblem into it. If it were me, I'd strip it bare and then have done up in a wrinkle finish powder coat followed up by polishing the fins and raised area. The wrinkle powder coat is what I did with the similar valve cover on the engine for my Lotus 22 Formula Junior engine (shown here after a dyno run). That Cosworth cover was a pricey piece, but appropriate for the engine/car.

Here's another option: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/fms-302-137?seid=srese1&gclid=CjwKCAiAyPyQBhB6EiwAFUuaklXsMUfizDbqxO-rCyZZY0352cFyoROH0PFi6Kwr18WOVBCVIgZmehoCYw0QAvD_BwE

I have a polished aluminum valve cover that will fit, but it doesn't say "Ford Racing" (or anything else) on it.

https://wwwqa.performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-6582-16K

One good source for LED lights for automotive use is here: https://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/tail-brake-turn/ One thing to keep in mind when replacing conventional incandescent turn signal bulbs with LED units is that most turn signal flasher units depend upon the electrical load provided by incandescent bulbs. Typical LED replacements don't provide a sufficient load which will cause the turn signal flasher to flash at a much faster rate. To overcome this will need to replace the flasher with one intended for use with LEDs. Some even provide an adjustment feature that allows you to dial in the flash rate you desire.

One of my race cars, which uses a PC680 (as does my Caterham 7) would quickly drain the battery while trying to start it. It turned out the bushings/bearings in the starter motor were worn which allowed the armature to be off-center. I had the starter rebuilt and afterward it spun like a champ and did not drain the battery.

I have carbon fiber stone guards that are covered with paint protection film on top of fiberglass fenders that are likewise covered with paint protection film that extends up to the top of each fender. Everything looks great.

While there is some slight resemblance, the lights on on the truck in the photo are not the ones Caterham is selling now.

My set arrived from England yesterday morning. The name CATERHAM appears on the lens twice. One right side up and the other inverted. They look and feel to be very well made and the kit is impressively complete. I’m looking forward to installing them on my car.

As the title says, I'm trying to find an aero screen in carbon fiber that will fit a Caterham SV chassis. I'm familiar with the Westermann Motorsport (Germany) item. Are there other sources that anyone here know of?

Are all four wheels 6" in width, or is the set, by chance, 6" wide fronts and 8" wide rears?

We will see how long it takes for them to arrive. The shipping seemed awfully steep, however, for such a small and light package; about the same as what I spent a couple of months ago having this pricey, but beautiful, and heavy, lump of iron shipped over from the UK:

I like them. A big improvement over the standard-issue, box-o-lights that look like something found in the "Towing Accessories" section at your local auto parts store. The look to be well made and nicely engineered in terms of packaging and wiring. They're not cheap at roughly $530 delivered to the US, but I ordered a set and look forward to installing them on my car.

I'm certainly a big fan of 7s with red interiors. Mine, for example.

Highly recommended. Been there, bought that.

To answer your question, no, a hex bit (or Allen key) will not be suitable for removing a drain plug that has a square opening. While the standard drain plug on a T-9 transmission can be removed/installed with a 10mm hex tool, there is always the possibility that your plug got switched out some time in the past for a plug with a square opening. As such, you might try simply using a socket wrench with a 3/8" drive extension to remove the plug.

Arch Motors, which is still in business, built pretty much every tube frame chassis for Lotus from the very beginning; including those for Lotus race cars up to and including the F1 chassis. For example, I'm currently restoring a 1962 Lotus 22 F-Jr. Its chassis was produced by Arch and still bears the stamped-in letters "AM" followed by a two digit number. Like all Arch tube frames, including the chassis of my 2005 Caterham, is beautifully brazed together rather than welded. Arch continued to make tube frames for Caterham up until at least 2005 before Caterham brought the chassis production in-house where they are welded rather than brazed. Arch Motors also produced all the aluminum body panels for Lotus 7s and, thereafter, Caterham 7s.

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And one more:

It will handle a quality 265GB memory card. As for external power, check out this video: [video=youtube;WzFk0HmUC-Y]

I'd be interested if that could be arranged.

They are on facebook. From the looks of things they do contract manufacturing of carbon fiber components for other companies. https://www.facebook.com/enishi.carbon/photos/a.2111815259131559/2126048934374858 Their facebook page also shows pictures of carbon fiber cycle wings, dash panels and noses for 7s.

I bought one of these wheels to have around as a spare. At this price it was too good to pass up. It arrived Saturday and was, as described above, "excellent condition."