Factory built VHPD with low mileage, high spec and fully documented history.

[RoadsportR]

Caterham Roadsport “R”.

Very rare factory built car with only 16500 miles covered since new in 2000. Ordered and supplied from new with its existing and still entirely standard 190+ bhp Rover 1800 cc VHPD “Very High Performance Derivative” engine. The cars massive history file including all original factory purchase and build sheet documentation, fully stamped service books, all invoices for the extensive amount of work undertaken on the car from new, every mot, and a very high specification indeed.

The engine is oil tight, water tight, retains very high oil pressure cold and/or hot. The 5 speed gearbox was rebuilt 750 miles ago by Road and Race Transmissions and matches perfectly with the lower geared 3.92:1 lsd final drive differential which was itself rebuilt by Road and Race Transmissions 750 miles ago. This engine is torquey enough to give great acceleration with the shorter diff ratio whilst still having the “overdrive” 5th gear for touring.

 

The cars specification is very high indeed as follows :-

Dodge Viper Pearlescent Blue with yellow nose band. Minimal stone chips.

Rover VHPD 1800cc engine with estimated to make 190+bhp.

Apollo oil/air separator tank and oil cooler sandwich plate.

5 speed gearbox (stripped and fully rebuilt by Road and Race Transmissions 750 miles ago).

Fresh AP Racing clutch and brand new propshaft and driver’s side drive shaft.

Shorter geared ZF 3.92:1 lsd (stripped and rebuilt by Road and Race Transmissions 750 miles ago).

13 inch dia 6 inch front Anthracite wheels with good Avon CR500 tyres.

13 inch dia 8 inch rear Anthracite wheels with good Avon CR500 tyres.

Steel wheel nuts all round.

Wide track front suspension.

Bilstein spring platform adjustable suspension with upgraded front and rear linear springs.

Uprated 9/16th inch dia adjustable rear anti roll bar and Freestyle fully adjustable front anti roll bar.

Upgraded 4 piston front and rear brakes with very recent pads and DOT 5.1 silicone brake fluid.

Newer style and recently rebuilt (and watertight) factory VHPD throttle bodies with ITG R500 induction filter and new air induction back plate.

VHPD cat bypass 4 into 2 into 1 collector (the cat is packed separately for Mot’s).

Specialist 9 inch dia track day spec exhaust (97dB at 5725 rpm).

All new coolant hoses (mostly silicone).

FIA track day rear roll over bar.

FIA 3 inch wide race harnesses.

FIA battery cut out master switch.

Boot mounted plumbed in factory fire extinguisher with one cabin outlet and two engine outlets.

Momo quick release steering wheel.

Caterham Tillet composite seats with drivers side forward and rearward adjustability.

Carbon rear wing protectors and carbon door entry sills.

Oil/water overflow catch tank.

JPE yellow dash gauges with dash switchable water temperature and oil temperature gauge.

Remote ignition with push button start, aero switch ignition and Factory Thatcham 2 remote alarm.

Aero fuel filler cap with two keys.

Alloy gear lever knob.

Heater and Black Pack.

Secure and waterproof road tax disc holder.

Fully carpeted cockpit with rear mounted map pocket and part carpeted boot.

Heated front windscreen and full wet weather equipment including wipers and screen wash system side doors and mirrors and tonneau.

 

Apart from the above mentioned engine/gearbox/differential rebuild work the following items have in my ownership been replaced with brand new components :-

 

Engine timing belt renewed less than 1000 miles ago.

Front and rear wheel bearings.

The throttle bodies were stripped and fully rebuilt.

Starter motor with heat shield fitted and separate fused ignition switch circuit direct to the battery so as to ensure an end to the usual Caterham “click” when starting.

Thermostat housing and thermostat.

Engine sensors i.e. throttle position sensor, throttle body air temperature sensor, water temperature sensor to dash gauge, water temperature sensor to ECU.

Dash switches –i.e. aero ignition flick switch, indicator relay, hazard lights relay.

Distributor cap and titanium spark plugs.

Throttle cable.

 

Mot until 25/10/13. Road tax until 1/5/13.

The Catalytic converter, 3 litres of Caterham engine oil, 0.5 litre of gearbox oil and 0.5 litre rear differential oil all come with the car.

If you take into account the cars overall condition, low mileage (with full documentation to corroborate), very high specification and extremely high level of preparation, it makes a fairly compelling argument for itself as either a road car, track car or both! (£16995).

 

 

Edited by - RoadsportR on 5 Dec 2012 15:50:55