My New Caterham

[10speedbird]

Hey Folks. I picked up this lovely Caterham from "Bigdog" in Walla Walla Washington a couple of months ago. I'm going to be carrying out some restoration as well as a Duratec Swap over the Fall, Winter and in to the spring. Feel free to follow along with my Journey if you'd like. I'll be posting videos on my Youtube channel (Link Below)

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHRqzGCitx8YGUQ-YpInEFg

 

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[The Stig]

Very nice looking car. You'll miss that noise!

[10speedbird]

Very nice looking car. You'll miss that noise!

 

 

You're right The noise of the X-flow is great. The current engine is a fairly standard 1600 and a little week when it comes to performance driving. The Duratec I've sourced is a 2.3 and I have already acquired some Cosworth internals, Individual roller barrel Throttle bodies, Hot cams, Lighter flywheel....etc....etc. I will be mating it to the T5 I currently have with an RWD Motorsports alloy bell housing. It should be fairly easy to get 200+hp with the build. I figure with the Individual Throttle bodies I should be able to keep some of the X-flow-esc induction noise and with the right exhaust be able to obtain a little of the Exhaust note (Though this might be harder). Either way I'm looking forward to the process and the power gain.

[MichaelD]

Yeah! Clams and Red interiors are making a come back:hurray: