James A

If you have clamshell front wings the wide track suspension may not fit under them. If you have cycle wings you may need to modify them.

I hate to see you sell it! But, the Stang will be fun. jim

Nice Boss!!!! Love that car, saw some at a track day last weekend while I worked on the race car. One in particular was very well driven and fast. The Contour VCT on the exhaust was for emissions only and robs power, and thus my desire to install the VCT delete and regrind the exhaust cam.

I know you went through a lot early on in your tuning efforts, I did not know you tried an SVT delete. Didn't you have some oil pressure issue involving the SVT that once you solved got your HP back where it should have been all along? There are some SCCA E Production race cars running SVT engines with the delete and producing some significant horsepower, thank goodness they have a 100 pound weight penalty over the non-SVT cars. I know the VCT deletes are very effective as VCT was for emissions and not performance. I am going to try the VCT delete so I can play with my exhaust cams to get some more power.

I finally found a VCT delete for my Contour engine, but before I install it and all that that entails who has experience using a VCT or SVT delete? At least I can now modify my exhaust cam for some improved performance. Experience anyone?

It will be a very fun ride!!

Well, if it is a Caterham than it is a 1972 or later. And if it is a Caterham, why all the Lotus badges etc.?

Guys, thanks so much!

I did a search for the clutch but did not see any clear information on this so here goes; I have a 2000 Caterham 7 with a Ford Focus engine and T-9 gearbox, I need a new clutch but can't find any info on what make, model and year car our pressure plate and disc come from. Oh, I have a Fidenza flywheel, anyone know what to order?

Richard and Tony, Do you have a shop where you do work, and develop products? Look, you carry a lot of the unique items a lot of us use on our 7s, it would be good to know if you have an establishment and actually work on the cars and have a hands on knowledge.

If you have the time, go inspect the car and find someone from the forum locally to go with you. Is it a runner? What shape is the engine and trans in? Chassis damage that has been repaired?

Welcome, you are in for the time of your life! Which engine did you get?

The big difference I see with the car companies who have survived F1 departures and Caterham is that the total asset value of Caterham is likely less than one year's budget for a Tier 2 or 3 F1 team. And most of the other car companies exited by choice, again if Caterham F1 gets in financial trouble, Caterham Car's asset value wouldn't do them much good! If the other car companies teams got in trouble they could write a check. Yea, the Air Asia thing is another aspect of the financials I did not even think about! Damn, now I am even more worried.