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Here is another Lithium battery brand which I understand the Porsche 914 guys have used: http://www.fullspectrumpower.com/products/batteries/

I'm going to start with a dry sumped 2.3 Duratec with Cosworth stage 1 cams. I'm undecided about the paint protection. I've only seen average results with all of the contours on the front end of our cars. Do you have any recommendations?

I'm leaning more toward a paint pen to fix any chips which may occur.

Thanks, guys. Only the fun options were checked! Thanks also for the advice on the carbon. Does that apply for all of the carbon - mirrors, wind deflector, etc?

Both the front and rear wing are the unpainted carbon option.

Here are a few of the options which I have gone with:

• Black Pack

• Aero Wishbones

• ATL Kevlar Fuel Bag Tank

• Carbon Fiber Seats w. Alcantara Trim

• Stack Display

• Lowered Floor

• Race 4pt Harness

• Track Day Roll Bar

• Battery Master switch

• Plumbed in Fire Extinguisher

• Carbon Fiber (Unpainted) Rear Cycle Wings

• Sadev Gearbox, AP Racing Sequential Clutch

• AP Racing Brake Bias Valve

Stay Tuned!

Joe

Hi from San Diego! My name is Joe and I live in the Mission Hills part of town. It was great meeting Brad (Roll A Seven), Justin (sdcat) and Tom at the Qualcomm autocross this past weekend. I have a CSR Superlight on the way and hope to start the assembly in ~one month. The first pictures of the build came in today, from Dartford:

The base color is Aspen White and the stripes are Ice White, both shamelessly stolen from the Lotus color wheel. The design layout is a reflection of the Caterham Formula One livery.

// CSR Superlight

Thanks for the insight, guys! My CSR is coming with the superlight dash. I'm planning to get the pneumatics eventually but wanted to get the car up and running without first. I'll report back with how the installation goes. Maybe I'll be getting the paddle shift earlier than I anticipated!

Has anyone here fitted a Sadev (or Quaife) in their CSR? I've been advised by Caterham that "there is likely to be some chassis modification required. The tunnel top also is designed for an H pattern box."

Can anyone elaborate on what I would have to do/modify to get a sequential to fit the CSR chassis?

What have people done to make the tunnel look best with just the forward/backward motion?

Thanks for any help. With a little luck, my CSR Superlight will be shipping from the UK in the next week.

-Joe

I can offer insight to how the AP Racing sequential clutch plate performs when it arrives and my car is built. Remind me in a few months, if interested.

I used Swain Tech on my last race engine. It actually works as opposed to many of the cosmetic ceramic coatings on the market. I used to have my personally generated data to support this but will have to locate.

Has anyone had any communication with the SCCA regarding the Duratec engines?

Currently, it appears that the only option for the "Lotus / Caterham 7 America"

ZETEC and SVT ZETEC, which haven't been the current engine for several years now.

I'm also curious if there has been any communication regarding the CSR chassis. With the CSR it appears that I'll likely be limited to Time Trials. It would be nice to use the car in EP wheel to wheel racing.

Cheers,

Joe

Lovely Jap engine for a 7 + its N/A,great job and hats off!!!

Thanks!

-Joe

The blue line is the un-ported head with stock exhaust valves.

The red line is the custom exhaust valves in ported head.

The orange line is the stock head with un-ported intake valve.

The yellow line is the custom intake valves in ported head

The red and yellow lines are measured over more lift areas because of the cams being used.

Lift is measured in increments of 0.050”

Test was done at 28 inches of vacuum

Average airspeed is 345 ft/sec

I've moved on from the MR2 world and am getting started with 7s. I planned to use this engine that I had built for my "2" but am going to go with something more plug and play. I'm limited on time and not as skilled at custom work as many of you.

The tune is still very conservative, even being the highest hp N/A MR2 gen 3 motor out there. It would also make a tremendous turbo engine as well if someone chose to simply swap in lower compression pistons. All work has been professionally done by Chris Katthage at Enginelogics, so you know it is top quality. All invoices have been retained.

I travel frequently for work, so please e-mail me if you have interest in discussing further.

There is flexibility in the price; depending on what components you are looking for/your personal build intentions. This is a great opportunity for a top quality drivetrain at a value price. Titanium rods alone have more than doubled in price since the Boeing 787 went into production! I will also give you the map from my MoTeC m400 to help you get started with your own ECU.

