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I'll offer this for thought, qualified first by saying I don't know what your intended usage is (fast track day, auto-x, full race, etc). Nonetheless, A common mistake is over-tire-ing a car that weighs this little. Very often, ultimate grip is better with a slightly smaller contact patch that heats up to and stabilizes at a more appropriate temperature. Requires lot$ of testing of lot$ of tires, but thats part of the fun, right...?

Of course trying an actual car on for size is best, but the size 15 is definitely going to be an issue. I've seen some photos of Caterham's in England that use a redesign of the floor under the seat to create a seat mount 'pocket' below the normal floor pan horizontal plane to give tall guys more headroom. You could do a similar thing down in the footwell to lower your heels below the frame tube plane. Given that the engine sump is usually the lowest point of the car, surely theres a couple of vertical inches available for your feet.

Certainly impressive, but need to be sure its an apples-to-apples comparison. The 'ring has two timing distances, the full circuit (used less often) and a timed segment that starts some way away from the pit exit, and stops short of the pit entrance (for safety). IIRC, the difference is about 20 seconds... Google would probably find the specifics.

Std Caterham bar on my car is used for pushing car around and in/out of garage. I dont count on it for much more... ... about the same as I count on the side panels helping in an intrusion event. Life's too short to worry about such things anyway. :-)

thanks for the kind words; car is actually black and alloy, but I can see how it might look BRG in photo.

Greetings from Montreal; 1600 x-flow, live axle, and 4-speed, just like God and Colin intended ! http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/479136717_BN left front.JPG

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