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If I was going to buy a new Caterham, I'd probably want a 420R.

Bring toilet paper. You can perform a public service if the supplied loo runs out. Based on a true story. From three days ago.

Mine is similar, but RHD and de Dion. It's transitioning to 2000cc Zetec with Hayabusa injection.

I'm in Saint Paul MN. I found my Elise in on Cars.com in Park City, Utah. I found my Cayman the De Moines, Iowa Craigslist. My latest Seven kinda found me on Bring A Trailer. It was in Arcola IL.

Specs?

Every Lotus is a kit car. They are only bolted together for ease of shipping.

While I was autocrossing KMAN 2.9 at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds Saturday, Brian's shop had their annual open house. They moved my car and most of the rest of them around. I'm sorry I missed that show. The hamburgers last year were really good. As of this photo, my autocross number and my autocross class designation are 80 miles apart. The class letters are on the body here in Isanti and the numbers are on the engine cover in Dennison, getting the intake portal enlarged. Brian explained that the reason the engine is further back is that while the two T9 transmissions appear identical, the aluminum bellhousing and the flywheel geometry are different. John keyed off the rear transmission mount, which explains why the shifter pops up in the correct place. So, while it is correct that John did not modify the left engine mount I bought from England, he did create a plate with two sets of bolt-holes; one set to fasten the plate to the mount and a second set to fasten the plate to the engine. John then modified the right mount to fit without an adjustment plate. The bottom line is that we should have no trouble with the driveshaft or the shifter. The exhaust is already sorted. Because the new-to-me header is shaped differently, it perversely required the portal in the left side of the body to be cut further forward. Meanwhile, the intake portal in the engine cover needed to be enlarged rearward. The plastic bag on the driver seat contains the injectors, cleaned and wearing their new seals and O-rings.

Seals from Marren came in. Bob's Cycle Supply in Little Canada now expects the Unifilters to materialize Thursday. Brian and I just went through a plan to have the car drivable for the Back To The Fifties weekend after next. It does not have to be autocross-ready, just mobile. Why should those Cobra folks have all the fun?

Progress is being made. I delivered the hood to the metal guru's shop. I phoned Marren Fuel Injection. I read them all the numbers on the injectors and texted them photos. Marrren has identified these as 24 lb/hr injectors and is sending me new seals and O-rings therefor. With guidance from David Hansen of USA7s, I picked out the Unifilters I am going to try. Unifilter told me they don't sell direct, to get them from an Internet seller. I feel more comfortable dealing with a local store I know. Some of the simpler Unifilter stuff is stocked by Bob's Cycle Supply in Little Canada Minnesota (yes, for you folks in New England, that is actually the name of an incorporated city, and yes, it is because of French-Candian people). Bob's is where Twin Cities autocrossers go to buy Snell-approved helmets. They ordered what I wanted and they should be at the store for me next week.

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That depends on how you define "tools". channellock.com

I probably should look into headlights. My headlights are patterned for use in a country where they drive on the left side of the road.

I am lucky to have a computer-professional son-in-law who dabbles in 3D printing. He printed an ABS spacer for my steering-wheel release mechanism.

Seals for injectors are coming from Marren in Oxford CT. Turns out that Steve built his own Fuel Rail. He got Marren to make injectors. I phoned them Friday and they identified them as 24 lb/hr injectors they made. They are sending me seals and O-rings for far less than the Suzuki dealer charges for stock ones.

It's fine. Cut and print. Speaking of printing, I'm thinking of printing a cockamamie tattoo for the back of my hand and wearing it to the Lotus Owners Gathering this fall.

It's legible to me. Never gave it a second thought.

Ah! That makes sense in a certain twisted way.

I like it. Simple. Direct. Not favoring or dissing any particular brand of Sevenish cars. Has the complete-enough URL.

Because the source is wrong. Elans came two ways: Knock-ons: Not the splines that Rudge wheels used, but pin-drive, as you well know. I know that with steel wheels you can see the pins poking through. I am told that one must be careful when offering up an alloy wheel which has blind holes. If the wheel slips you can drive the pins through the hub. I don't know for sure if that is really a problem or just a thing Lotusphiles like to repeat. I do not know if the dimensions of the Elan pin-drive setup is the same that MG used on the MGA Twin Cam (and the pushrod-engined "Deluxe" cars they made to use up the parts when they stopped making the Twin Cam). Conventional wheel studs: Four stud-and-nut on a 3-3/4-inch circle. Same as Europa. The Lotus 47, which looks a lot like a Europa, had knock-on alloy wheels. When I had a Europa, I got four old Spitfire wheels from a guy in Minnesota Triumphs. I used them with crap tires to hold up the car in the garage over the winter. I drove the car on 13x6 BWA Sportstar wheels. I sold that car to a Triumph guy in Mahomet IL. One thing that attracted him was the wheels: He had had those on a GT6.

Lotus Europa. Triumph Spitfire. Triumph GT6. Triumph TR7. Triumph TR8. Lotus 7. Lotus Elan. Lotus Plus 2.

What, they don't have instructors at track events in England? Its not as if Richard Hammond can't afford to buy two sets of harnesses.

That still does not answer my question. Why two different harnesses on the same car purchased new?

Still don't know why the harnesses in the Caterham do not match.

I think the Yokohama A052 is the perfect tire for a Seven. My current Seven has the 6.5x15 Prisoner wheels. The stock tire size from Caterham is 195/50-15 and the Yokos come in that size. The A052 tires will stick from the jump at any temperature I plan to drive my Seven in. I think they are ideal for a Seven for both road and autocross. Now the Yokos are available in 185/55-14. I just advised a guy with a Honda Beat to ditch the Falkens that rub on his Beat and get the 185/55-14 Yokos. They will stick better, even if they are smaller and they will not rub on his car. He is in the same autocross class as I, but I have no interest in keeping him slower.