New member - some questions

[harrisgti]

Hi,

 

I am new to the club and i have some questions. that i haven't been able to find on the forum. (probably down to me not looking in the right places!) i hope some members can help. it was great to meet everyone at the caterham meet in West Sussex the other week and i am keen to get involved.

I have a caterham 7 1.6 Vauxhall vx classic. The first question was is there a how to service thread? I have seen a lot on the k series engine but not a lot on the older engines. I was trying to find out what type of coolant the car needed and also what type of oil and spark plugs? i have seen the guide section and read through that.

 the next question i have is, I am looking to do the track day in may at Brands Hatch, is it worth getting separate track day cover? And also do you need a certain typ of helmet to go?

I am also new to forums, so this is probably posted in the wrong section i just picked it from the drop down.

 

Regards,

Brad Harris

[Mark w]

Hi Brad

Congratulations on your purchase .

I cannot help on the servicing query but re the Brands track day i think you will find it is fully booked .

Why not come to the Cadwell day ? I think there are still places and its a great track for the Caterham .

[harrisgti]

Hi Thanks Mark

 

I have just called to book it, as i was trying to arrange the day off work. i am on the reserves.

I will look into the Cadwell Day, it is a long way up country for me. no doubt worth the drive though.

[Julian H]

Hi Brad, welcome 

If Cadwell is too far try Lotus On Track at Goodwood. Not an ideal Seven circuit but flowing and highly satisfying once you get the lines right. Super place to be too.

Julian

[Ian B]

Hi Brad,

Congratulations and welcome to the Club.

You could try entering a few specific terms in the search box, such as: vx AND service, or vx AND oil, for example, which should return threads and guides that contain both those terms.

Regarding Helmets, the Club don't insist on a particular standard. Some people buy car race helmets and some use bike helmets (i may be wrong but I think bike helmets sometimes have a wider field of view?). The only thing the Club insist on is a "trackday" rollbar, rather than the standard road rollbar.
it's only this Club that insist on that, so if you have the road rollbar and wanted to try out a trackday then you could use another trackday operator such as MSV or bookatrack.

[Jonathan Kay]

Welcome. Where are you?

Lots of Guides here.http://www.lotus7.club/guides

I don't have an emailable Assembly Guide for the Vauxhall engined models but if you send me a Private Mail with your email address I'll send you the closest I can find.

Here's a suggested service schedule.

Would you be interested in a "Get to Know Your 7" session?

Jonathan

[Paul McKenzie]

from Haynes manual VX Astra 91-96

Ethylene Glycol Antifreeze coolant ( to VX spec GME L 6, if you're picky)

Oil -  I'd use a quality semi-synthetic - Haynes specifies10W/40 to 20W/50, probably 3.5-4 litres

Oil Filter -(same as for the caterham 2.0 xe) ie WIX7064 or equiv.

Plugs Champion WR7DC or equiv - this is the spec . for injection, I don't know whether carbs would be different, but have a look what's in there at the moment.

[elie boone]

The graduates is where you need to be, they race them for years, you could ask Mc millan who service most of the Graduate racecars http://www.graduates.org.uk/

[harrisgti]

Hi ,

 

Thanks you for all your help and answers to all my questions really helpful! And very welcoming.