craig chima

Robb, I don't have any "spare" parts lying around and frankly, I've never tried to source them stateside. But the world is an amazingly small place these days and I've communicated with QED in the U.K. on numerous occasions and they assure me that anything needed for the motor is on-the-shelf in-house or could be sourced by them within a matter of days. I was originallly a bit leery of the car for this same reason (unknowns relating to the motor) but can tell you that the people at QED have been very helpful with technical info and general questions. I build and restore vintage & historic race cars (mostly British) for a living and order parts from several suppliers in the U.K. on a regular basis and generally I can have something here (Ohio) in under 2 weeks from the time I order it. Craig

Mike, I ran 1:11.1 with the car (using Stack lap timer, so it's a 100% legit time). Did 5 or 6 laps in a row in the low 1:11's and I was really trying to get into the 1:10's but couldn't find the last tenth. But that was on 7 year old Avon street tires (same tires I got with the car, and Chris at 7's and Elans told me that they needed to be replaced when I bought it!). I've recently purchased a 2nd set of wheels and have mounted up some low-time Formula Ford slicks (exactly the same size as the Avons) and think that the car will do 1:05's or 1:06's. Those are competitive National S2000 or FF2000 times by the way. Saw 141mph on the Stack display before I lifted at the kink. The car would easily do 145+ at a place like Road America. Yes, the car is scary fast...

v robb, I have not yet posted the car for sale here but I am going to be selling my 2001 Superlight + in the near future. Bought this car from Chris at Sevens & Elans 2.5 years ago and have put about 700 miles on it since that time. Here is the link to the original ad for the car. http://www.sevenselans.com/cars_for_sale/2001_caterham/index.htm The car is now spot-on perfect in every regard and is road reigstered in Ohio (it actually wasn't "finished" when I bought it -- had run only a couple of track days at Lime Rock). The Vauxhall motor is now 2.3L and makes just shy of 300bhp and is dry-sumped with the oil tank integrated into the Caterham bellhousing. This is a legitimate sub 3 second car to 60mph, and I can actually lap faster at Nelson Ledges in this car on street tires than my current E Production lap record (over 100 mph AVERAGE speed). Faster than a CSR and lighter too. Expensive at $50K, but the car cost nearly $80K to build and it has about 1300 miles on it now. For anyone else who might be interested, I'll try to get some pix taken and posted in the For Sale section sometime soon. Craig

I'm interested in your cell but can't find your direct contact information. Please email me at chima97@aol.com or call Craig at (330) 807-0742. Thanks in advance.