Ian7

Running a wet-sump Kent with a stock pump. Faulty electric Caterham oilP guage scared me into shimming the pump, but substituting a Racetech mechanical gauge now reveals the 100+psi mentioned above.

Good point, but mine must be bypassing, as I appear to have "over-shimmed", and result is 90psi at idle, over 100 with tiniest throttle tap, so shims coming out obviously.

As above, but more detail if you need: pop the pump off the block (three bolts iirc); on the face of the pump that was against the block you will see a small metal disc about 3/8" to 1/2" dia with a small hole in the center, pressed in to a recess in the pump face, the spring is under there; DON'T STARE RIGHT AT THE DISC, IT'S SPRING LOADED! pull the disc out slowly, ready to catch the spring; put a shim on top of the spring, push down HARD, reinstall disc into recess; ... and if all goes as usual, hunt around for the spring, disc, and shim on the floor somewhere and keep trying :-)

to each their own... For the same 600k, I'd rather have a stock Exige and a $500,000 house and garage to keep it in :-)

If its a Zetec, how can it not pass? If its a Kent, find a sympathetic tester who will base it on the age of the engine, not the registration year on the title. (fingers crossed they don't bring this nonsense to quebec)

Put an ATL fuel cell in the passenger seat location?

I'm willing to be the Canadian "distributor/repackager" if there's more than myself up here interested in one. Ian in Montreal

Our local climbing/hiking/outdoor store sells those clips and webbing for peanuts; you could probably make your own strap for

I'm just speculating, (no affiliation etc etc), but buying the kit over there to save a few bucks (ok, a lot) over what the US distributor charges could result in you being ... alienated? ... over here when it comes to parts, service, advice, etc. from them. Just a thought.

Pump is easily shimmed for more pressure. I'm currently in process of trying to iterate pressure down a bit after over-shimming to 100+ psi :-)

99% sure you can't, as you have a "minimum 25 years old" rule for importing used cars (comared to our 15). probably have to break it down and ship in a bunch of boxes and "reassemble".

Ian Montreal 2005 Caterham Classic (Kent + live axle)

Presume you were caught speeding on Hwy #7 (ironic, no ??). Which town is so anal they ticket 84kph in an 80 zone? did you flip off the cop just prior? :-)

I have seen many posts complaining that the standard T9 has a uselessly low 1st gear ratio and too large a gap to second. Couldn't find one to drive before deciding on my car, so I went with a Quaife box with my choice of ratios. Not cheap, but bolts right on to a X-flow. Call Taylor-Race Engineering in Texas.

Ten years ago this website was "visit weekly to see whats new", but it seems Angus has gone quiet the last few years. I first became aware of him when I was building a 1/12th Tamiya of my own... Anyone find any recent posts from him?

almost a "Darwin Award" candidate; better luck next time....

How about this one? (no affiliation, etc, just saw it on our race website) http://www.apexspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40743

Please be careful, I very much doubt the SUV tow rating of 6600# assumes a "no brakes" trailer. Your SUV probably weighs 4500#, so you're now assuming its brakes are good for 2.5 times that. An additional 2500# for 7+trailer may just be managable, but why risk your toy in a rainy skid to save a few hundred dollars on trailer brakes?

There's another aspect most people tend to overlook (or never knew?) and that is tire temperatures. Good race rubber generates it's best grip at temperatures that would surprise the casual observer (pushing 200F). Our very light Seven's, (unless they have ridiculous amounts of power) are generally "over Tire-ed" by their owners, and the benefits of wider contact patches and stiffer sidewalls are more than lost due to tires than run well below their optimum temps because they are so lightly stressed; (again, though, huge power needs bigger tires, at least at the rear). Many years ago, Car&Driver did an exhaustive study of an SCCA-spec race CRX and proved 13" tires were far superior on it to the larger "tuner" styles; imagine for our cars that are 700 pounds lighter....

please, that's photoshop right .... ???

Nice looking car. Curious what a "semi-helical" gearbox is; it's either straight cut, or helical, ? :-)

Dave and I drove our Seven's from Montreal to LOG 18 in Atlanta in 1998, about 4500km round trip (2 days each way). His is Kent powered, mine was Toyota 2TG. Flawless until Dave's threw a fan blade about 10 minutes from home ! LOL

I carry 2 lengths of 2x6 's in the boot for the inevitable encounter with speed bumps too wide to go around. Put them perpendicular to the bump on the far side of it, in line with front tires, keeps the pan high until it clears the bump. Only negative is all the honking from people behind that I'm holding up :-)

hardly straightforward to execute, but BRILLIANT !

When I registered my first 7 clone here in Quebec, I used a single-arm wiper/motor combination that clipped to the top edge of the windshield frame in front of the driver. The "squitter" was a bicycle drink bottle I held out above the windshield and squeezed on command. This actually satisfied the bozo inspector, who never thought to ask how all this was supposed to work with the top installed :-)