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I've got a base map for an emerald vvc, i'll message it to you. Revilla on the blatchat forums should be able to answer your mems question. he reverse engineered the mems system. andrewrevill.co.uk/EU2EngineLoom.htm

I think i'm going to have to loop @JohnCh to help out here, you clearly have an agenda. S3 vs SV @Vovchandr!?

In chatting with a friend, i came to the conclusion that the Caterham 7 is truly a car for shorter people. My tall friends can't drive them. All my short friends can fit in them perfectly. Does this mean that if you drive an S3, you are short, and if you drive an SV, you are a normal human? @Croc, I need your advice here.

RHD S3 420 cup is the GOAT car. You have good taste sir.

RHD is how these vehicles were meant to be driven. My ears appreciate being away from the exhaust. You get used to shifting RHD very quickly.

Awesome, when you want to leave the shore and come up into Morris county for some good roads, holler

S3 w/ 13's is the move. DO IT!

I've been a bit absent as I have been falling into the ecu tuning rabbit hole. I had a tip off on this issue from greg, up at time machines. He had seen my misfire video and indicated it may be coil related. I replaced the coil, so I know the coil was new (within the past year). So i went into my ecu map. there was a flat value of 3.03mS for each portion of the range. With some research (and help of AI), I was able to come up with the below linear table for an emerald ECU. I still need to test this data, but I was unable to find anything like this online. I am sharing this here so that in the future, if someone has an issue with their car, it may help them more quickly diagnose their issue. I am looking forward to this salt going away, so I can go test this change. For reference, Rover K series, 1.4 throttle body (aluminum), 52mm TB, emerald K6 ECU. Piper cams (286 iirc), Piper verniers. DVA Ported and polished big valve mod, titanium omega pistons and mahle crank bearings. Dark blue bosch Injectors. Given my carbon build up issues, this may be one step closer to optimal fueling / making sure i'm burning all the fuel the car is putting in. if anyone wants the excel, just holler. Ignition Coil Charge time (in mS) Speed sites 0 500 850 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 8000 8500 9000 9500 Throttle 0% 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 3 3 3 3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 25% 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 3 3 3 3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 50% 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.65 3.65 3.65 3.65 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 75% 3 3 3 3 3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 100% 3 3 3 3 3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9

This makes me so happy to see. These cars were meant to be driven - and you're doing what you should be doing. I can not wait to see you get to 200,000 kms!

Wait you guys wear pants when you drive???

None that i have experienced

I have a soft bits half hood. Love it as it is super easy to use vs the full roof.

Did Dave put solid lifters in? That engine is going to scream

I spoke with Dave extensively when doing my car. His preference is all in the work done to the head. If you can find a bigger valve that he has ported and polished, with the right internals it will transform the car. To convert a k series to duratec, you need to cut a hole in the side of the car

Parts arent too bad for this engine. I have a small stockpile of spare parts up here (sensors, filters) etc. Holler if you need anything.

Is it a DVA engine or other seemingly built engine? Idk if its worth the price of the engine (been looking for a while, 5k or so), plus shipping, plus tariffs. I'd imagine it would be something like 5k for the engine (i'm seeing 3k GBP for a newly built one), 1k for shipping, then tariffs (I think its up to 100% now???), youre spending 11k on the engine. Why not just replace the block and build what you have? I had my K series rebuilt and the parts were much cheaper than going nuts. NEW Stronger K Series Engine Block | EliseParts

Need to dig out thr vinyl and play some Tuesday afternoon.

I dont think this vehicle is necessarily meant to be a daily driver. There are other vehicles for that. Tons of them, that do that job better than this car ever will. This is the second car, for the wealthy tech nerd who already has one ev. I don't see them having significant volume to ever see scale to sell a vehicle en mass to be a daily. We are left with the canyon car, or the weekend trip. Most BEVs aren't driven far enough to warrant the 400 mile range everyone is looking for. BEVs are driven fairly normally. Your 30 to 100 mile daily round trip commute and then plugged in at home. Most BEVs taken on road trips (where you would argue you need a longer range due to the mileage), are on the east coast. Specifically the snowbird route from NYC to south Florida. Thats about 2 days of driving, with optimized fast charging for lunch etc. These vehicles will not be doing regular, 1200 mile trips down the east coast. NACS + access to the Tesla network makes this type of trip significantly less daunting. Range anxiety is an issue and always will be, but the majority of second, sporty car BEV owners will use it as intended, weekend jaunts, plug it in for a sandwich and then drive back. BEVs have been on my mind a lot lately, as you can tell.

Wait Croc is not a bot?

Thank you for the write up & the transparency. It speaks to your authenticity as a person to take the time to do this. With your statements above, for example, the cheapest new 7 in the US would come in around $72k usd. Not unreasonable. The MSRP transparency should help. Would be even better if there could be a financing arrangement with Caterham. No need for any support, just a, "we work with this bank" -> cashflow seems to be the largest issue (hence the FX rate hedging you were mentioning). All in all this is a positive change, which I hope grows the brand in the US more.

I am only laughing at this because I read the first sentence in your voice. I'm sad to see this, but more happy the car did its job and you and your passenger are safe. If you want to take the plunge on a german vehicle of a specific brand, I can help you out. (It won't be as good as your trusty tahoe).

@pethier, does it make sense to look into a fuel cell? Might have a better chance stateside finding something than shipping and paying a ton in taxes.

typical statement for a recovering moose knuckle addict. body is beautiful however, and the custom work done yourself must put a big smile on your face.

Gotta take muffler off on the car, or put 2 x4s down to adjust angle. Apparently uhaul is moving away from those trailers though.

This is good to know. I have a very small one, and should probably run a ground from my alternator to the battery. Thank You.