neil.cavanagh Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 1.8 whippet sized 1.8K supersport-R with 6spd, lsd & big brakes. 😬 😬 blatted through the Dartford tunnel to work 😬 😬 😬 Gearbox is great.... it does BRRR..BRRRR..BBRRRR..BBRRRRR..BBBRRRRRR...BBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR 😬 😬 😬 😬 I think I will be having a LONG lunch break today and trying to find some good roads!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTD Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Neil - you can't have too many Caterhams, then? 😬 😬 😬 GO on - tell us more... G for Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisb Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Do you fit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil.cavanagh Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 well its Simon Lambert trying to convince me that I want them to upgrade my engine to 160 R spec!! I JUST fit in it. Knees up against the steering wheel and even with pixy boots the throttle and brake pedal are a bit scarily close. I love the 6spd box though. Really smooth, and the close close ratios suit the engine really well! If only it wasn't £2k!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Tis funny that Neil calls NORMAL Sevens Whippet cars given that I've probably got a bigger waist than him, he's just a lanky streak of something unpleasant It must be a Caterham demo car Supercheese R250 Caterham pictures here 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 It is the Caterham Demo car... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil.cavanagh Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 are you stalking me Mav?? It is 'powder puff' blue and has 'Caterham Aftersales' in big letters down the side!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 No Neil, I am not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delbert Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 What do you get for £2k anyway? Too Old to die Young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 A 6th gear Supercheese R250 Caterham pictures here 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil.cavanagh Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 Delbert, the 2K I was referring to was JUST for the 6spd box. ( £2345 fitted) The R engine upgrade is 'from' £2295. "Supersport-R (1.6 & 1.8 std EU2 & EU3 only) The Caterham R300 engine uses the roller-barrel induction system of the R500 engine to produce 160bhp. Work on the R300 engine has enabled us to carry this back to the standard 1.6 and 1.8 engines. 1.6 capacity units first have to be converted to 1.8, by entirely stripping the engine, replacing the crankshaft complete with bearings, cylinder liners, pistons and con-rods. For all conversions, the head is removed and modified with the compression ratio raised and the inlet ports matched to the roller barrels. The Supersport profile camshafts are used, if not already fitted. Outside the engine, the obvious difference is the roller-barrel induction system. On the standard engine, a single throttle body controls the flow of air into a common plenum chamber from where it is drawn into the engine. The roller-barrels have individual throttles for each combustion chamber, drawing air through inlet ducts designed for maximum performance. The roller-barrel design allows for a completely smooth, uninterrupted airflow into the combustion chamber on wide-open throttle. This system is controlled with a special engine management system (ECU)." So for us Delbert I think we'd get roller-barrels and a bit of head work and re-mapped ECU. The engine is rather nice.... I'm starting to think that maybe a good route to go would be to buy a 1.8 'trophy' engine for c. £1200 which would give 160. then £500 on exhaust. Then spend time and a winter faffing around with my old 1.8 and seeing what I can get that to do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Trophy is a VVC though, isn't it? Bit of a brick-wall to move on from (stripping out all the gubbins and replacing the cams etc. etc.) Nice big valves though... Project Scope-Creep is underway... Alcester Racing 7's Equipe - 🙆🏻™ Alcester-Racing-Sevens.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Bill Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 ditch the cheese lump and bob in an R1 for less, and you get 6 sequential gears as standard 😬 BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil.cavanagh Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 just thinking aloud really myles... IF (I don't!) I had £2K to spend I could get 160bhp and realiability (ie for USA2005) by putting in a new trophy. Then instead of selling my existing 1.8 I could spend time faffing & fettling it as and when money allows to ultimately build a 190-200 bhp K. But then again, would I be better to not spend any more money on current car and trade it in for a new SV with better engine already???? which I'm make sure would have LSD, 6spd etc etc. all academic really for the next 6 months at least though due to finances... ☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Bill Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 those are not the options that you are looking for... 😬 master voice> BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil.cavanagh Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 look BB I am NEVER going to have a bike engine (unless its a V8) in my Caterham. So there. Now, go back to playing with your poo.... 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Listen to Darth Badger not, seduced by the motorbike Dark Side was he, hmmm. An SV too lardy for a motorbike engine power unit is, anyway. Less of a landspeeder than whippet Caterham, hmm? Weak is the force in all of you. voice> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Bill Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 😬 BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Bill Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 😬 Humm, cheaper bike powered second small car, young jedi caravanner, needs, hummm? Can find BEC striker for less than upgrade costs to thrash, no? voice> BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delbert Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 So for £5k I get an extra gear and 20 bhp. Whereas I couuld go on a starvation diet. This would mean I loose about 30lbs and save on booze etc. This would improove my power to weight ugamaflip. Add that £5k I've just saved to the money saved not eating and drinking (except when company pays) , as Myles so kindly pointed out, from ditching a cocaine habit . Add in a cheeky reworking of the finance schedule, increase the bubble to 50% Thats it I can afford a CSR260. On top of that ( and as we all know I believe everything Nemeisis says is true) when the CSR is dropped in favor of the BMC 1100 version it will have rarity value Thus I can justify as an investment.................... Any more "savings" that can be suggested that do not involve building a 7 that sounds like a Moulinex Mixer Too Old to die Young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Here look, only here one Yoda is there, KO? Looking for an up-punch, you are. This BEC nonsense stop must. Already Noger and Lee have been drawn to the Dark Side. So it is. Only too late realise will they that Cheese engine forward the way is. voice> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil.cavanagh Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 Delbert, if you keep talking like that I can see that in 16 months time when the SV is fully paid off I'll be going to see the nice men in Caterham and seeing how many limbs or internal organs I have to give them to take away my current car and give me a nice new CSR in return! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delbert Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 I gather its another £160 pcm Not that I've checked /considered it/ applied for higher paid jobs to finance it /chosen the colour/spec/ pit crew to build it etc All I need to do now is earn more and stay in the Chavdom Too Old to die Young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Badger Bill Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Rile me not, you must. Bike engined lightness is the way of the true jedi. An up punch, stand for I will not. Handbags at dawn, for you a lesson I must teach. voice> 😬BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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