Austin David

Josh @ RMC confirmed I should be using the "R" setup. One of those checkboxes was "sport" suspension, so here's another exception to the Ikea installation guide.

Thanks! I moved them down to "R". This old post seems to indicate some roll steer in the "S" setting, which I very much find annoying and definitely would not want in my 7. If I get curious I may move them up to see what it's like; seems easy enough with wheels off.

I'm fitting the radius arms on my 360S and noticed the higher "S" position vs lower "R". I couldn't sort out the difference on my own. Cruising some other forums it seems like the generally preferred option, road or not, is "lower" (R position). Does anyone have direct experience? Or does everyone pretty much just leave them in the "R" position?

Thank you for jynxing my build Fortunately Josh seems to be on the ball, if not at least ultra responsive. Touch wood, I have mostly just had to root through every box 5x to find stuff...

Jimmy started a thread about his 310R in Atlanta; I was right behind him on the truck, with my 360S. I'm hoping my build is relatively sane, but I think every single checkbox in the order form leads to a departure from the instructions... and I checked a lot of boxes. So far I've fit the front suspension and headlight supports. Lighting will come much later. At Josh's recommendation I'm doing the rear end next, and will slide the trans onto the propshaft (instead of the engine-first approach in the book). Intersting bits: my upper wish / FARB cups had weld in the groove for the dust cover, and in the corner. Same as https://caterham420detailedbuildblog.co.uk/2019/12/02/front-anti-roll-bar/. On discussion with Josh, I cleaned up the weld myself with a dremel and square diamond file, painted it up. This was present on both sides. I also had to clean out the powder coat in both cups and buff down the FARB ends (plastic balls) with 400# sandpaper. The heater appears identical to the RHD version, but the switch is mounted on the left side. Cable LOOKS long enough to mount the valve in the RHD orientation, but bend the cable around behind the battery. I won't know for sure until I mount the engine and plumb it up. For the diff, I made a long tapered 1/2" 'alignment tool' for the hanger. This made it MUCH easier to seat the spacers and align the top bolt. The forward two are still in progress. I plan to try and refit a dry sump, mostly for ground clearance. I'm still not sure what to expect there, it's a Pace kit. I assume there will be some creativity involved. Finally: I plan to (a) defeat the scorpion key thing and generally remove the key, and (b) run electric heat in the seats. I haven't really worked on either yet. Would love any tips or hints, if anyone else has tried these.

Hi! I'm Austin out of the Charleston, SC area. I took delivery of a new Caterham 360S kit on Friday. I uncrated today, which I consider the first actual day of my build. Back already hurts. I plan to run this "daily" eventually, when the weather is reasonably fair.