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Nice work John, Hopefully you will have a nice smooth break in, and be out hooning around shortly. Good Luck. Tom

Croc, Simon, Jeff and I had a great day on track yesterday on TBolt at NJMP. That track is really good for our Sevens as it has some nice tight sections with weight transfer areas that really play to our light weight cars. NJMP seems to have their act together as far as the logistics go. Sign in and tech are outdoors, masked required and everyone seems to be social distancing properly. Drivers meeting was outdoors, over loud speaker or you could sit in your car or truck and listen in on FM radio. Breakfast was outdoors, while the chef was inside handing the plates out thru a pass thru window. Lunch was plated and set at tables outdoors, Some played nice and sat at the opposite side of a long table, others not so much. Option to take it out and eat back in the paddock was available. Most drivers set up chairs in large circles 6 or more feet apart and that seemed to work pretty well for socializing. All in all, very well run IMO. We are now just over 3 months away from our 10th annual Se7ens gathering at NJMP. Seems Croc and I got lucky in pushing the date later in the year than usual eh? Just wanted to give you all a heads up and prod you to get your cars ready while you still have time. Don't wait until the week before as usual. :smash: Hopefully things will get better in a few more months. There has been a few management changes since last year, so Croc and I have a little more work to do to get the registration process finalized, but that shouldn't be a major issue. Stay tuned. Stay Safe. Tom

Vlad, you probably have a Sierra Diff with the ZF plate type LSD. Tom

You choose :seeya:

The old style front “wings”/fenders are known as “Clams” as in clamshell. I have a 2000 Caterham and when I ordered it they were still available although I heard that they only did a couple with them that year. I specced mine with the wide track front end which was never usually done but the standard tires do just fit within the width of them. The nice thing is that you can stick 10 inch wide Hoosier slicks under them no problem for autoxing. Downside is you can’t watch your front wheels bounce up and down when driving. But you can always buy a second Caterham with the cycle fenders if you get the urge to see them. Worked for me :rofl: Good luck with your search. http://www.usa7s.net/vb/blob:http://www.usa7s.net/98441bc3-a3d0-4d7d-92b4-7e9dd58926d6

I have an S3 and an SV with lowered floors. I'm Just over the Delaware state line in Pa. You will fit in either car. Biggest difference is in the footwell size. The S3 requires pixie boots to drive. The SV you can get away with a normal shoe or running shoe Assuming you don't have size 15 feet. The S3 will be snugger but you won't slide around at all. The SV, depending on the seat choice you will have a lot more room. IMO.

Cem Congrats on the new car and welcome. I have a Sadev sequential mated to a Duratec with about the same HP as your 620R, althought mine is normally aspirated. You will love it. It's a great gearbox and no lift upshifts are thrilling as the power just keeps coming. But mine also does rev matching downshifts too but I do have to lift for those :driving: If you haven't driven a 7 with 300+ hp you are in for an experience. BTW I had a new clutch installed this winter and since the gearbox was out, I sent it to Sadev for a refresh. Great service, turned it around in two days. I had the car out this Past Sunday and I'm still smiling. Had a slight issue during the first session, where it got stuck in 6th gear, but you won't have that problem. Luckily it was easily corrected back in the pits. Good Luck with yours. Tom

Mike, I believe it’s up around 9200 with the crank that Karl specced For it. I know they took it up over 8700 when I had it dynoed I however find no need to take it that high. I scare the crap out of myself at 7000rpm

Hi John. Sounds like you are going to be social distancing from all of us on the track with that new beast of a motor. Hopefully we will all be in the mood to burn some hydrocarbons to Help get that global warming thing back on track. . Can’t wait. Tom

The plastic dowels on the early k series did cause head gasket issues. They were later replaced with metal ones. That helped correct that issue. Speaking from experience

Beautiful! When your battery dies there are lots of nice smaller low profile options available. You can lay them down as well. Remember to add lightness! Good luck with the first test drive. . Tom

Lighten up guys, it's a Joke!!!:smilielol5:Shane, they obviously don't know you like we do. :seeya: Tom

I asked the same thing Michael. Apparently it created a lot of heat.

Well, last October i noticed a slight sound that went away when i lightly put my foot on the clutch. I assumed the throwout bearing as on its way out. I loaded up the car into the trailer and took it right to the shop. It sat there since then awaiting some attention. After several recent visits to kick a little ass, I went over yesterday and was pleased to see my car up in the air and sans engine and gearbox. I had left a box of parts to complete the job and thought it would be done this week. Then I saw this not so funny look on my mechanic's face. UH OH!!! it seems that the throwout bearing had seized and toasted not only the clutch, which I expected, but also affected the flywheel and input shaft seal on the gearbox. UH OH$$$$ After a few calls and emails I finally heard back from SBD in the UK and Sadev in NC today and a new flywheel and ARP bolts are on there way. And I decided to send the gearbox down to Sadev in North Carolina for a refresh since it was already out. So i feel a little better today that i will get my car back on track in time for the start of the trackday season, albeit with a much lighter wallet.​

Yeah, when I assembled my Yellow car, I got bags labelled "front suspension" "Rear suspension" "Miscellaneous" And of course I found Front suspension bolts in the rear and miscellaneous bags. :svengo: My wife was more concerned that after I completed the assembly, that I had A LOT of extra bolts, washers and nuts left over. It's held together pretty much for coming up on 20 years now, so I guess it's ok. :driving: Good luck with the build, you may have to grind the chamfer off of a cheap socket to tighten up the half head bolts for the underside of the roll bar if they still use that half depth bolt head. No biggie, but read the manual to check. Tom

Croc, you forgot the AX throwing venue. We definitely have to add that to our activities this year. :lurk: Tom

I'm Betting the house it will be Red.:smilielol5: Tom

About time Seb. You are so fast the extra weight will keep you from flying down the front straightaway :smilielol5::driving::seeya: Tom

Unfortunately Orange is not home at the moment, Yellow is alone in the garage. Tom

FIA certification gets you 5 yr belts. SFI cert gets you 2 yrs. Tom

Happy Thanksgiving! May your.bird be big and juicy.