cobra8214

Welcome! For Caterham parts, reach out to Bruce at Beachman Racing, and Josh at Rocky Mountain Caterham. Assuming you have a Crossflow engine, Dave Bean Engineering and Pegasus Auto Racing are good sources for engine parts.

I believe it’s going to be dependent on what cam you have in there - newish Crossflow Caterham owner myself, and I’ve been told by people more knowledgeable than me that in order to figure out what cam I have, I’ll need to degree my camshaft and then cross reference that with the different Crossflow cams.

I have the same car configuration as you except 4 years older and am looking to do the same, so thanks for the update! For what it’s worth, I have heard that Spaxs can be very inconsistent.

Go for it!

I have ~1.5 GB of photos, so sharing a link to them on google drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TtbDi3mW_uRAvFwhmFeE3jbEYacKPUXX?usp=drive_link

My seven is in the shop but I’ll be there!

Calendar marked, thank you to everyone who makes these happen. This spring/summer will be my first time on the track in my Seven. I'm putting together my shopping list for the requisite safety etc. gear I need in order to pass the safety inspection: 6 pt harness Helmet HANS Arm restraints Kill switch sticker Fire suppression system Is there anything else I'm missing? Is a race suit required?

Echoing others' advice to try driving one to make your decision, everyone's body and definition of "comfortable" is different. Adding my own experience as a tall, new Seven owner to hopefully convince you. I'm 6 ft 3 and fit comfortably in in my long cockpit S3 with stock leather seats (which add a few inches off the floor and a few inches depth-wise, so I would have even more room in a smaller profile seat. Will be replacing with a poured seat soon). However, my head clears the rollbar by a few inches even without a helmet. My brother is 6 ft tall and clears the rollbar by even more than I do! Height doesn't really tell the full story since the ratio of everyone's torso length to leg length is different. I sat in a friend's SV with lowered floors and still didn't clear the roll bar. So, I'm currently getting a custom roll bar fabricated. I am able to drive fine in a pair of old Vans (size 12), but will be getting racing shoes before the weather turns.

Lol I know your stance on heaters (this is Geoff)!

If you still need one, I'm about to remove the heater on my '96 S3

@Ctcatdid you end up deciding on a place? I'm in south eastern CT and also recently purchased a Caterham that I'm looking to find a solid mechanic for. For what it's worth, a friend who used to race Lolas recommended GMT as well.

Hi everyone, brand new owner of a 96 Caterham here. I don't have much experience working on cars (one of the reasons I decided to get a 7), and the previous owner owned the car for 9 years and only put a few hundred miles on it, so I figured it would be a good idea to take it to shop to get it inspected just to make sure everything in good order. Are there any places you'd recommend? I'm in Fairfield County in CT, so closer the better. Thanks and I'm excited to join the forum!