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Great News Shane! :hurray::hurray: Looking forward to seeing you, the family and the Phoenix. Yesterday's trackday started off poorly, failed tech with no brake lights and out of date belts. DuH. Fixed the brake lights and begged for indulgence for the belts. Got on track and my water temp gauge started acting up. Neddle Bouncing around. Going to have to track the issue down this week. Maybe a grounding issue or loose wire? Would read 185-190ish then bounce down to 150 and back up, then down etc. DId go althe way to Zero a couple times too. Any thoughts? Tom

Countdown continues, it's now just two months away from our event. I am scheduled to do a track day tomorrow, my first of the year, as it has finally warmed up. Should be a good shakedown day after a long off season. Got the car back yesterday from it's preseason prep. All set to go, other than ordering a new set of tires. Hope all of you are finishing up prepping your cars. You are really going to enjoy the first day on Thunderbolt. :driving: We are still waiting for NJMP to get there act together with their new on line sign up site. I hope to get a better sense of where they are tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing everyone. Hopefully we will get another 2-3 attendees to join in and put us at 30 cars. Still time to jump on board. Tom Tom

Hi Paul, I think I've used about 6 or so total. two on the leading edge Two on the trailing edge and two at the top. Space them out and see if the wing seems firmly attached and snugged up to the sideskin. I've ripped wings off now 3 different times, the same one twice on yellow and the carbon one on Orange. I've repaired the yellow wing twice and the carbon one once with no damage to the sideskins and they take a licken and keep on ticking. If you use one less or a couple more I don't think it would make much difference either way. Tom

Hi Stewart! :seeya: Glad to hear you are doing well. We miss you at our event. For those of you who haven't seen this car, it is a beauty and Stewart is a good driver and kept it on the track, unlike some of our brethren. :toetap05: Stewart is also very mechanically gifted, so the car always ran well. It's a very nice car. IMO. Someone should jump on this one. Take care Stewart. Tom

Best slam of the day. Croc must be tongtied after that one. :leaving:

Definitely our Croc. And I thought he was busy at work and traveling to European track days. :cheers: Tom

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The M5x25 nylon bolts are the right size for the existing rivnuts installed by Caterham.

McMaster Carr has the nylon bolts and I believe some riv nut options. The nylon bolts definitely save your skin and rivnuts if you do hit a cone when Autoxing. Ask me how I know. :svengo: Tom

On one of the plug ends is a strap/bar that you push down on to release the two parts.

April 4th and still chilly here in the Northeast. But we are now officially just 3 months away from the event at NJMP. I'm hoping to get my car to the shop this week for it's preseason maintenance, and I heard from Scott L that his is in the shop now as well. Chris S. reported that his car just got it's registration completed and he's hoping for some nice weather to do his first shakedown runs. Croc sold his SV and we will continue to work on the new owner to bring it out in July. Hopefully the rest of you will get to work on your cars and have them ready. Tom C, what's the status on Steve's new Birkin??? Get R done!!! :smash::toetap05::toetap05: Tom

You rang? (where is that Lurch emoji) Yes I have 10 inch wheels, as did Michael D. I have no clearance issues on the rear or front on my yellow car with the clams up front. I've tried to put them on the Orange car and rear fits fine even with the uprated rear calipers, but I can't fit them on the front due to the cycle wing stays. But I'm still working on it. I can't remember my backspacing but I thing it was either 4.5 or 5. Not home right now so I can't just go out the garage an measure.

Well, It's officially Spring, but it's snowing again here in Philly. ( Home of the SuperBowl Champion EAGLES) We are just a little more than 3 months from our event. I'm still hopeful that we will get closer to 30 se7ens out for the event. Still haven't heard from a few guys that made it out before, Matt in his 620R, Dermot in the former Skipmobile SV, and super fast Todd, who I saw popped in online last night, so I know you guys are out there. Plus we should rope in one other NJMP member who jumped in last year as well. IceBerg, Stig, RCollum, come on out for a day or two. You can put those shiney cars on track for the Group Picture at least. :smash: Sorry for the call outs, I'm just bored waiting for the snow to get deep enough to shovel. Come on Global Warming.!!!! Tom

Croc, you know that the 620R set up only has been done with Right hand Drive cars. Don't tease the guy. :smash:

email sent Tom

I've had both Avons and Yoko's on my Yellow caterham in those sizes. The Avons I had were the CR500's which are very light vs the R888's. very similar tread patters as well. Both are good on the track and street. Your tires, like mine will probably get hard before you wear either of them out. What's in your wallet? :jester: Tom

What better way to shake it down, on track with the builder on site, and 20+ other seven owners on hand to ogle and cheer you on. Sounds like it's a plan made in heaven. Bring the check Steve. :jester:

I'm sitting here watching all this crappy white global warming stuff pile up and just saw Tom C's post about a car hauler for the west coast guys. Tom you are the best!!! Hopefully it will provide an opportunity for some of the west coast guys to join us. The more the merrier! I just hope the snow melts by July.:jester: Tom

If you plan to autox, or track the car, the plastic/nylon bolt replacement on the rear wings is a must. You can buy a bag of them at McMaster Carr on line pretty cheaply. https://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/124/3236/=1bsv4cv They are 5mm and 25 mm long. item # 94175A435 As Croc says they break off and don't rip out the rivenuts and save your aluminum skin from damage. You also don't need to replace all the bolts. Five or six are plenty to hold the wing on securely. Brake fluid is a yearly maintenance item imo.

This might help. https://www.manualslib.com/manual/827135/Caterham-Seven.html#manual

General maintenance. Do a complete nut and bolt check. Things vibrate and loosen often on these cars. Check wheel bearing. Torque your wheel bolts correctly. Change the oil and filter. check your battery. Check the brake pads every 10-15 years.:jester: That's it. Simple. Tom

Don't know what engine your car has, but changing hoses is probably the easiest thing you can do. Drain the coolant from the radiator, using the bolt at the bottom of one of the corners, Open the reservoir cap to let air in which helps it drain. Squeeze the hoses to help get the coolant out. Undo the clamps, remove the hoses and replace and reinstall the drain plug. When filling, it may be helpful to raise the end of the car where the reservoir is located. If in the front, raise the front, if up on the firewall, raise the rear or put it on a slight hill nose down. That will help the air move up and out while you fill it. Fill if from the reservoir first. Squeeze the hoses to help the air move out, and top up again as needed. If your car has a heater, you may have to undo one of the top hoses to it to fill. Installing a bleed Tee is a good idea as well. After the coolant is filled to the correct level in the reservoir, start up the car and run it until the thermostat opens and top up as necessary. Leave the cap off as you warm it up. Good luck. Tom

:smilielol5: Actually a few of those are correct. I am faster in it. I do have a ton of spares, I have an emotional attachment to it since I built it, and the shoe explanation is Waay too close to home. :smash: What hair?

Just remember that it may also necessitate a new gearbox, driveshaft, intakes, exhaust, ECU. Costs can easily exceed the cost of just selling it and buying another one. Why do you think I now have two caterhams. ;>)

John, a simple solution for the mirrors is to use a piece of angle aluminum and use the existing screen bolts to attach it. Drill a hole in the horizontal side and attach a long stemmed motorcycle mirror that will allow you to see over the rear wing. I'll attach a photo if you need one. For the center mirror I used a Spa one, I also extended the base so that I could see past it to my right wing. Tom