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Hi John - Do you still have your race license? I have a person hoping for a ride along with you if you feel up to us handicapping the fastest on track!

This this! I never understand NJMP weather. The forecast is always wrong until 36 hours before. Any rain forecast will always go through much earlier than forecast. Also, the weather has been known to part around the Millville area. You see it on the weather radar and it makes no sense.

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Photos are taken outside the Caterham Dartford location - look up Kennet Road. Obviously wheeled the kit out for a photo op - actually very common request by dealers to gee up their customers. Is the seller, Kampena Motors given the Sonoma location?

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It definitely needs disassembly to check properly. I thought mine were good just by looking but once disassembled, the crack was obvious. Mileage is not always the driver here - Josh at Rocky Mountain had a CSR with a broken clevis block with only 6000 miles on it.

If they are MG sized then its a Lucas part. Thats your clue it is probably sourced from the UK. But they are slightly more rounded appearance than the MG ones plus the lack of terminals is a weird one. So do you repair/rebuild the switches you have or replace all out with MG switches to give a consistent look?

I resemble that remark! I definitely recommend getting the paper catalog sent out. Absolutely brilliant book of ideas on how to spend more money. Air conditioning is essential in Texas, just like BBQ and illegal immigrants.

Look at the Car Builder Solutions website. I bet you get a match there.

I agree with Tom. Gentle break in in green group and assess progress on the day. Sign up at the track for Sunday if you think you are in a good spot.

@CarlB @slowdude Just a heads up that you are posting in the 2022 event thread and not this years, 2023 event.

Bummer - thats really annoying. Feeling sorry for you and hoping you and your passenger were unscathed other than being shaken up. I think you got away lucky - that could have been so much worse. Particularly boneheaded by the BMW too - he was target fixated on the white shitbox and not track aware. Assuming he was a racer (given that it was a race car) he should have been aware that you were behind and then alongside but I bet you were below his field of vision (window sill height) because of your low height. That said, it is always the responsibility of the passing car to complete the pass on track safely. This is a major reason I am cautious in a se7en around bigger cars on track - they don't always look, they cannot see and they are bigger than me so I will be beaten up worse. I bet the conversation in the pits afterwards was interesting. Who was the track day organizer? The safe answer is disassemble and reassemble that corner. The damage could be hidden and you will not know until you pull it apart. Something is obviously off for your alignment to be off. I'd check the wheel balance too as you may have lost a wheel weight. Check the steering rack has not moved/shifted. Its really unlikely to have damaged the rack but its feasible its moved somehow. My suspicion is a bent control arm - subtle so not obvious on the car or some bushing damage on a joint. The alternative is assume its ok, realign and off you go out on track again only for it to break out there while at speed. Frustrating I know but is it worth taking the risk when the driver in your car is the air bag (I mean that in the nicest way of course!).

The problem with importing that Caterham is that it is not yet 25 years old although someone managed it as there is one in the south. David Saville-Peck is sadly no longer with us as he would have been able to do a kit version of that cycle engine caterham. A number of manufacturers have done bike engined cars over the years - Caterham Blackbird, Westfield Hayabusa - although they are no longer current. For for current makers - you have found XCS. But also MK Indy is out there: https://www.mksportscars.com/models/mk-indy-model.html They used to have a USA dealer although not sure who that is or how to get in contact? There is a USA7s member with a bike-engined Locost amongst other things. Calling @spitfun to the discussion as a voice of experience. Deman had a mixed reputation - some loved them some hated them. The problem with bike engined cars is you are using a small lightweight engine to propel something that is a magnitude of weight higher. Thats not a great equation for reliability on the transmissions.

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No chance. I am distracted and then I distracted Bruce with an October trip to Spa with 4 days on track. It will be finished in October - not sure what year.

Yes although I struggled with that target given the inconsistency of the traffic on track that day.

