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I really like that. What happens to the drone when you go over 35mph? It seems to pull up and let you go? What does it do then - search for a new target? Edited to add: Great minds think alike so John and I posted the exact same question at the exact same time!

@coffee break Good call. Hard to discern from the photos but thats what I would bet. Starting off @ClassicBritishSportsCar if you need technical information as you work through your project, then please look here: Lotus Seven - USA7s Others can individually chime in on whether they have any parts they would have to sell you re your project, but here are a list of websites off my resource list of where you will have your best chance of sourcing parts. In no particular order: Lotus 7/Seven Parts at Vintage Race Car Parts Kinetic Vehicles Lotus 7 (leechapmanracing.com) Parts (mikebrotherwood.com) GOLDEN GATE LOTUS CLUB - Lotus Seven Parts Cross Reference (gglotus.org) r.d. enterprises ltd. Home Page (rdent.com) rockymountaincaterham.com Lotus Seven | British Classic Spare Parts LOTUS 7 parts Xtra Special Sevens Website is not working right now but Redline Components in the UK is also a source. If you are trying to authenticate the car, assuming it has a chassis number remaining then www.simplesevens.org is a good place to start.

Its always good fun to have a track tag buddy to play with! Hope this gets others to come out and play with you. Very nice driving - quite lively in the rear end for you. It was an interesting video to study in light of your brake pad/bias thread. Is Sonoma really that bumpy a surface? One day in the next two years I will get to run there. Also what is the lap timing app you are using on your phone please.

I saw someone yesterday, possibly a Caterham dealer close to Redmond WA, and he wondered if it was just another case of a car being lapped or about to be lapped?

Congratulations on your first post and welcome to USA7s. It might help if you could please clarify which year of seven we are looking at here. For example, is this a Lotus 7 S3 from late 60s to early 70s? Is this a Caterham 7 S3 from say 75 to now? The parts you require differ by year. Some are adaptable from other years of manufacture. Seats varied by year and may be no longer available unless you want the current Caterham type. Lots of knowledge here that can help you if we have a little more information to focus the responses. If you need help identifying what car you have exactly, I can decode a VIN if you post it here.

Calling out @Darren and @KnifeySpoony who are having a good game of track tag in this photo at Sonoma.

You did about 500 miles in the one day though from memory. Damn good LOG meeting - I laughed my head off all weekend with some great people. Would never have had a sevens track event if it were not for that LOG.

Oh I can soooooo understand this....several times over! Welcome to USA7s Jeremy. Glad to see you have met Jay in his road tripping travels. You have a nice part of the world to live in for back roads blatting.

@jeffs Hey Jeff - Good to see you surface. Hope all is well with you?

I think they wear well. A lot depends on driving style. I don't use up my brakes, I do engine brake, but I also destroy tires (I use them to scrub speed) which reflects the v8 touring cars I learned to race which were always quite marginal on brakes. I think I have 8,000 track miles on the current set in the UK Caterham but its time for some new front ones this year. Differing pad compounds front and rear is an old racers trick. It was used on cars where adjustable braking was not permitted or possible. Entirely valid approach to the problem and justified to try in your instance. However, if this does not work then the upgrade path is: 1) move to the race master cylinder (if you have not done so already) 2) upgrade to race rears 3) a brake balance adjuster set up is needed.

Longest drives? 450miles going to Home Depot a couple of states away. I took the long way. Same car, with its new owner, ended up driving from the Holland Tunnel in NYC to Juneau Alaska. 4000 miles in 5 days. He did at least one 1000+ mile day. As for breakdowns, only ever one in a se7en where I ended up on the back of a truck, in the same car as above. No photo but it looked EXACTLY like Vlad's first photo with green oozing out everywhere.

The hard core race guys use Mintex 1144 compound. But in the last year, a few of them were trialling the Mintex F2R compound and preferring those over the 1144 compound. Apparently the F2R is harder to get warmed up and get in the right temp window but once there they stay there without fade. I currently have the Mintexx 1144 on my UK Caterham and I like the brake balance on that.

Sorry to see you were working with a genuine Ford casted part too. Disappointing when that happens. Your fix works but what a lot of effort to solve a manufacturing fault.

While you are in there you should always replace the clutch and related seals. If you dont then they always fail within 1000 miles of putting the car back together - they do for me anyway. The answer to your slave cylinder seals may come from @Lotusfan since he has a similar car but may also come from calling a Redline or SBD in the UK and sharing these photos. The GM part could be off something never sold here like a Vauxhall mid-size or it could be bodged off a Ford Capri (Mercury Capri as sold in the US) or off an XR4i. Trial and error sadly.

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You are on the money Carl - Hydromat has already been ordered. I like the way they have designed it.

I would not beat yourself up too much. We have all done things that look regrettable in hindsight. Thinking about the truck I took under a low bridge and lopped the top off...

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Should those suspension pick up points be square in alignment?

I guess this was an oops at an autocross when hitting a cone? Your instincts for fixing are pretty spot on. The experienced repairers compress the extrusions with a bolt and large washers. The method I liked best has two washers - a plastic one against the panel metal (to protect it) and then the plastic washer is backed by a metal washer for strength - 4 washers in total. Bolt and nut with a rachet spanner on the nut. Then a light beat for finishing. Fortunately it is in a place where it is not that visible once repaired. For reattaching wing, I am a fan of the nylon bolts instead of metal rivnuts. If you have doubts about the strength of the metal around the hole you can also do a nylon washer. The nylon bolts shear quicker than the panel does so you don't damage the metal if you do it again. I suspect I am preaching to the converted but once you have done this one you want to avoid the sheet metal damage in the future!!! What is the back story with your car? Clearly an interesting project you have picked up.

Having witnessed a se7ens only track event for 10+ years, I can assure you they spear off in all directions - forwards, backwards, and sideways. Some more frequently than most....

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