Shaun_E

I have just started to fit my Brise alternator which is supplied with a small pulley for a 4 rib belt. Brise have supplied me with a pulley for a 5 rib belt but I can't see any way of removing the existing pulley.

Any one got any ideas?

There is nothing substantial enough to jam a screwdriver in to stop the pulley rotating.

It will but you will be chucking oil into the airbox.

I used to have the same set up and got lots of oil around the engine bay so I have just re-routed it so that the swirl tower goes to the previously unused cam cover inlet and then the cam cover outlet is plumbed to the catch tank - I glued a blanking grommet into the hole in the airbox backplate. So far this seems to work much better. I have got a proper catch tank though rather than the plastic bottle that Caterham supply.

We posted our entry weeks ago and assumed we were in - obviously the sheep have eaten our forms. I will send the forms again so please count us in.

Shaun and Gill

The Ferraris weren't there this year .

Hi Barry - strange one this.

I normally have style set to "In the Office" but when I click a link to another blatchat thread from within a post, the style changes to "Default". I select "In the Office" again but now whenever I click any link to another page the style returns to "Default". I've checked and it looks like it creates another blatchat cookie which I have to delete to fix the problem.

Any thoughts?

Shaun

which was 89.93 - a personal best so not a bad result from a tricky day. Hopefully we'll have a new alternator for the Wales weekend.

If you are feeling flush then Demon Tweeks sell a hand operated pump that makes life easy - here. Otherwise get a funnel with a flexible hose.

which was 89.9 something - a personal best so not a bad result from a tricky day. Hopefully we'll have a new alternator for the Wales weekend.

Late entry going in tomorrow for team Elwell. We finally have an engine in the car but it's a bit lacking in power so don't expect great things.

5/32" which is almost 4mm which are easier to get hold of.

Just checked with Dave and the caps are stock - sorry.

Yes I've got the caps as well. I'll need to check with Dave Andrews exactly what they are but they came off an engine with BP285H cams (hydraulic followers). If they are the right ones then how about £110 for the springs and caps.

They've done about 20k miles over 5 years. The engine had an 8000rpm limit.

Cheers Dave - guess I'll stop at B&Q on the way home!

Did it bolt straight on or did you need to make an adaptor from a bit of tube?

Thanks,

Shaun

It has been pointed out to me that my standard Caterham (Piper Cross?) airfilter might not be optimal for my new engine. What air filter is being used on a Bernard Scouse airbox for 240+bhp? It's an 80mm outlet and I haven't got time to modify it to 100mm as I believe some people have done. (Rolling road is on Thursday)

K&N do some cone filters that look like they would fit but do they flow any better than the Piper Cross foam ones. Piper Cross sell a 150mm diamter 200mm long filter rated at over 300bhp but would this fit in the engine bay?

Thoughts please.

Following my engine upgrade I have the following used parts for sale:

Complete set of standard VVC valves (inlet 31.5mm, exhaust 27.3mm). These are in good condition and all straight. £140

Set of Piper single valve springs - £75

Set of VVC hydraulic followers - £100

It's hard to value this stuff so I will consider reasonable offers

Set of 4 K series EU2 injectors for sale. These are from my 1997 Superlight and were working perfectly when removed. They worked fine on my 226bhp engine with a DVA tweaked fuel pressure regulator although they were at close to 100% duty cycle at peak power.

£50

A new one is £21 from Caterham and it's straightforward to fit. You will need a ball joint splitter though. If you count the number of threads showing carefully you should be able to put the new one in exactly the same position as the old one - if you don't you will need the camber checked/reset.

Surely the R400 comes with adjustable spring platforms as standard

 

Edited by - Shaun_E on 8 Apr 2011 14:33:54

The wheel bar they do is excellent - fits to 2 special studs on the wheel. I've also got a shackle type hitch lock but if I was buying again would get the proper locking hitch.

Hi Stuart,

My car was a Superlight with a 1.6 Supersport engine so unlikely to have had the uprated pump. I will check the part numbers this evening - I have the invoice for the new one and the old one is on the garage floor somewhere!

Shaun

Turns out that brown is live and blue/black is earth. I checked by hooking it up to a battery and spraying petrol everywhere . Good job too as it showed me that I hadn't connected the banjo up correctly *eek*.

I have replaced my fuel pump with the R500 one but the wires on the new pump are different colours to the old one. Ordnarily this would be a straight swap but as my car has been rewired the connectors are different and therefore I can't assume they are the right way round.

On the old one Yellow/Green was the switched live and black the earth.

The new pump has Brown and Blue/Black wires - can anyone tell me which is earth and which is switched live.

Thanks,

Shaun

As Tam says - a bit remiss of me not to comment on the trailer thing. I did 4 seasons without a trailer before going soft and there are plenty who still do.

If you do one or two events this year then you will not be classed as a novice next year and will not be eligible for the novice trophy. Otherwise there is no impact - class is dependant on the car not the driver. Your best 5 events count for the novice trophy and best 7 for class honours and the overall championship.

Yes you still need a licence to do the Curborough events.

The internal sideskin is aluminium and the gap between it and the outer skin is the width of the chassis tube (about 3/4 of an inch I guess, maybe an inch). If you drill carefully then you won't hit the outer skin.