2000 Caterham Superlight R

[catracer]

SOLD. Thanks to all for the interest.

 

2000 Caterham Superlight R

 

This is a 2 owner car originally sold by us (GT Classics). The current owner has just retired from the Army and is consulting with the government of Germany, where he now resides. He has asked me to find a buyer. The car is located near Charlottesville, VA and is titled in Maryland as a 2000 Caterham with the Caterham VIN.

 

As ordered from the factory in 2000, this is the Superlight R package which included:

Up rated shocks with adjustable spring perches.

Vented front brake disks with upgraded calipers.

Carbon-fiber nose, fenders and dash fascia.

Quick release Racetech steering wheel.

AP Suretrack limited slip differential with 3.62 ring and pinion.

DeDion chassis with Watts linkage

“7" Grill

6-1/2" X 13" front and 8-1/2" X13" rear 3 piece wheels.

 

As factory options, the first owner added:

Heater

Leather seats, headrests and tunnel cover

Tonneau cover

Full weather gear, (screen, wipers, hood and sidecurtains)

Full carpet set.

6 point harness, both sides

FIA roll-over bar.

Alloy Radiator

Hood bag (to stow the top)

Caterham racing fuel cell.

Full paint with bonnet stripe

 

At the time of delivery we also added a plumbed in Fire System and a Master Disconnect switch. The first owner later added the “motorcycle” flaps to the trailing edges of the front wings to help deflect gravel.

 

The engine is the period Zetec with a more aggressive intake cam. Transmission is the Ford Type 9 five speed with 0.82 overdrive. Both were purchased through the Caterham engine program at the time from Rocky Mountain Sports Cars.

 

Cosmetic condition is very good with some minor road rash, a small hood ding and a bit of a tear in carbon at the rear of the RR fender. Some leather fading has been touched up with dye then Lexol. All honest wear from 14 years of service.

 

Mechanical condition is very good to excellent. It has an idle issue (cam), a nonfunctional speedometer, and a small weep from the transmission. I’ve given it a good go-over and there are no other areas that are lacking. All of the Ford emissions as provided by the Caterham program at the time are intact, including the integrated Caterham catalytic convertor. All necessary maintenance has been completed.

 

Some accessories have been lost. These include the spare tire and its securing hardware, the original front carpets and the removable diagonal for the FIA roll-over bar. Also the plastic wheel center covers are gone.

 

The owner is including a bar mount camcorder mount and a G-Tech Pro performance meter. A set of matching red clamshell front wings, still in factory packing is included as well. These were mis-shipped from Caterham at the time and never mounted. In addition, I have all the original sales documentation and all the service invoices.

 

Tires are brand new Avon ACB10s.

 

Not for the timid, the car has blinding acceleration, stops before you can think about it and generates G loading in corners that will leave you smiling.....as your competition grimaces in disbelief. It looks great and is fairly priced at $XX,XXX. REDUCED TO $29,900.

 

Photos are at: http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/thumbdrum/library/2000%20Caterham%20Superlight%20R

 

Contact me at chipb@ntelos.net for a viewing or for further questions.

 

Chip Bond

GT Classics, LLC

Barboursville, VA

 

Cell: 540 661 2944

Edited July 31, 2014 by catracer
price reduction

[catracer]

There has been some interest but it still needs a new owner. Current owner says sell.

 

Some clarification regarding questions that other parties have asked:

 

Idle and Camshaft

 

"Problem with the idle is likely the increased cam lift and duration skews the mixture to the limit of the stock ECUs ability to manage at low load situations. As far as I can determine....I've swapped virtually all parts (save cams head and engine block) from a perfectly functional sister car over to the superlight and nothing made any difference. Then as a check, all the superlight parts to the sister car, which performed fine. The symptoms are a high idle during warmup (2500 RPM plus or minus) that does not decrease as the engine warms. Then, for some unknown reason, if you shut down and restart, RPM drops to normal....??? I've checked wiring harness for continuity and resistance and everything looks fine. All sensors function. After many 10's of hours of head scratching I gave up thinking that a new buyer may just take this engine on a different development path and the whole issue would be null. At any rate, it's more an annoyance than a running fault and would almost certainly be rectified with a stock cam reinstalled. The car runs great on the road, with the cam delivering a lot of zip from 3000 RPM on out."

 

The missing diagonal on the roll over bar.

 

"As originally provided there was a removable diagonal from the top hoop behind the driver, forward to a hard point on the passenger side knee area. If installed, there is no where to locate a passenger, but, in the UK at least, it was required for some speed events. It's gone. It would not be a huge issue to fabricate a new one should the need arise."

 

 

Mileage and Odometer reading

 

"The first owner used this for street only, as I remember. The current owner mostly for autocross and would drive it to SCCA autocross events in No VA or MD, compete, then drive it home. Mileage on speedo shows 10,108 and the owner claims that it only has 500 more or so. He had an encounter with a cone that took out the mechanical speedo drive at the transmission. It has been blanked and needs an electronic instrument installed, I think this may have been the same incident that caused the small rip in the RR fender. Regardless, the title would need to transfer with "nonfunctional odometer ".

 

 

Regarding track use of car

 

"For track use, these are really great dependable little cars at this level of tune. At one time my comany owned 7 of them and ran an SCCA/NASA and Drivers Ed race rental program. I'd guess, at the peak we were running about 50 entries a year not counting track days. Very few had any issues. The components that Caterham uses were originally designed for cars that weigh well over twice as much. They tend to be very lightly stressed and last a long time. For a 8-9 weekend race season we would figure 2 sets of front pads, two sets of slicks with rotation, a set of rear pads and 2 oil- filter changes. Then a full service offseason. Thats really about it. The norm was a car cleanup between weekends, usually nothing else. "

 

Regarding painted Carbon Fiber wings and nose

 

"This paint job was provided by Caterham at the time the car was purchased. The owner thought the raw carbon looked....well...."odd" against a painted chassis and asked that they spray the entire car. At the time Caterham had not come out with the carbon wing protectors and was providing the stainless versions with the Superlight package. They looked....again....."odd" with the red/black color scheme and the factory black out trim package. We used the same industrial version of Plasticote on the leading edge of the rear fenders as we did with the race cars. It does not get nicked or damaged with gravel/stone impacts as the factory protectors are prone."

 

Questions? It's a great running and looking car at a bargain price.

 

Chip Bond

GT Classics, LLC

Barboursville, VA 22923

 

Cell: 540 661-2944