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The K series was the go to engine in the Uk for a good while. It's very light weight and very tunable. The original R500 was a 1.8L K Series pushed up to 242 HP with a ridiculous 9200 rpm red line. Most didn't last at that level and they detuned them to 232 hp with an 8600 rpm redline. Mine was built to the VHPD spec, Very High Power Derivative and dynode at 196BHP. Very reliable engine if you let the oil warm up before you thrash it. Head gaskets were an early problem due to plastic dowels used to locate the head. Metal ones and an improved head gasket usually solves the issue. Cateham, Redline and QED in the UK support them parts wise. I'm putting a new starter in mine right now. Good luck the purchase. Your face will hurt for days after you drive it from smiling so much. Tom

Jay, when I order from Caterham UK, the package usually get here in 4 days or so, assuming they have the part and customs doesn't hold it up. I'd call early tomorrow morning, Say 5 am that's 10 am their time. They can get it out quickly if they have it. That's assuming you don't go with Grahams suggestion or find out if Beecham or Rocky mtn, have it in stock. Good luck. Tom

Congrats! You should join the Connecticut convoy to NJMP in a month. :driving: Tom

Bob, if you like seeing a bunch of 7s together, you really should plan to make the trip up to NJMP next month. Just bring a lot of extra SD cards as you will need them. :rofl: :seeya::driving: Tom

I now see why they say that if you are having one knee replaced, do them both at the same time, because you won't want to do the second one after having done the first. My harnesses expired on both of my Caterhams last year. I had the ones in the Orange car replaced when it went in for the preseason service. The yellow car is waiting for a starter rebuild so I decided to replace the harnesses this morning. Shoulder harnesses are a breeze obviously, then i started on the lap belts and crotch belts. I have the stock cloth seats in the Yellow car and after removing the bottom cushion, it's apparent that the seat tracks and back need to come out to get at the lap belts bolts. Sounds simple but on my car the bolts holding the seat tracks down, would spin when I tried to undo the nyloc nuts from underneath the car. I needed to wedge a screwdriver between the track and bolt to keep them from spinning. Bad news was that my arms aren't long enough to hold the screwdriver and wrench at the same time. And that was just for the front bolts. The rear track bolts need to have the seat back pushed forward and then again reach down with the screwdriver. Physically impossible to do. Seat and tracks had to come out because the seat track on the driver's left side belt is too close to allow the bolt to be removed or reinserted. For the sake of a half inch they could have eliminated all that. Damn English!!! So i called a neighbor over and after a few curses, the seat came out and belts in, then seat back in. Passenger seat will have to wait until all my cuts and bruises heal. ( I left the car on the lift which limited my space between the car and the lift when trying to get to the nuts under the car. And the side exhaust is on the drivers side which limited me even more.) Thanks for letting me vent. Anyone have an easier solution to spinning bolt issue? Tom

Roll bar has to clear your helmet, The broomstick test is to sit in the car with helmet on and take a broomstick or other straight edge and lay it on the roll bar at one end and the bonnet at the other, as long as it doesn't hit your helmet you are good. Windscreen would fold in a rollover obviously so that's why you don't measure to that. Croc or someone will confirm or correct as appropriate. Tom

Congrats! Great timing as the weather is about to warm up. Up for a road trip to NJMP to meet up with a whole bunch of 7s? Tom

Early in my Autoxing days, while I was still on the CR500's, I did get caught in a downpour, the course had some HUGE puddles and as I was driving, I could hear the announcer saying, "There goes Tom in his Catermaran 7" :smilielol5: I went thru a puddle and the water wave crested right on top of me. I wasn't running with a top and I got a little wet. On the way home, the clouds opened up again, and I can confirm that the water comes off the front tires and ends up all over you. Lesson learned, Nothing good happens in the wet. If it rains during a track day, I just head to the bar. Tom

Having done 8 years of Autoxing before I started taking the car to the track, I'll share my thoghts When I autoxed, the Caterhams were classed as DMod if 2.0L or less and EMod if larger. In Mod classes, the standard tire was a 13 x 10 inch Hoosier slick in the soft compound. Usually 10 inchers at all for corners. Sticks great. :driving: 10 inch tires up front require either Clamshells front fenders or you to run without or wider cycle wing fenders. That was the set up needed if you wanted to be competitive, and PAX well. If you are just out to have some fun and don't care about your points standing, then the Avons will be fine. On track, I used the same 10 inch all around set up and it worked great, but I did switch to a taller tire to get better gearing, as the smaller diameter tire was limiting top speed. YMMV but that's my experience. Good luck Tom