Spent a day at Brands Hatch on the GP circuit last Thursday with a fresh set of ZZRs in the 333 compound. Like them. Similar to the A24 compound - so much so I really could not tell the difference and had to check the side wall. Lovely 4 wheel rotation from pit straight through paddock - really good for confidence everywhere. Loads of grip through Hawthorn, Wesfield and Sheene - really good turn in on full throttle. One bit of news I heard - Avon will no longer be supplying the Caterham UK race series next year and all race teams are expecting supply will disappear for a time as a result of production transition. I will buy and store and extra set(s) of the ZZR (either A24 or 333) as my dry tire. If the ZZS disappears then I will shift to a set of Toyos for the wet. The Toyos are definitely a lot slower (and heavier) than the ZZR and about the same as the ZZS. All the teams are scrambling for options, I am just going to buy a year or two by storing some sets. By then a suitable alternative will have been sorted out by the various race teams and I can start using that or Avon will be back to supplying.

Older 1980s Caterhams had it that way. It is easier to fill the car as the neck up and out the rear basket seen on later cars does tend to present filling issues. Gives you more luggage room in the boot too as the fuel filler neck is not present. I guess this was the "classic" spec kit as its quite a late model year to seen with this feature? Vent seems to be just a breather hole in the fuel cap? Fixable as you say.

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Hi Bob Welcome to USA7s. Good to hear about for your passion for Fejer 7s and interesting to read your blog on your personal journey with the car. USA7s does have a library of various se7en documentation here https://usa7s.net/ips/files/ ...but nothing in there is on Fejers. I can create a section for them if you want me to store a back up library of documentation for you? They don't come up for sale much in Canada and I have never see one in the USA. One popped up for sale last week remarkably https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/edmonton/lotus-7-replica-by-fejer-bros/1671680916 Cheers mike

Didn't think I was being political, just bemoaning the lack of qualified mechanics skilled to work on specialty cars outside of the regular dealer network. I don't mind them being paid a lot - they deserve it given some of the oil leaks my money pits can produce. Any last humorous digs at Bruce about his daughter's wedding costs before we return to chatting about the other cars that are not se7ens that we all own?

Its not just Georgia - same for WA, CO, MI, NJ, VT, and MA. The traditional training path for mechanics via the auto dealer networks no longer exists as most mechanical service on new cars today is plug into a computer, take off old component and put on new component. Consequently, the dealer mechanics are barely equipped to jerk off, let alone truly diagnose an issue on a car. Plus the young millenials who work in dealer service shops have no desire to go into specialty mechanics for high-end Bruce toys as it is too much hard work. Most of my projects ended up on the slow burner for the same reason. Not much I can do other than be patient. I have enormous sympathy for the business owners who are juggling a world of pain right now. My relationship with them is all good so they are upfront and honest with me, so I give patience in return. One CO business I use is going to classic road rallys and shows and offering $250K+ plus relocation reimbursement to any experienced mechanic he finds. Once guys realize there is good money to be had then the labor supply issue will be solved. Cost issue for Bruce in the meantime as he pays a six figure number for his daughter's wedding. Does your daughter need help picking an expensive wedding venue? I could curate a very high quality wine list for the event that I know she would love. Daddy is worth squillions so it should not hurt too much. Just want to help you know.

No, its not that in mine and the two others I am aware of. Mine was clean. No, not that either in any of the three cars I am personally aware of. Bolt is snug. It was regularly torqued and paint marked as part of my maintenance schedule. I think this is getting close. Engineer analysis on my failed part shows poor cast material, some minor corrosion (not visible to naked eye inspection) and metal fatigue at fail point. 1/4 inch would not be sufficient with this fact pattern. Would like to do a full NHTSA analysis but there is no need for my purposes. Paraphrasing the engineer who did the analysis, fix the materials and prevent corrosion, then the fatigue may never have happened. I think your idea of liner has merit but I would not reduce the wall thickness. I suspect this part may get more loading under actual use than Multimatic (the original designers) CAD modeled back in 1998-99. I would love to see the results of the modeling. I attached the original design summary. The upgraded part from Team Leos has not failed in racing conditions potentially showing that using quality materials with the same part design works. Multimatic CSR engineering suspension.pdf

@rider PM sent with contact details. Dont worry about RHD. Bit of concentrating and it will get all natural pretty quickly. I assume you would have a regular rental car in the UK. Excess luggage stays in there out of sight while the car can stay at the rental agency. You would likely only rent for 1-2 days anyway.