SimonRogers

I know it's difficult in North America to find tires in the correct sizes and types. Particularly in 13". I am thinking aloud here having provided a number of customers over the years shipping 4 tires at a time = costly! Is there any gain - someone able to partner with me where we can take an anual order (or however often is required) to send over a container of tires. I can do the legwork and ordering and payment here and I need someone over there who could distribute the tires. It may just not be possible - US shipping costs I know are significantly more than UK/European costs. (We ship a pair of tires for $20) Yes its all by road. We could accommodate different makes and sizes. Let me know if there is demand and or if I seem to be living in another universe!

With my US adventure - relocation ending unsuccessfully at the last minute in August last year and having sold the UK businesses I had a little time to create some interesting things. First was the largest App - more like a piece of software. https://www.racetracs.com/. Your all-in-one digital logbook for cars and motorcycles in motorsport. Racetracs has so many tools that can help you. There are also some Explainer videos on Youtube. https://springspec.com/ SpringSpec calculates wheel frequency, ride rate, and critical damping from corner weights and motion ratios — then matches you to the exact spring from Eibach and Hyperco catalogues. Then we have https://stringalignpro.racetracs.com/. Turns your home String line alignment into the corrected figures without any math needed by you. A purpose-built calculator for the string method. Enter your rim measurements and read true toe, camber and thrust angle — referenced to the chassis centreline — in millimetres, inches or degrees. Built for the phone in your toolbox. Today I also launched https://sevensense.racetracs.com/. A torque and fastener reference for the Caterham Seven. Set your model, engine and chassis spec, then ask Colin for any figure — shown with its bolt size and the manual it came from, so you can check it against the fastener in your hand. Self taught with the aid of my mate Claude. If you have any corrections or advice I will certainly be happy to impliment them. Thanks in advance.

Any one looking for the ultimate Bike Engined 7 ? Would need to be a UK import. In race trim only 390 kg in road trim 410kg 210bhp at wheels and 14500rpm

Hi Guys It's been a while since I posted here. Forgive me for my sin! Thanks Croc and everyone else who has offered some kind words. Croc (cough sorry clearing my throat) its 22 current records. :driving: Yes any damper can be revalved but I can 100% say that there are light years between each end of the market. Sometimes we even see high end brands that dont adjust as we would like or expect. You would be surprised. We get the manufacturers to build new to our spec as we have such close relationships with them. No need to take them apart again. Penske, Quantum and Ohlins all have a 2 way damper that doe not need a reservoir. Check out our primary suspension website at http://Www.raceshocks.uk for the Tractive Active suspension. As used by Pagani, Dallara and RUF Porsche. I have used it in the past and will again this year.

It can be resolved but its always a compromise. Currently you will have quite soft springs (nothing wrong there but they are a little to soft) coupled with damping that is not bad at the slower wheel speeds but at higher wheel speed eg holes in the road or race track kerbs there is no significant increase in the damping - it sort of flatlines after 6"/sec. So with an aftermarket damper you can tune this out - particularly with a two or threeway unit. I would recommed slightly heavier springs but quite a bit more compression/bump damping. This won't hurt the cars ride over the more general stuff but will help on track or over those frost heaves you speak of. Of course you could just slow down:blueangel:

Running a full closed loop paddle shift system is the way to go on protecting both the gearbox and engine. It will block downshift (It simply won't do them) if the revs are to high for the corresponding gear below. They always perform a perfect gear change and so gear wear is significantly reduced and that engine remains unexploded. Hope you get it sorted. I snapped a cam chain on my 1396 last year at 10500 revs. Lucky it was just a few valves and tapets/followers. I now have a top spec 1396 Mistral with 205 at the rear wheels. Its about as much as a 1396 can do with longevity built in. Hoope you get yours sorted soon.

Hi All Hello from Wales - UK A true coincidence that I have come across your forum and that one of the busiest topics is the Handling thread. I'll make no bones about it I have joined the forum for the obvious marketing benefits it could give me. However I won't "sell" anything and I will always give you my honest opinion based on my experiences not on what I may or may not sell. I'd like to make some new friends here also. I hope one or 2 of you have heard of my business and that I can be of some help and information. Me I have owned a 7 since 93. The first a live axle crossflow. In 1998 I purchased a Clubsport 1.8K with 6 speed box and in 2001/2002 built my current car (well sort of - it was an R400 at that point). I have been Sprinting (Autocross to you guys) and hill climbing since 2002. I was the L7C Competition Sec for 6 years (Stepped down this year) and have a few FTD and competition wins to my name. The R400 soon became more competition orientated and had an Elite sequential box, paddle shift and Ohlins 2 way race dampers fitted in 2005. I had a "big one" at the end of 2008 season having already won my class and Overall speed championship hitting a tree at over 87mph. Climbed out unscathed and rebuilt the car over the winter on a new chassis. In 2011/12 I converted the car to a Hayabusa7 with 1400cc engine. Meteor Motorsport grew from my interest in the 7 and more particularly its handling. I raced MotoX as a kid and understood bump and rebound. I think this helps a lot. So as I seemed to have a well sorted car people asked advice - I would guide them toward a suspension supplier and so on - then I started to sell the dampers on set ups I specified. Now Meteor sells most of the aftermarket suspension to the 7 community in the UK. I found your site as I have been gaining more and more customers for your part of the world and thought I would introduce myself here. So if you have any questions I will try and answer. Here is my Car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-nR...re=c4-overview :cooldude:

Hi All Hello from Wales. A true coincidence that I have come across your forum this afternoon and that one of the busiest topics is the Handling thread. I hope one or 2 of you have heard of my business and that I can be of some help and information. I wont try to sell you anything (I will have to bite my tounge on occasions I am sure when an opportunity stairs me in the face):chillpill: Please slap me down if I over step the mark. Me I have owned a 7 since 93. I have been Sprinting (Autocross to you guys) and hill climbing since 2002. I was the L7C Competition Sec for 6 years (Stepped down this year) and have a few FTD and competition wins to my name:hurray: Meteor Motorsport grew from my interest in the 7 and more particularly its handling. I raced MotoX as a kid and understood bump and rebound. I think this helps a lot. So as I seemed to have a well sorted car people asked advice - I would guide them toward a suspension supplier and so on - then I started to sell the dampers on set ups I specified. Now Meteor sells most of the aftermarket suspension to the 7 community in the UK. I found your site as I have been gaining more and more customers for your part of the world and thought I would introduce myself here.:seeya: Back to the discussion - Terry's very first post said under damped and over sprung - says it all about many many 7's - you wont find that with our dampers be they Penske, Ohlins, Quantum or Nitron. In fact our Nitron Spec is over 4 times softer in rebound than the regular Nitron Setup in Rebound. So if you have any questions I will try and answer. Here is my Car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-nRbWoYUGA&list=UU7RH1ud1FpNj4DJ7DBWZggQ&feature=c4-overview :auto: