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Ouch!!!:ack: Sorry to hear that Roman. I Hope the new motor is a strong one. Good Luck. Tom

Roman, looks good. How's the car run with the new Turbo? How many tickets have you amassed since the install? :smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5:

Looks great. Not sure I'd like to polish all that Aluminium, Doesn't look like my Ferrari yellow, but it does look similar to Lotus yellow. Tom

Jon, as you know, I have plenty of experience with hitting cones and destroying rear wings. :banghead: But I've never had a problem with loosing the rivenuts. The key for future reference is to replace your steel bolts with Nylon bolts and only use 3-5 bolts to hold the rear wings on. That way, if you hit a cone hard, the nylon bolts will break off and not damage the side skin or rivenuts. It is way easier to repair the fiberglass wings. As for your question, I believe the guys in the UK use something called Rawlnuts when replacing the rivenuts. I think they are rubber and can be fitted in the side skin without taking off the panel you refer to. I belive that they expand on the inner side when you screw in the bolt. There is a thread on Blatchat right now about the same issue. Here's a UK link re: the Rawl nuts. http://www.rivetwise.co.uk/productrange/wellnut.htm Good luck, Tom

Looks great Taber:hurray: She might have a business opportunity there. Hopefully she kept the template. Let us know if she's taking orders. Tom

Ian, if I remember correctly, you can use the non radial ears for radials with no real issues. Supposedly it's the otherway around that is not recommended. The ears basically change the rear wheel camber. That said, I run the Hoosier slicks, which are biased with the radial spec ears and can't say that I see any issue with them. Tire wear is fine. The Dartyness of the car may be due to the ACB 10's themselves which are known to tramline. Car could be set up with Toe out on the front which also can cause the tramlining. tom

That 40th anniv. Seven was the first one I looked at and drove. George Alderman the Delaware Caterham Dealer brought it up to my house for me to see and drive. Obvioulsly I didn't end up buying it as I wanted to build my own. Really nice Car. Good luck with it. Tom

Nice collection. Now if you're asking what we would have in our collection... To a few of the vettes, (a nice big block 67, and that resto-mod Z06, I'd add a few Brits ( D type and maybe a nice E type, and maybe a nice Aston say a DBR1, and of course my favorite little yellow beauty. and what the heck, throw in a Lotus 23B. A few Italians, ( 250 TR, a 365 daytona conv., and maybe that new one thats coming out. From the Germans, I can't reallly say anything comes to mind. I'd have to add maybe a GT40, and a Saleen S7. I guess that would about do it for me. A nice even dozen. 1 down 11 to go. Tom

Cough, Cough, AL, Cough, Cough.:devil::seeya: Tom

I really like the simplicity of the form and function of the Seven, BUT I think I could get use to the looks of the new Ferrari. What do you think?:drool:

http://www.fark.com/cgi/vidplayer.pl?IDLink=4464984 I thought this was pretty impressive. Sounds like a real jet too.

Mazda, curriously, I don't think the SCCA rules require a hood/bonnet in DM/EM. At least a couple times, at regional events,when it was really hot out, I was told that I could run with the bonnet off if I wanted to to control the heat. Never read the rules that closely though. Tom

Box, I agree. My first car was almost a red 1966 TR4A IRS. If it hadn't needed a new valve spring I may have bought it. It was $1,200. I ended up with a 1968 Triumph Spitfire for $800. instead. Fun little car that started my infatuation with nimble little English cars. It was the 1977 TR7 that came next that was almost the end of that infatuation.:banghead: Always liked the look of the TR 4-250, and 6's That install of the ford V8 looks really clean. That would be a fun car to cruise with for $11,000-15k. Wonder what it will go for. Tom

52 mm if I recall correctly.

I'm personally attached to Ferrari Yellow,:drool: or Giallo as the Ferrari dealer said. Paint code FE102. Tom

In the old days, before Antilock brakes, I believe that it was established that Locking all 4 wheels in the dry stopped you faster than Threshold brakeing. Assuming you don't mind flatspotting your tires. Tom

Nice Front and rear Cover photo and story in the July-August Lotus ReMarque magazine of a 68 Series 3 and the new Caterham R400. Nice to see the Caterhams getting a fair shake from the Lotus Owners. I don't like the looks of the new Caterham Bugeye headlight brackets though. They stick up way too far. BTW, I noticed in the LOG29 Concourse results that Steve Mongtomery took 1st in the Caterham division and I was surprised to see that I took 2nd. Dean G also took second in the Lotus 7 Concourse category. Steve also took the Autox for Class 4/Sevens. Tom

It's a beautiful 78 degrees here in Media, Pa. today. Just got back in from a 2 hour blat with my eldest daughter. The only reason we came home was that we were having trouble breathing. It's just amazing that it actually is hard to breath when driving at speed. Lots of waves today from all the sports car drivers. A nice 57 Vette driver almost fell out out his car while hanging out over the door, trying to get a good look at us. Even a couple of nice old Porsche drivers gave us waves. Great day to be out. Nice that our fearless leader has fixed that nasty Global warming problem already. Tom

Mazda, I'm not a mechanic, but it looks like you might have to turn/cut those rotors. :rofl::rofl::rofl: Tom

Can't help you there, I have the Caterham bellhousing drysump tank. A neat solution in and of itself.

Thanks Tom, Attached is a pic of my Altenator solution. A bracket mounted off the front of the engine so that the altenator runs facing backwards. Tom

Tom, As an S3 owner, I'm curious, how much fabrication is required to get the 2.0L duratec shoehorned in? Or are there other issues? When I put the RoverK series, which was the normal engine in UK Catehams for a while, in my car, the only issues that arose were tight clearance with the headers and the steering column, but they do make a LHD 4-2-1 exhaust system that works. Connecting the hydraulic clutch slave to clutch arm was another. And lastly, there was no room for the altenator on the left or right due to the drysump pump on the right and the headers/steering column on the left. Other than that, it was a piece of cake. Even with those issues, the TOTAL build time was 80 hours, and I'm not a mechanic or even remotely mechanically gifted. Just curious about the Duratec issues as it looks like the ideal engine for the car. Tom

Met a buddy for lunch today and decided to take the Caterham even though it was a little overcast. Took the Hoosier slicks off and put the new R888's on. Haven't had it out since the Track day at Log29. (Pathetic, I know) The R888's seem ok but they are definately alot heavier than the AVON CR500s. Started right up, and had a chance to run it up thru all 6 gears on the way to lunch. Heck, I even forgot to put in my earplugs. It just sounds so good. Car attracted alot of attention as usual. After a nice leisurely 2 hour lunch, I notice a few rain drops starting to fall. As I never ordered the weather gear it was time to sprint home. Luckily, it didn't pour and I made all the lights, and it stopped as I got within a couple of miles of home. The Car is begging to go back out on the Track. I think I got the bug BAD.:driving: I think I'll go and edit the little bit of usable video I took at Barber and upload it later tonight. Tom

Let us know when you get here and if you have time to get together Again Tom

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