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Figures it would be my fault! :svengo:

Since Sebastian and Simon W are going for 297hp Duratecs with their winter upgrade then I think I need to go bigger. Maybe a new Caterham, bulk hp and fatter new wheels/tires? A Millington engine is the ticket here - visiting them this Friday: https://www.millingtonengines.co.uk/new-engines/ Really need Simon and Seb to confirm their winter plans so I can settle my engine spec. :troll:

I give him 3 weeks before he buys another. :jester:

For you? Needs to be ginormous! I need a tongue sticking out smiley on this app.

Is he called Bob?

NEW Lotus 7 S2 https://bransonauction.com/auction-consignments/lotus/super-7/1962-lotus-super-7/ Caterham https://www.ebay.com/itm/2008-Caterham-R400-Superlight-Duratec-Turbo/283632339785?hash=item4209ce0b49:g:bMkAAOSwd1tdliX4 Caterham https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/d/san-francisco-1998-lotus-super-seven/6988462358.html Westfield https://miami.craigslist.org/brw/cto/d/pompano-beach-1992-westfield-sei-lotus-7/6988601481.html REPEATS MK Indy https://www.ebay.com/itm/Caterham-Lotus-7-MK-Indy-R-Kit-Car/153660080541?hash=item23c6dac19d:g:xcIAAOSwRwddG5CQ Wharton https://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-Lotus-Seven-Aluminum-and-hand-laid-fibreglass/193109785147?hash=item2cf63d7a3b:g:31AAAOSwEF5dgjgl Lotus 7 S2 https://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-Lotus-Super-Seven/223653636043?hash=item3412cba7cb:g:IRUAAOSwbzpdcqDW Caterham https://www.wirewheel.com/inventory/available/2001-caterham-race-car-for-sale/ Caterham SV http://www.race-cars.com/carsales/other/1458694360/1458694360ss.htm Lotus 7 S2 http://www.race-cars.com/carsales/lotus/1557321710/1557321710ss.htm Stalker http://www.race-cars.com/carsales/lotus/1437589044/1437589044ss.htm Caterham SV https://vintageracecarsales.com/portfolio-view/2013-caterham-seven-480/ Lotus 7 S2 and Lotus 7 S4 project http://www.taylormadeclassiccars.com/vehiclesforsale.html Caterham SV https://britauto.com/portfolio-view/201216-nos-caterham-sv-roadsport/ Caterham https://britauto.com/portfolio-view/2000-caterham/ Birkin http://sodo-moto.com/listings/1991-birkin-seven/ Fejer http://sodo-moto.com/listings/super-seven-2tg/ Birkin http://sodo-moto.com/listings/1990-birkin-seven-so-cal/ Caterham https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/caterham/unspecified/2320672.html Stalker https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/lotus/7/2167534.html Lotus 7 S1 https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/lotus/7/2099394.html Replica https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/lotus/super-seven/2289894.html Caterham https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/d/el-verano-lotus-caterham-super-7/6975207074.html Stalker https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/d/north-vernon-brunton-stalker-lotus-kit/6981373199.html CANADA Caterham https://www.kijiji.ca/v-autos-camions/sherbrooke-qc/caterham-super-7-sylver-jubilee-1982/1410777802?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true Nose cone and clams https://www.kijiji.ca/v-auto-body-parts/guelph/caterham-lotus-7-wings-and-nose-cone/1460482196?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true Caterham https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/markham-york-region/rare-1992-caterham-super-7-hpc-edition-lhd/1457842919?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true Caterham https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/oakville-halton-region/lotus-caterham-super-7/1454204099?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true Dutton Malaga https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=1461384777 Fiberglass wings and scuttles https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=1446688879 MCC 7 (Fejer) project https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=1432118799 Wolf 7 https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=1436702029

I just love how Panamericano thought I was offending Arkansas with my comment when it was really the other way around.... Subtlety gets you nowhere I suppose!

That was excellent. I am sure a certain "Boss of the House" will be of two minds about this development. On the other hand, I am sure your son is showing the video excerpts at school to get bonus points with the girls. As for me, when are you going to buy yourself a new kit? Double trailer? Just sayin.... Second thoughts...why don't you drive the Miata? You could backfill its cosmetic challenges?

Lol - was it ever windy there!

Check the seller. It’s likely Kampena Motors. Demonstrator model? Probably ran on dealer plates all that time with the odd track day? Price is interesting. There will be a reason for it Maybe a little tatty? Maybe no receipts for drive train after all this time so that will be a pain in many states to get through title process?

Lotus 7 S2 https://bransonauction.com/auction-consignments/lotus/super-7/1962-lotus-super-7/

Caterham never sold the 13 inch wheel for the CSR. The standard 13 inch wheel for S3 or SV will bolt on the front of a CSR without a problem. The rears are the issue since they have a different offset to the S3 or SV. Also the rear brake calipers prevent clearance with a 13 inch wheel So you need a non-Caterham 13 inch wheel - I use the Westermann BBS wheel as it has a larger inner barrel and I like the styling but you could use other brands just as easily once you have the offset correct. You still need to modify the rear calipers to provide inside wheel clearance. This involves modifying to use new tighter caliper banjo fittings and grinding the cooling fins off the calipers. Westermann sell a kit but you could do your own method. Race CSRs do not have the same issue as they use a different upright and rear brake set up to the road CSRs. They also have no handbrake. The shift to 13 inch wheels is an intricate process to do but it does transform the car from less rotational mass of the wheels plus I find the handling improved with more predictable break away. Pity you are not closer - you could check out my car to understand the changes better.

