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Sadly the new and used car market has an above average number of characters that are better off avoided.

Those changes you made will account for the difference (210whp adj for 20% loss is 262hp at flywheel). 500rpm is 10-15hp at the top end. ECU tune will definitely account for the difference, particularly since standard premium fuel octane (after allowing for the RON/AKI conversion) in the UK is meaningfully higher than the US - I assume you are on regular premium 93 US octane? I doubt the header does much in practice although I suspect @JohnCh will correct me shortly! I also suspect that some "rounding up" to 300 occurred for marketing purposes, or maybe their dyno was having a "good day" - its fairly common with engine builders. Raceline are a class act - I have had great experiences with them in the past with their dry sumps.

I can begin to imagine the frustration. The Canada seven market is so tight it allows for these types of flips to work.

With a loss factor of 10-20% area you are 250hp plus at the flywheel. What Raceline spec did you end up? Out of curiousity, how much were you expecting?

Lotus 7 S2 https://www.motorclassiccorp.com/used-vehicle-1962-lotus-super-7-c-150/

Its the social media aspect of BAT. Allows participants with no money to feel a little something from the participation. No one has ever won an auction with a silly bid like that as they are all low ball. People think it is fun. This is the piece of BAT from recent years that I do not like. Brokers and dealers will activate burner accounts for bidding. They win the auction then go out to their clients to try to pitch the car. If they fail, and they know within a very short time, then they walk from the auction. They lose their BAT fee and they get their account banned - but its only a burner account and not their real profile. There are probably some of those accounts which are second accounts to try and one up the other bidders, out-psyche them. Not sure that is effective. Last minute bidding is always a thing in every auction. It is at regular auctions in person. It was on Ebay. Its on BAT. No point using up all your firepower early in an auction - you more likely overpay without being able to assess who the competition is and their likely ability to out bid you. No history of questions on a auction? My questions are directed to the seller privately offline. In the auctions, I have bid on, most of the commentary is usually spectacularly wrong compared with the actual facts. I do my own research and I never share it in the commentary. Why should I? It would be like bidding against myself. I think you are a very sensible purchaser with your approach. You should have a limit and you should have a view on how much is needed post auction to make it be right for you. There is a lot of people on BAT with big wallets who do not have the discipline to bid properly and do not care if they later sell at a loss. Unfortunately this has led to a ramp up in values from the "immediate gratification" factor. Personally, I would never sell a car on BAT as I do not have the patience for an ill-informed peanut gallery. I am also very selective on what I buy there. Two of the cars I bought on BAT were bid down by the "experts" commenting. If they asked the seller the right questions offline and looked at the photos carefully then the right answer was available. There used to be a lot of screaming deals each week - not any more. I would be looking elsewhere for se7ens if I were you. Plenty of other sales channels to keep monitoring. Unfortunately it is a niche market, so not a lot of product to chose from. You have to be patient and ready to jump.

Seek and you will find in our site downloads section https://usa7s.net/ips/files/category/31-gearbox/ I keep adding materials to this USA7s technical library as they are found by members or myself.

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Thank you for sharing. How are you doing the data logging?

I have heard this said before on the S2 and S3 but not seen any evidence to support it. I know when I weighed my Lotus 7 S2 several decades ago it was pretty much on the money for front/rear balance. This was with a BMC A series engine which is not your normally found power plant. Given those are relatively lighter compared with the usual Ford engines, maybe that is why I did not see it? I have seen references to a modern Caterhams being around F46%/R54% but that is sensitive to the rake setting (and individual corner weighting) which you can use to fine tune the front rear balance. Most race drivers I know seem to prefer a slightly heavier rear bias anyway. Have you checked your weight distribution on your car? Would be interesting to see the result.