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Make the dreams of these guys come true 6 years later..

Also got this wall sign and a bit disappointed in it. Glad I didn't get the bigger one and spend more. It looked more glamorous in the pictures. It's a generic light box with a print over it. No raised features at all and the light bleeds through the black I like it but I had higher expectations. Would be happier if light didn't bleed through so much

Haven't driven the car yet. Trying to catch up on all affairs and sort out alternator. In meantime more 7 related goodies arrived Jacket which is also sort of unobtanium.. tried to buy one off another member after he sold the car but he wanted to keep the jacket. Found this one in Australia and risked a small size when I'm typically an M. It fits but encouraged weight loss

Yes loop circuit. Makes sense on both accounts. If it's ground that would make sense why my alternator didn't work last time as I connected both those terminals together on the alternator. Does the alternator need a ground? I believe there is a terminal for it. I don't think I'm combining those two again. I also don't think it's long enough to reach chassis as its ziptied together from before. Im fairly certain it goes on alternator somewhere, just not the same area as main power

Right the one big red one goes directly to starter which looks to go to battery. It's the second wire I'm questioning It hides into the pigtail harness to the alternator. My pigtail only has two of 3 What does middle pigtail wire do?

Since Ive been through some alternators already I want to make sure I do this right. I know typically alternator just needs the pigtail plug and a single wire I appear to have two wires that used to be wired up to it. I don't believe I have any before pictures but I do believe they were there together. Second wire hides in the harness. Anybody know what it could be? 2001 Zetec

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Looks like an amazing trip. Thank you for sharing. You've got pretty crazy miles on your 7! 63rd trip?? how far of a drive is it? I'm reposting one of your pictures..

My inner hoarder wants to claim these but I already have all of these parts myself that I have no use for

I don't have an answer you want but I have been in similar shoes as you trying to find somebody to work on the Pectel. Unfortunately I don't have good news. Most tuners worth their weight are busy and don't want to deal with ECU's and softwares they aren't familiar with. They would be willing to do so but they will gladly do so while charging you by the hour, which becomes just as expensive as swapping to an ECU that they might be familiar with. Your options become either learn how to tune yourself and do most of the things you want to do or swap to a different ECU, either OEM if there is no need for standalone or just a more common standalone that more would be familiar with. I had to drive (tow) all the way to NC from NY to have @1turbofocus help me with mine and he did a fantastic job even though the software had it's limitations. He's the guru of Zetecs and I believe Duratecs and could be worth reaching out to for consult. Whats done with your Duratec to justify standalone?

Oh that's another fun topic. How many of us have a 7 as an "interim" car vs forever car. I have zero plans selling mine ever unless I'm forced to do so by circumstances. It's a forever car as far as I'm concerned. I think many of us will echo this. Is that enough of a selling point?

Fun fact. Depending on which year US Caterham you have and every UK model have the orange round blinkers sourced from the UK defender above. For some reason early US ones used a slightly different model that's smaller with a chrome ring.

For what it's worth, I've had this setup and the front to back size difference in side wall and width combo makes the car looks a bit stupid. Rear wheel is too small compare to front 60/R13 vs 45/R13 13x6 Track DOT Toyo R888 185/60R13 Medium 21.8 551 7.3 185 13x8 Track DOT Toyo R888 225/45R13 Medium 21.0 532 8.9 225

Quick comment in regards to Hagerty and track use and jacking up rates. They won't care because they simply won't cover it. Almost no regular insurance coverage covers track days. You'll need a special policy for the specific track days bought for those specific days to be covered in addition.

That surely means they will be supercharged 4 cylinder aka 620R from now on? Right???

If you want reliability I personally don't recommend buying a 2001 SLR that sat around for almost 20 years with few miles. Otherwise you should be good

I think you're very reasonable with your needs and expectations of value and reliability and you should be safe on both of those. At the current market rate it seems that ANY running Caterham of any age or spec goes for $25k easy. Newer specs tend to go for $35k or higher depending on the spec with and miles. Without having a crystal ball I expect the values only to become stronger with the bleak future for enthusiasts. Reliability should be of no concern for the platform with the only caveat of people who put it together. In this case is was in good hands. It looks like a great trim with a great amount of add-ons and in your perfect color. I say stop worrying, commit and start enjoying it. Don't know what state you're in and whether you will have registration problems however.

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