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Sadly it does not fit a Caterham - too tall.

I've done 475 miles in 2 days on Spa-Francorchamps! None of this ranks compared with JLumba81 on this forum who drove his just-bought (from me) yellow Caterham zetec and drove out of my garage on the Hudson River, half a mile from lower Manhattan and proceeded to drive home 4000 miles to Juneau, Alaska in 6 days in April. That was a beast of a drive. Post #35 on this thread http://www.usa7s.net/vb/showthread.php?5785-2004-Caterham-SV-for-sale-in-NJ/page4&highlight=Alaska

I am distinctly underwhelmed...Seb/Simon? Revenge of the Turds? :bs: I just need to put my 13 inch wheels with slicks back on and that gives me +20mph top speed by improving the gear ratios via tire diameter and so better acceleration out of corners plus better handling plus I drop the passenger rides. End result is John becomes my track chew toy. :seeya: But maybe I need to shoot for the moon with a super-secret skunkworks project? Quoting Seb: "More to come on this over the next few months." Nothing English or French is allowed to be faster than me!

Paul - Just checked again. The driver side was a B2 - it was the largest Tillet at the time for Karl and his wide hips and even then the seat bears the scars of some surgery with an angle grinder. Caterham sold it as the CSR seat - different to the regular SV for some reason The passenger seat was the Caterham branded but Tillet-made seat that approximates the B6. It differs slightly as the styling/design has changed a bit over the years. There are now different sized B6s - was not always that way. The full catalog is here, including dimensions: https://www.tillett.co.uk/car-racing-seat.asp

Driver side was a Tillet B2 from recollection. It was the one that was option fitment in the CSR. It should be the seat that Karl modifier with an angle grinder to accommodate his trochanters (I think that’s the anatomy he was dealing with?). Let me find a photo of passenger side to look at - I suspect it is a B6.

I had three of them (1 x S1 and 2 x S2) tell me they were intending to come along Sunday if not raining but never heard a peep again after the phone calls and emails. Is Norm's an S3? Or just an early Caterham?

Apologies for the impolite language on a public forum but it was one of those mornings and thats where my cynical humor gets dangerous.... Hopefully we will see you and your wife at NJMP next year if all our devious plans pan out the way we hope they do.

Hi Ed, it was great to meet you Saturday and allow you the chance to inspect the various cars and solutions to technical problems you are probably only just starting to think about. Hopefully, the session out on track with me gives you a taster for what our wonderful little cars can do. We look forward to having you join us driving when your build is complete. Hopefully you had a chance to connect with Graham during the day (FastG on the forum) as his build is using the same chassis that you are planning to use. Cheers mike

Given Tom cut loose a little on the last session in the orange beastie, I suspect she was at least 10 seconds a lap quicker than you. I figure if nothing else, that little bit of "oneupmanship" allows you some space to upgrade the car. Maybe she would like to drive it on track one day? Does that help? :jester: The double up happens when you upload the image to the forum - it then appears as an attachment and as an inline photo with the text. I don't upload. I use a free photo hosting site, Imgur, or if posting from my phone, Tapatalk. These keep the photos on their servers and not the USA7s server.

Since I have an hour or so before I have to leave for the airport, allow me.... :jester: Dan deserves an honorable mention for superior grass cutting abilities in a Westfield. He clearly learned at the knee of Shane. Vovchandr was the mechanical failure of Sunday, really unlucky as he was doing quite well up until then, either a clutch throwout or release bearing. Either way it is engine out and I have a new temporary resident in my garage. I think we all had a great time on Thunderbolt circuit. I prefer it personally as it is more challenging than the Lightning Circuit. I do want to thank every one who attended and joined in the fun. It can only be a successful event when you have a great group of people and the members of the sevens community who attend make it that. Mike our track photographer took some great group photos and a few solo photos yesterday. Give him a few weeks to sort them out and I will distribute the high quality versions by AWS link to those who participated plus add some here for the broader forum members to enjoy.

Sums it all up really.

Apologies no post today as I am distracted with a few sevens.

We did awards tonight since not all of us are staying for dinner on Sunday night. And the worthy winners were: 1) Mechanical Sympathy Award - to Jay for enduring a leaky caliper, have the rear caliper replaced with a Ford Mustang caliper, and still not making one run on track today. Our sympathy is with you. 2) Poo Came Out Award. To Kitcat for being the first Caterham to ever wear a diaper. 3) The Polisher Award. A matching set in red polyester of steering wheel cover, handbrake handle warmer and knob warmer. Seb was a worthy winner given his color coordination of red shoes, boots, underwear, gloves, car, handbag,luggage, etc. 4) the Best Directions in a moving vehicle. A reward for good driving. Blake was a worthy winner.

Dinner is going well. Plenty of wine bottles on the table.

Dinner from Friday night And I have a new neighbor at my garage.

Lou brought his original Lotus formula ford along.

Jay has a brake caliper issue with leaking. He now has a mustang brake caliper installed.

And matching luggage from Seb

Some photos. Some of the action at karting Then some pit action

Saturday schedule is: 7.15-30 breakfast at the clubhouse. 7.30 tech opens 8.30 drivers meeting 10.15 first session for sevens (third session of the day) I suggest you get here and we persuade TJ and Ian to fixing your belts (they are modest in their fee) and then they tech your car. Should be able to make a 10.15 session.

Did you ever give me your email? TJ and Ian will be tech'ing at my garage this afternoon. They have spares.

You can come straight to my garage at the track and we do it inside in air conditioned comfort - Tom C, Steve and by then Tom G will be here to assist you knock it out quickly. Doing it outside in the blazing sun by yourself is not going to be any fun. Yellowss7 made the same goof on the banana car so he will be wearing the same expression of frustration as you! The instructions did have contact numbers once you reach the track but if you lost them, just come to the gate and ask for the "Exotic Car Garages" then look for the last building (4th in line).

You need a second person to install rapidly. Seat has to come out. Best get here to TJs garage near NJMP and we try to help you If it’s any consolation your post just surfaced another two people who made the same error. So your public service announcement was helpful to wake people up on the problem.