Short post - Stalker was sold to a good home this afternoon. Its not me. Don't feel bad about Bob pretending to be in agony. :seeya:

Yes but not as inbred.

Edit: CR500s remain available to fit a CSR Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi Hanns Per New CSRs come with CR500s as they have since the very beginning. There is no special stay for fitting the ZZR or ZZS unless an individual owner has modified one themselves. Avon CR500 remain available in the sizes to suit a CR500. I went another way by fitting 13 inch wheels then fitting the appropriate sized Avon ZZR rubber. Plenty of clearance that way as rolling diameter was slightly smaller than the standard factory 15 inch wheels with standard fitment Avon CR500. Cheers Mike

Hi Bruce. That is a Ginetta. 2L Zetec. Space frame chassis with shell body. Quite a nice little car. That specific Ginetta though is special. It’s the one that Jeff H on this forum rented for Spa-Francorchamps in March this year. The one the Bookatrack mechanics took to calling the Love Shack because he and his special friend Stacie would steam up the windows while out on track. I suppose it could have been from driving fast....

Hardly, first bristle toothbrush was recorded in 1498 in China. Try again, they must be known for something other than Hilary?

Being a true southerner and therefore not intimately familiar with the two letter abbreviations for the various states of America, right now KiwiBirkin is probably wondering what “AR” means? The thought bubbles will be along the lines of: Alfa Romeo Aunt Rosa Aarrrrrgh! ARizona Ass Reamed Augmented Reality Alternate Reality And so on... When in fact the real answer as we all know is Arkansas, which is only famous for producing Hilary Clinton. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Video shows the afternoon sessions on the Coastal Circuit using the corkscrew to come onto the pit straight. First 5min34 mins are clean laps. At 5min35 I am wearing a bee on the camera as I play tag and hang onto the back of a Caterham 620R. I was 210hp. He was 309hp. He would just disappear away from me on the straights but I would claw back by being brave elsewhere. On circuit photography to follow once I receive it.

If we are continuing onto the International Circuit then we proceed along the Tom Pryce straight to The Hairpin. Naturally it is a hairpin. Then blast back along the straight to the last corner before the pit straight/start/finish line – The Bus Stop. Its tight and slow – second gear. There is a patch of tarmac around the apex out to the middle of the track – this makes it off camber and tricky. Very easy to rotate the car here if power is put down aggressively. Also easy to rotate the car left into the pit wall. As always, my trusty steed was my 420R Naturally, my weather was a light drizzle in the morning to wake me up, “sea mist” was the affectionate name by the locals, followed by dreary gray overcast skies, eventually turning into rain at around 4pm. The locals said it was “quite a nice day.” Needless the say the drizzle in the initial session led to lots of spins, me included, before I at least managed to get my act together.

Peel is iconic because it is a fun corner and the views are epic. It’s a tight right entry but once committed it opens up on exit, just like the view. Most drivers hold tight to the right fearing the lefthander below the crest, but that is just optical, plenty of time to exit Peel properly out left and then come back right in readiness for the next lefthander, Seaman’s, out of sight down the hill. The Seaman’s corner is critical because it is where the track divides from International layout or Coastal layout. If International then it is a slightly off camber brake and dive to the apex then favorable camber as you put the power down on track out. If it is Coastal circuit then you hold left for the instant right into Corkscrew then try to hold to the center or right to be ready to turn left onto the main straight. The photo below shows the confusion – the track is the right most tarmac. The left side tarmac corner is actually pit entry. More than one ended up in the pits by mistake.

Assuming you get through Rocket then you have an almost immediate right tight hairpin corner, seen in the following: Then you exit the hairpin and prepare for one of the best corners on the track, Peel.

Back to the circuit, out of Church, the track curves right. Keep the foot mashed through here. And up the hill to Rocket corner Now Rocket corner hides a secret, seen in the next photo. Hidden, just over the crest, is a second gear tight left turn. Those skid marks in the braking zone tell the “oh shit” moments of quite a few drivers (or riders).

Banking is probably only 5 degrees – nowhere near as extreme as the 15 degrees on Lightning Circuit at NJMP. Fairly simple – late turn in, apex 2/3rds of the way around, power out. Then you have a straight heading down towards Church which sweeps right in a curving straight. It looks tighter than it is. You need a full lift of throttle or light dab touch of brakes to get the car to turn in but then its back on full power, accepting that there will be some front end drift/understeer as you track out. So why do they call it Church? Well, if I faced 180 degrees and looked out with my back to the circuit then you see this: The Church is only accessible by foot at high tide or anytime by Shane in his Stalker.