Shaun_E

I've always been told to add grip where required rather than reduce grip from the other end! How true/practical this is I have no idea. I know suspension is hugely complex and sometimes counter intuitive but the real world experience with Caterhams suggests that to increase grip at the front one or more of the following are required:
More rake (which probably reduces rear grip)
More negative camber
Toe Out

My (admittedly somewhat lardy) Duratec car has about 2.75deg negative camber, a fair bit of toe out (1mm I think but not sure what that translates to in angle) and 20mm rake and it turns in brilliantly. It's not too oversteery so I think the balance is pretty good although it can be a handful in the wet.

Bear in mind I'm on list 1B tyres so your A539s might behave differently. I should also say that a lot of toe out makes the car a bit twitchy on the road and it follows cambers/bumps a bit too much but you do get used to it.

I've done a bit more checking and using "AND" still returns some results without both terms but it certainly reduces the number of results and most include both terms. 

We'll keep working on this.

Signatures from the old site are just part of the post body text so can't be excluded - sorry.

Ref Boolean searches - it looks like "AND" does work but must be in capitals. This was pointed out to me by ones of our members (thanks Steve) and a couple of quick tests seems to prove the point. Please have a go with this and feedback here if it looks OK or not.

Try :

1. searching For CSR gets 5000 hits
2. searching for oil gets 15000 hits
3. csr oil gets 19000
4. csr AND oil gets 500

or

Duratec oil gets > 31600
Duratec AND oil gets > 2400

The search would appear to cover the entire thread rather than just a single topic/comment.

I put some rivnuts in the side skin and bolted on a cover plate. It's right where the oil filter is making an oil change a bit easier 

Fixed  

There were errors in the blog conversion. If anyone finds any wrongly attributed blogs then please email websitehelp at lotus7club dot com and I'll fix them.

Shaun

Sounds good to me  

Must have been another blue 7 though - mine's yellow  

To test this, I searched on "R400 Duratec: bizarre speedo behaviour", a thread I started, with precisely that title, in Sep 2009.  It came top of the results list but my name didn't appear in the "Filter by author" list, even after I clicked "Show more".  There were plenty of authors listed -- but not me!  So, I'm still puzzled by that one.

That is odd. It looks like there is a maximum number of authors that can be listed. If you search for "speedo behaviour" (using the quotation marks to only find that phrase) then you get a short list including your thread and you are now in the filter by author list.

We are all allowed one off day Stuart  

Hi John - indexing goes back to the beginning! Is this the thread you searched for? There is a space in the reg number!

http://www.lotus7.club/forum/spotted/t589-pbp

Your name is only listed if you are the author of one of the results of the search. Try searching for "Vine" and you will then be able to filter by your username.

You can see all your own posts by going to your profile and clicking the "Forum posts" tab - in ascending date order so not incredibly useful if you are a prolific poster!

Well we're getting there and it's certainly now a very usable search even if the precision for experienced searchers isn't there.

You can see what you searched for in the breadcrumbs above the search box - I get your point about editing it. When I click on sort by date I see a little down arrow beside it (search descending) and if I sort by title I see an up arrow.

I tried your search for "cable router" (using the quotation marks) and it only returned 6 results all with the phrase "cable router" in them - not ideal as it didn't return threads with cable and router in them separately but maybe useful.

As I find out more about the search tool I'll see if we can add to it. It may be possible to allow a forced AND.

There was an option when I moved it to "leave a shadow copy" which I selected to see what happened. At least it shows the thread was moved rather than the OP thinking they were going mad  

Index now completed - try the Sardinia search again and it appears.

The search works well but the indexing of the database is way behind - I've asked the developers to speed that up so the indexing catches up to the present.

I've moved it for you (mainly as a test to see if I could  )

Fixed 

Gurston is a great event with the National hill climb championship there (the big single seaters). Practice is on Saturday and competitive runs on Sunday. 

I have no idea how you would go about getting a relevant licence but the best place to start would be the MSA website. It looks like you need to be a British citizen to get at MSA licence so you will probably need to get a licence from your own regulating body that allows you to compete abroad.

Licence notes: https://www.msauk.org/assets/2015competitionlicencenotes.pdf See section 5. UK residents need a "Non-race National B" licence to compete in sprints and hillclimbs.

Sprint/hill-climb advice: https://www.msauk.org/Competitors/Guidance-Advice/Sprint-Hill-Climb

MSA 2015 regulations: https://www.msauk.org/assets/2015msayearbook.pdf Section K (safety) and section S (Sprints, hillclimbs and drag racing) are the main relevant sections for you.

The club has additional regulations

To compete in class 1 you need to run list 1A tyres - something like Yokohama A539 but otherwise an ex-academy Crossflow would probably be in class 1. A048R would put the car in class 3. If you post more details including engine mods (if any) and approximate power output and we can confirm. Duratec Superlight would almost certainly be  in class 5 depending on power output - my car is also a modified Superlight with a Duratec so would be great to compete against a similar car  

If you can sort out the right licence it would be great to see you there. To get an entry to Gurston you need to join the club speed championship - on-line entry will be available early in the New Year. You can compete at the club's Curborough events without joining the championship and I am sure the BMMC would offer you entry to the Saturday event on the same weekend giving you 2 days competition.

I used Basingstoke Autocentre on the advice of a kit car owner (we're new to the area). They did a throrough MOT but respected all the "kit car" stuff (emissions, etc.) and even replaced a faulty bulb for me. Don't expect them to turn a blind eye to anything though.

No - not required. 

Until recently, you could delete a topic which of course removed all the comments as well. This caused a problem during a recent incident so we have removed that permission. As GJT says - you can replace the content of a topic or comment. If you really wish a topic deleted then you can email websitehelp at lotus7club.com.

It's not that we don't care it's just that we all have day jobs and can't respond immediately to every request. Also some things which appear simple may not be. Some requests we just don't agree with - we can't please everyone all the time. We have to prioritise the clubs resources and as such are concentrating on the big improvements like performance and search.

Shaun

I've not used one but Simon @Meteor was looking at them in detail a couple of years ago so might have some more info. I had a look and tried them on at Autosport last year but the people manning the stand were more interested in chatting up the stand girls than actually helping a potential customer so we left. I'm quite interested in them as they don't need any modifications to belts/seats/etc. and they allegedly provide some protection in side impacts as well as frontal impacts. 

A profanity filter will be introduced soon. In the meantime, please  yourselves.

Or just click this large button on the home page:

Here's the link:

/membership/special-offers-members/powervamp-racing

Fixed for Phil G as well now.

If anybody else has the problem, please email websitehelp@lotus7club.com with the title of the blog/gallery, name it is showing as and the name it should be.

Shaun

This is a test of Android editing.

CR

This is a test of Android editing.

CR

Search is currently being looked at. There are a couple of issues.

1. Not returning expected results
2. Sorting/filtering/advanced search criteria

We hope to have some improvements soon.