It's now just about 2 months before our event. Hopefully most of you have ordered your parts, and have almost finished any preseason tech or repairs. For some reason some always wait until the last minute to get their cars ready. Speaking of which, I need to install new harnesses in the Yellow car and follow up on a starter rebuild. I've heard from a couple more guys who plan on attending and I've added them to the list below. We are still hoping to hear from a few other who have either attended or had hoped to in the past. FE07, Dermot, OR7, Inchochate, Blake, etc. Plenty of room for others as well if you'd like to come out. As I've said before this is the best way to learn and use our cars, in a safe and friendly environment. Se7en's only run group and a Novice group with no passing for first timers, cant' beat it. So get your cars ready, (JBH, that includes you finding and installing a new engine.:leaving:) Looking forward to another great weekend of Se7en fun. Tom 1) Croc 2) YellowSS7 3)Vovchandr 4)Jcerier 5)Wemtd 6)Fast G 7)Chris S 8)Kitcat 9) Dan F 10) Scott L 11) Jeff H 12) Seb 13) Roman 14) John B 15) Tom C 16) Blackhole (Jay) 17) Neil H 18) Dave H. 19) Simon450 20) Steve M 21) Marc E 22) Todd R 23) Norm B 24) Steve O

As for the mirrors, i made a simple bracket that uses the two bolts that holds the windscreen and/or aeroscreen on. It's just a piece of angled aluminum that I got from ace hardware. I ordered a couple long stalk motorcycle mirrors on Ebay and drilled the two holes for the bolts and a hole for the mirror. bolts on simply and removes easily. I'll try to post a picture a little later. Cheap and simple and works great. Tom

I believe the UK guys say that you can bring the crotch belt up behind the seat cushion and sit on it having the belt caress the jewels. :ack: I remember when I assembled Yellow that the crotch belts attached at a point where the seatback attached. there were two places that I had to slightly enlarge the holes but it was a simple task. Another seven owner did a really nice job of putting a hole in the seat bottom for the belt to come thru and used a plastic part that is used for cords that come thru desks etc. it was a real neat install. Not hard to do, probably can get the plastic parts at IKEA or on Amazon. Helmet has to be 2010 or newer, Auto helmet not Motorcycle. Again, can be rented at NJMP

I do have an extra set of arm restraints that i would be happy to lend to someone as long as I get them back.

The NJMP store does have some rental helmets available at a pretty reasonable rate. But reserve one early to ensure they have your size. Tom

1) Croc 2) YellowSS7 3)Vovchandr 4)Jcerier 5)Wemtd 6)Fast G 7)Chris S 8)Kitcat 9) Dan F 10) Scott L 11) Jeff H 12) Seb 13) Roman 14) John B 15) Tom C 16) Blackhole (Jay) 17) Neil H 18) Dave H. 19) Simon450 20) Steve M 21) Marc E Still plenty of room for more to join in on the fun.

Welcome to the Asylum Steve! :seeya: New ride looks great. We will have some fun this year. just watch out for Simon, he spins a lot. :smilielol5: Tom

Cheap Shot Tom. :toetap05: But only 260 hp? and you think that will keep up with Orange's 310? Wake up you are dreaming. :seeya: Can't wait to see it. I bet Maureen ends up driving it as much as Steve. And She is a lot faster than me. Steve is just a crazy motorcycle nut. :smilielol5: Looking forward to seeing you guys again. We haven't heard from the other Se7ener that you shipped a car to last year in NJ. Is he going to join us this year? Tom

Mike will these work? I've purchased a few parts from these guys. Good service. Tom https://www.burtonpower.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=zetec+clutch

Mike are you sure you are not using that third pedal as a "Dead Pedal" :smash:

Yellow has the 6 speed and Orange has the Sadev with Paddle shifter. I think the 6 speed is very good, and well spaced, it kind of just snicks in without alot of effort, maybe just a strech to get to 5th. The Sadev is brilliant on track once you get it going, it does NOT like to go slow. It likes full Revs. Downshifts automatically blip the throttle with a slight lift. Pretty fool proof unless you have a brain fart or a twitchy left finger that pulls the downshift paddle by mistake. :leaving:

That's good news on both ends, that you are going to a friendly inspection site and that they modified the bumper language. When mine was done it required them. I guess I didn't tape them on well enough as they have seem to fallen off. :smilielol5:

Like I said above, my Yellow car is Superlight #123 and is listed in the Lotus 7 club registry. Croc's car is a big ass CSR and no way it's a SuperLIGHT. :jester:

But NOT as light. So there Back! :smash:

This is our Ninth year of getting sevens together on track. We have our own run group of just sevens. Two day's on track, this year, TBolt and Lightning. Plus maybe a friendly go kart challenge. A few dinners together, lots of fun. Come up.. Tom http://www.usa7s.net/vb/showthread.php?12220-2019-Sevens-HPDE-Save-the-Date-for-June-28-30-2019 Check out the national Thread where you posted your post and look right below it.

Scott, you may want to take a ride up our NJMP event this summer and see a good number of them. If Jim shows up, his, mine, and Scott L cars are all Superlights or Superlight Rs. Even if you don't bring your Caterham you will enjoy seeing 20 plus in the paddock and on track. Any you are correct, no two are exactly alike. Even Simon and Seb's twins are just slightly different. And one is just a little faster than the other. :leaving: Tom