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Jesus. Don't recall what my top from softbits cost but I can't add another 25% to it

For what it's worth, I've had one cylinder grossly out of temp over the years that I shot with a thermal gun in my thread. Then over the years troubleshooting thing it has moved to a different cylinder but still not resolved. It bothered me so much I bought a FLIR gun for myself instead of borrowing it. Pictures are in the thread somewhere

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Caterham Super 7 CSR (2010) it has speakers..

Spotted this nice looking 2025 CATERHAM Seven 420 or 620 on Bayswater road London. Nice car!

Crash around 8:30 Mallory Park Crashes/Highlights, 750MC, 18/10/25

So his is actually different. There were two sizes offered in three Varieties. One for SLR 13s and other two for 15s and 16s that came either as a fixed solid metal unit or one that where the center cap with the 7 popped into the bigger center cap. I actually do have a spare metal one I ordered from UK that doesn't fit me and will fit this wheel. It helped me gather all this knowledge on the most trivial thing on the planet. I don't see any reason to sell it but I also have no reason to keep it at this point either. In a pinch I guess I could modify it to fit by cutting the outer ring small to fit my dimension as these are a rare commodity and I'm having a hard time with replacements as you can see in thread above. Took me about 3 years to track down a set from UK. They come up on occasion on ebay.

Found my 7 year old post discussing this matter in more detail as it remembered I did an indepth analysis at some point. "Caterham in particular is known to be loosy goosy with their numbers to achieve the R400/R500/620R 1) They use a metric ton vs regular ton (2240 pounds) 2) I believe and I could be wrong that the weight is dry and typically without other options. (If you order your R400 and add heater option, obviously weight goes up, P/W goes down but it remains R"400") 3) The engine numbers are crank numbers, while most of the people who build and modify their cars use wheel HP numbers 4) Even if the numbers don't add up exactly, R400 sounds a lot better than R393... For fun math R420 = 420hp/ton ~210hp Duratec crank (likely optimistic to begin with)/1240 lbs = R378 (using crank #) We area already at way lower number than the plaque and that is stock, using their own numbers provided on the website. Start adding other common features that don't come with that 1240 lbs standard spec. + dry sump + LSD + weather equipment + heater + windshield washer + carpet + SAE Roll bar (thicker) etc etc. Lets even say this will add 100 lbs, we are already an "R350". Point is, my "superlight" (In quotes as I have carpet, wet sump, windshield washer, tools in the back, weather gear + gas/fluids) as it sits now could likely be the equivalent 300hp/ton or less an I won't care cause its still a blast and its still fast. Edit X2: I dug deeper and this is what I found (see attachment) They actually openly list that they are realistically 375ps per tonne for the R420. 620S is "Power-to-weight: 508bhp-per-tonne" 270 is one of the most "honest ones" Power-to-weight: 254 bhp-per-tonne Source: http://us.caterhamcars.com/cars/seven-270"

Caterham plays fast and loose with their math of numbering. The math should be Hp/Ton but they use arbitrary picked and rounded up HP and they use a metric ton. If your unit is claimed to have 210hp on paper then by their math it would indeed fall between 360 and 420 they just didn't have that numbering system for Zetec years.

Great to hear you're enjoying it. It's certainly a memorable chapter in life to own a 7. You're right about your gearing. Not sure what fix for you is but my gearing is tall first and short all others after in 6spd. Works very well. As far as mounts, I can't speak for Birkin design but Caterham failure point is typically glue not the actual mounts. They are one piece with round tubing and no particular weak points. As far as adaptation I'm sure it can be done but won't be direct or easy.

If you have a phone made in the last 10 years you can easily take pictures of the 18 pages if you're willing to put in the effort and those can easily be converted into PDF/Scan files. If you're willing to put a tiny bit more effort there are many apps that act as a scanner too.

Pretty photoshoot for it! Did it get trailered there or its close to home? Sad to hear you didn't get to enjoy it much Edit: Oh I see its listed by 911r. Say no more

Two fingers down to greet. One finger back up facing backwards if they didn't do the wave back (yes you Harley owners and squids)

I use on the trailer to monitor for blowouts

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Yes that was very well written. I want to reiterate that if properly carried out the discussion here can be very civil and educational. The comment from @speedwagon is not a perspective I'd get anywhere else in my life on the regular basis. I come from the opposite spectrum. Not only I'm one of the youngest here, but I'm certainly one of the newest to USA from the youngsters (came here in 2000) so my perspective is pretty much from 9/11 on but I also have memories and families in Russia for that view point. To me America is a service, consumer and technology economy. Farming is ever present and is an important but difficult balance in a global economy where all goods are technically equal. Milk is milk. Chicken is chicken and rice is rice. If the same thing can be grown in two competing countries it can certainly be important to make sure your country's goods have priority. Barring farming Americans establish trends, make entertainment (Hollywood) and employ a huge amount of service workers and many of us start out in that field in our careers living that miserable life that teaches us that a large portion of people are just plain selfish a-holes. "Approximately 79% of the US workforce is employed in the services sector" - source google search. What I gathered while living here is that Capitalism is god and shall not be questioned. If its cheaper to make things overseas, than "thats the rules" and all chachkis are made in China and so all the call centers go to India. Stocks must go up and that shall not be questioned. I always found it amazing that things can cost $4 to be manufactured and to get to my door from China but when I try to ship the same thing to next town over it will cost me $10 just to ship the item, not even counting the cost of making it and profit built into it. Insanity but hey "thats the rules" that support the capitalism/consumer economy. The nuance that Capitalism is dependent on people and government providing manpower and infrastructure is often lost on people who pray to the Capitalist gods. Amazon cannot exist with just Bezos being his own boss and paving his own roads to drive his own trucks and China making most of his goods, yet it is deemed that he owes nothing back to society on which his empire is built. I digress. As of right now the recent year is reminding me more and more of living in Russia from firsthand experience and I don't like it. This is not the America I came to in 2000's and its becoming harder and harder to tell differences. I don't like the military parade like we had there. I dont like rouge police/government forces stopping people on streets like we had there. I don't like our president to be a multi billionaire like we had there. I dont like him having his own press channels like we had there. I can go on with recent similarities. On average people are happier because they have more stuff thats for sure.

Not getting into much of a debate on anything else but this statement rubs me the wrong way. We used to rely on expertise of others who were proven as competent by their own peers to have educated opinions based on their experiences in the field. Now people are starting to value their opinion not just as much as the experts but they value their own opinions and conclusions on stuff we know nothing about above experts in the field. Not to mention paid mouth pieces that help people sway their opinions so nobody truly is unbiased in their choice. The lawyers have a saying that a lawyer that chooses to represent themselves has an idiot for a client. Don't even get me started on self assigned titles the likes of "law abiding citizens" which aren't worth putting more then 3 seconds of consideration for value.

Saw it out live! Great to see you Chris and Charlie @Birkinman

CSR fenders are back on Looks like they need a reinforcement skeleton made inside as they keep flexing and rubbing