$10,500 OBO

I'm also willing to entertain splitting the block and head if to bring the cost down but there will need to be buyers for both components lined up before a sale.

Interestingly enough, a Tom’s engine is advertised for sale at $16,990 with less power! http://www.tomsracing.co.jp/product...g.php?mprID=285

Many thanks for your interest,

Joe

joeschroeter at gmail dot com

Engine Specifications:

Custom CP 13.5:1 88mm Pistons w/ 3-D Internal Mill, Lateral Gasports, etc.

Swain Ceramic Coated: Combustion Chamber, Valve Faces, Intake and Exhaust Ports (TBC)

Swain Piston Dome & Skirt Swain Ceramics (TBC & PC9, respectively)

3rd Generation "GE" Head w/ Race Porting by Chris Katthage at Enginelogics

Custom Cam Sync

Custom 304 Advertised Duration, 13.5mm lift Camshafts (257 @ .050” IN/ 257 @ .050” EX billet cams)

Fidanza 6061 Aluminum Adjustable Cam Gears

Ferrea Custom O.S. Stainless Valves, 36mm IN 30mm EX – Modeled after Blacktop BEAMS

Custom 50mm Individual Throttle Bodies

Custom Vacuum Reservoir

Custom Fuel Rail System

Subaru WRX 565cc, Metal Pintle Tip, (8) Hole Cap High Impendence Injectors

Walbro 255LPH High Pressure Fuel Pump

Caldina OEM (ST215) COP Ignition

Alamo Autosports 6061 Distributor Cap Off

OEM Shim Under Bucket Modification

Custom Machine Work - Cut Exhaust Side Shim Buckets

Custom Machine Work - Hand Cut Lifter Cut Outs to Accommodate Larger Cam Shafts

Ferrera 85lb. Dual Valve Springs

Ferrera Titanium Valve Spring Retainers

Crower Custom Titanium Long-Rob Setup w/ rod ratio of ~1.7

Ishihara-Johnson Teflon-edged Crank Scraper

Lightened, Chamfered, Balanced and Micro Polished 5S Crankshaft

Custom Crank Trigger

93 OEM “5S” Treated Block

Custom Lightened and Balanced Flywheel

OEM Modified GenIII 4-2-1 Header, Swain White Lightning Coated

OEM GenIII Cylinder Head w/ Swain Tech Chamber and Port Ceramic Coating

Custom Exhaust, Swain Tech White Lightning Coated

Speed Source Urethane Motor Mounts

XRP Braided Stainless Hoses

RacerX 6061 Alternator Mount

OEM 70amp (lightweight) Alternator

Thrust Washer
3S-GTE

Main Bearing Set
Main Bearing Set

0.025 over size
Oil Pump Assembly

Oil Pump Cover Gasket


Rear Main Seal
Cam

Seal
Tensioner


Primary Idler Pulley


Secondary Idler Pulley


5SFE Water Pump


X-Line 3 Row Aluminum Radiator

Custom Coolant Neck


0.8mm 3SGTE Head Gasket


ARP Head Stud Kit (3S-GTE)


Timing Belt for 3S-GTE


Bore, hone, Align Bore and Deck 5S Block

Custom Oil Filter Relocation Kit w/ Stainless Lines, Increased Capacity

Custom Fuel Rail

Aeromotive Fuel Pressure Regulator

8 bar pressure sensor w/adapter, Fuel and oil pressure
3-pin PSI transducer term kit

Bosch engine temp sensor 1/8 NPT Bosch Sensor Term Kit

Air temp sensor (Bosch)
Air/Engine Temp / Lambda Sensor Term Kit (Bosch)

Engine (water) temp sensor (Bosch)
Engine Temp / Lambda Sensor Term Kit (Bosch)

1-bar map sensor (BARO)
1-Bar Pressure Sensor Term (GM) Kit (BARO) (100 KPA)

108 KPA BARO pressure sensor
1-Bar Pressure Sensor Term (GM) Kit (BARO) (108 KPA)

LSU wide range lambda sensor 4.0 LSU Lambda term kit

Most of the ancillary parts that were refreshed in the rebuild along with complementary machine work are not listed, for space purposes. This is a lot of data to sort through, so please let me know if anything is obviously missing.