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other interesting cars

A British Car Club is putting on an event at the local racetrack this weekend.. Dropped by and took some pics of interesting cars. Two from might favorite era:

ditto the California Caterham site... One thing for sure, you'll need to show receipts for the drivetrain and kit seperately. It can not be dealer built - purchasing everything from one vendor would not look good. Hopefully the owner bought the kit, and bought the drive train separate, then either installed the drive train himself or had it done by 3rd party.

You might consider 17in as I think there's more street sized tires available (could be wrong)

Looking good... what size rims/tires are you thinking of (trying to think of the scale)?

Haven't got my 2008 5.3 swap into my 67 pick up working correctly due to hard shifting... found the custom wiring harness was short two wires from the tranny to ECU. Just got new replacement harness... hope that solves it. Very frustrating to figure out.

Just a few... Q: Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, a Compassionate Conservative and a Mean Conservative are walking down the street. They see a $100 bill lying on the ground. Who gets it? A: The Mean Conservative, naturally. The other three are fictional. Question--why should you always take two Republicans fishing with you? If you take only one, he'll smoke all your pot, but if you take two, they won't smoke any. A liberal says "My glass is half full." A conservative says, "Who drank half my water?" ,

They were done by the same guy that did the chassis (they came in black instead of silver and it would of been a long wait time)... so I doubt anything different was done. I imagine these rims were designed for cars weighing 3 times ours so don't know how much strength loss were talking about losing is relevant. We don't have the greatest roads here and have hit my share of holes, lips, metal plates... So far, so good. That's all I'm saying. ,

I had my cast aluminum 5Zigen wheels powder coated to match my chassis.... 9,000 miles & several track days. ,

Hey Loren, Looked at their web page (didn't find the oil pan)... is that the place that was building you a motor? Any progress?

This is what I got... just to be safe http://www.nengun.com/toda/anti-g-force-oil-pan

So... I have the latter STI, with a 3.9 ratio with the 5X114.3 Do some STIs come with 4.11?. If I wanted a 4.11 do I go with a 2005+ wrx? Would it just be a direct differential swap or do you have to replace the axles etc.. too? ,

Do the different Subaru differentials; 4.11, 4.44, 3.90 have different axles/bolt patterns (STI vs WSX etc..)? ,

The news media exaggerating? Shirley not:) ,

I agree that while there are differences, think of it as different year models. There have been a lot of mods to make the cars more bullet proof (luckily it's all chassis stuff as the drivetrain has been awesome). I look forward to seeing all the mods in 7evin's engine bay if he gets on board... it's the origami of engine bays;)

You can see where my circuit breakers are here (under passenger dash). Agree on putting carbon wrap on dash.. bought a 3m sample myself (too much glare with machined metal). http://usa7s.net/vb/showthread.php?t=9432&highlight=dash ,

Loren (WestTexas) will probably check in soon. He bought WCM from Brian and would probably be your best bet on getting the suspension set up. And he's relatively close by. If you want to really customize the suspension then take a look at what John K has done to his S2K. Look forward to seeing more pics when you get a chance. Welcome!

here's one... might be Bruce's

done it on several cars... no problems. I like the kics brand

I have 450/250 springs and it's very comfortable for Sunday blasts in the foothills. Haven't had it on the track with these yet. That's the highest spring I can put on the shocks I have but I'd like to try 500lbs in front.

I agree with powderbrake, 9s would be too much up front. I have 8" with 35mm backspace and I had to take a little notch off the fender brackets because they were just too close. I have the same size tires in front and they definitely fill the fenders. I have 9" rears with 275s and like others will probably go smaller, thinking 255s. So maybe 8" all around would be good. You could start with 225s all around and follow powderbrakes lead if you want more on the back. You'll probably end up with spacers in the back... (black one but I think RNR has same size too)

How far is too far... Problem with a 7 on the grill?

I like those hard shade tops that open up... on the list

I bought some custom molded earplugs when riding the sportbike but as soon as I put the helmet on they'd lose the seal. Kept them and wore them with the 7 but found they weren't better than a good set of disposables... don't think they went into the ear canal enough.

I bet that's similar to what the pilot would say when he saw the price of a thrilling little no frills car called Caterham;) ,