IamScotticus

Great race car, terrible street car due to terrible streets. Is there a sporting clientele willing to go to the track? At present, they're willing to play Mario Cart with at home simulators. IMO, Cat is getting too big for a small car.

BMW Gina. This got weird quick. For one, the project took eight years. Then this: Oh, did the writers have a good time with this one! To the USA owner who registers in Virginia, your plates must be "VA****". Regardless, form followed function so that the aluminum tube structure slides under the skin allowing the vehicle to shape shift.

Cardboard! Why didn't Lotus or Caterham think of that?

Buy a built and running 90s Crossflow S3 and take it apart. Rebuild it to your specifications and preference. You will get plenty of wrenching time doing this. Or if you choose, you can make the few necessary improvements and start driving. Either way, with a "vintage" Cat, you will regularly have something to repair. Let me tell you, the build experience is overrated for these newer 7s. A crossflow is much simpler and just as rewarding. I have seen too many builds end up as derelict projects because life got in the way. Im am advocate for buying the best well built and running 7 you can be driving in short order and spend your PRECIOUS time DRIVING and enjoying your 7, NOT being held up by waiting for missing or wrong parts from Cat or whoever. No, from Cat. When you have a complete 7, you can train your kiddos to be pit crew spanner checking and fluid checking all points before a drive. So much to learn they will be able to apply to their own cars. Like throttle steering!

Why buy a new "kit", assuming it's a Cat or Westfield, when 7s are frequently available on BaT, Amz, Ebay, etc? Especially when pricing is so chaotic?

There's a swag thread for this

I'm in no way claiming the Slingshot is a suitable vehicle for sport

Have contact info or web link?

Racetech RTSC130 was my first choice for a reed sensor speedo. may still be. But that Motogadget takes up a lot less room behind the dash. Tempting. The only nagging issue with Motogadget that would bother me is having 80mph on the dial (120-200) I will never use. For my car, which I plan to have a single tach in the center, the 8K RPM tach with the MPH in LED display would work nicely.

My gripe is the name. Should be "S5". Yea, I know, V is Roman numeral 5, but the 7 wasn't named VII or a "mark". The series designations likewise. The series are 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. Following tradition, the next major evolution of the 7 would be series 5. However, I would agree the CSR would qualify as a major evolution of the prototype deserving the S5 title as the S3 was designated such for a wider track, crossflow or TC engine and instrument cluster. Maybe a fuel gauge. Is the SV worth it? If it gets people in a 7 that otherwise couldn't, I believe so. Its not as if its a stupid facelift between the cars. My idea for a better 7 would be larger in all directions, height included, where 15 inch wheels behaved more like 13". I think the S4 was a good attempt to make a better 7, but again, still too small, the width being dictated by axle widths at the time. Continuing with the DeDion would have solved that.

13" tootsies will be a challenge as well as climbing in and out. you can slide in but pushing yourself out of the well and not hitting wheel and switches with knees is requiring lifting self up by arms with a grip on the tunnel and wheel arch, then scootch yourself up until you can get a leg out. seating widths are 15-18 inches on average. 7s are too small, really. I would suggest a Slingshot. Other than looks, which can be changed, a sling has a lot going for it and, in my unpopular opinion, is the modern 7. A rear axle and automatic trans is available for slings. Trak Hamr looks solid http://trakhamr.com/

OH, GOODNESS, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT RECOMMENDATION! https://www.motogadget.us/products/chronoclassic-2 https://spieglerusa.com/gauges-instruments/analog-gauges/analog-speedo-classic/msc-mounting-clamp-5942.html Does this come as a set? both chrono and speedo for $500? Let's assume not, do both chrono and speedo have the same digital displays? Could you elaborate on the speedo sensor adaptation? what kind of pick-up? This? https://spieglerusa.com/gauges-instruments/analog-gauges/analog-speedo-classic/speedo-sensor-m5-reed-contact-5992.html

@Chris D might have spares

I think thats hearing loss

When my wife says the name, it sounds like "SELL IT!"