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Ok. That is fantastic. Kudos

For anybody wondering about the pedal difference between early and late pedals, I happen to have both. New is the round one. Old is flat. New sits higher and not sure if it will fit just yet but it certainly seems to provide more travel which is what I'm after. If it doesn't work, I have replacement pedal to bend over further

Sightseeing 'Photo Shoot' Trip around London's Hot Spots in a Caterham 310R

Tips and Fails of taking a Caterham through the McDonalds Drive Thru | Doors On or Off? | 310R

Getting in a Caterham with the Roof On when you're a Big Lad! | 310R | Thankfully Not Raining!

Caterham 170 - All you need to know

Driving A Caterham In The Wet Is STUPID But Huge Fun! (2005 Super Seven Academy Driven) time stamped instant accidental spin on wet roads below https://youtu.be/3YzdJIr3Yus?t=279

This Is Why You NEED to Drive A CATERHAM!!

Caterham 620S review - is this the ultimate Caterham? Power, performance and a few creature comforts

Reinforced some of the existing mounts with JB wild as an attempt to make them better. Couldn't have them welded while mounted due to likely damage to CF and wasn't going to remount all of them. Will get replacement units reinforced in meantime. Also discovered that there is always something new to find. My left and right fairing stays are different. Not sure why or how but they have different width spread and aren't interchangeable. Luckily I have new race mounts to make it all work. Race mounts march one side but not the other

The Lotus 7 story Timestamped shout out below... @JohnCh @Croc

If I recall during the history of the original Lotus 7, there was an engine upgrade that made it a Super 7. It was either larger or even had "super" in the name (super sprint? or something?) and as far as I know the name has stuck around as it was only made with that engine going forward. Can't find the source on that right now, but I'm sure somebody will correct me otherwise.

Another track year, another set of failing BigHeads fasteners. This time around im going to see if some reinforcement welding can be added in weak failing points at the bends. The glue held fine so far for year 2 and 3, the actual metal fatigues and fails. Glue is so strong it's actually a bear to remove. I refuse to hard mount the fenders. I only imagine that the situation would only cause more trouble in the future and I like the ability to swap over fender mounts as needed due to different tire and wheel sizes (I have high and low fender mounts now)

I feel like it's time for you to get a Montana plate..

Funny you say that about being alike Here is what used-to-be-mine-became-hers Grom looks like along some of my other bikes. It's small enough that I still keep it in the single car garage next to 7. It does sound like you have a very nice HPC unit. With straight cut gears I believe you said as well? Also mimics mine. The whine is awesome. Helmet is obviously personal risk tolerance. I wear safety glasses and so far debris hasn't been an issue other than the track. Got nailed with a piece of tire in my visor last time at NJMP. Brits leaving stains behind is just their way of marking US territory. It's like a dog peeing on a fire hydrant outside. It doesn't really own it, but it feels better about leaving the mark and claiming it. Look forward to seeing more pictures and experiences with your 7.

Ah the Vegas life. Where 7 could actually serve as a "year round" vehicle. You should still be excited. The car really can be a life changing epiphany in a way for those who life small well handling cars. You being a motorcycle rider like myself, you'll be amused to hear that I barely ride any of my bikes anymore since getting the 7. Thats after many many years of riding and behind a die hard bike guy. Any time it's nice enough for a bike, it's nice enough for a 7 and it's a similar experience that's better in some ways. No helmet, no gear, no need to worry about falling over or glancing at guard rails as a decapitation device. You just go out and enjoy it. Strongly recommend an aero screen. With all that said, in NY the car doesn't see more than a few thousand miles a year. Between temperature, other weather, limited utility and numerous gremlins/breakdowns it certainly doesn't make a daily for me. I believe reliability is hit or miss. It's simple in many ways but high strung in other ways. As you can see by my thread I've been chasing misc issues throughout my ownership but to me that's part of the experience. Plus eventually I'll run out of things to replace...

That explains a bit. I'll likely try to bend these over the winter as there really isn't an existing second market for CSR stays in US, or otherwise also order the aluminum ones. They also lighten the wallet too! How did you end up securing the front/back? I assume you likely glued the back but did you actually use the bolt for the front?

I'd think about it, but fore-warning. I get rid of very few parts... In other news I got hit with a nice case of hindsight being 20/20. I knew that CSR has a different offset but for some reason I expected the CSR cycle wings fit with CSR wing stays on an S3 just fine. Quickly learned thats not the case. Westermann sells appropriate lighter wingstays and I might end up going that route instead of bending what I have now. Still debating. They aren't the cheapest thing on the planet https://westermann-motorsport.com/en/produkte/superlight-cycle-wing-stay-csr-type-wings @SK400 - I assume you got westermann stays too or did you use existing Caterham ones and make them work?

The type 9 is likely leaking into the bellhousing and thats where you see the puddles. I let mine leak until my clutch failed on the track, then once I was in there I serviced the Type9 and did the rear main seal fixing all the problems. It's a decently big enough job that obviously requires engine removal. If it's not too big of a leak I'd keep checking on levels and keep topping it off. Have you setup a cardboard underneath it to help pin point exactly where the drips are coming from?

Donuts in the 7

The LIGHTEST Production Caterham ever! Caterham 170S and 170R

Stuff to think about. The overkill option was particularly recommended when I mentioned of potentially trying to go FI with the Rotrex over the winter. Until then it was a balance of them having to poke around Pectel and while possible it would add up in hours of labor due to limits of system. According to the tuner and my understanding going with a better ECU will be an initial cost but will save on troubleshooting and tuning time in the long term. Don't know what the balance/crossover point is but that's the theory. I'm open to all and other options, but I'd like to do it once as I'm sure the labor on repining will add up. I don't want to change harness if I don't have to. I'm far from electrical expert so I'd rather not get into it.

Tuner is recommending upgrading ECU from ancient Pectel in order to move forward and figure things out and tune it well. Any good reason to hesitate upgrade besides cost? I have an Omex sitting on a shelf but after the effort of repining and doing all the work tuner is recommending just going with a good new unit to begin with. Their suggestion is Emtron. Never heard of it and will look into it for now.