jpotter Posted July 27, 2001 Share Posted July 27, 2001 Dear All, I'd really appreciate your comments (even some constructive ones) on which of these monsters would be a best step from my secondhand Superlight 1.6. It has been with me for while but I want to move up slightly in the performance and also get a nice shiny car for me to put all the dents and chips in myself. The car is used 75% on road and 25% on track, and so far my thoughts are that the blackbird is fractionally cheaper and has a lovely sequential box and (I seem to remember) good track manners being lighter able to brake later etc. Howver, SLR has been traditional step up and has all known quantities, happy with K engine etc. Also, Caterham do not have a blackbird demonstrator, how the hell are you supposed to decide if you can't drive it ? I would really appreciate your views. James C7 JDP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRIS CLARK Posted July 28, 2001 Share Posted July 28, 2001 What ever one says here wlii offend someone, so here goes! I have never driven the 'B/bird',so this is just a personal opinion, but from what I read and have heard about bike engined cars they seem better suited for track days than as 'every day' road cars. Also, the cost is not a lot different to a good 'K' car. I can see the appeal of a 'Blade' version for track work; light weight, relatively cheap engine (if/when it goes 'pop' then 1000 UKP gets you a brand new eng.), cheaper to purchase etc. Depends what you really want to do with it I guess!!!wink.gif I remain open minded about the car eng/bike eng debate. It will be a bit difficult to sell it if Caterham have no demo car though. Does that show their level of commitment to the project? question.gifWhat do the rest of you think then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFA Posted July 28, 2001 Share Posted July 28, 2001 To upgrade a Superlight*, stick a Vauxhall engine in it. * Applies to all Superlights including R500! Ha ha ha...... Fat Arn See a meaty Vauxhall car here See the Le Mans Trip Website here See the Lotus Seven Club North Kent Website here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millsn Posted July 28, 2001 Share Posted July 28, 2001 From what I've seenof the bike engined variety they're a quantumleap forward. ex Chairman roger managed to make everyone else look a bit silly around curborough in one recently. You can't believe how they'll dive into corners. Another bike engined caterham pulled up after trickling gently along the road that leads into Curborough and it seemed to have pussy cat manners. I think you'd need to drive one though - have you tried contactiong roger to see if he has any leads in that direction? It would be worth doing. Nigel Mills - 2.0 Zetec carbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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