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Hi all,
Just a quick post to say thanks for the advice on various Caterhams I was considering recently. Following the advice of this forum I went for the green/yellow 1997 Super Sport with Dave Andrews engine, forged pistons, cams, 150bhp, R500 clutch and flywheel, LSD, 6 speed box, Emerald ECU, Tillets, CR500s/R888s and many more bits including a 2 inch thick lever arch file of history.
The vendor took me for a drive that recalibrated my sense of speed round corners sufficiently, and a deal having been done I wedged myself into the seats and drive it home 90 odd miles from Ipswich all the way through central London.
As promised by someone on here, I found it quite intimidating to drive at first, but I just love the power and the delicacy of the controls. The modified K series just loves to rev.
Here's a pic:
Cheers,
Joel
Just a quick post to say thanks for the advice on various Caterhams I was considering recently. Following the advice of this forum I went for the green/yellow 1997 Super Sport with Dave Andrews engine, forged pistons, cams, 150bhp, R500 clutch and flywheel, LSD, 6 speed box, Emerald ECU, Tillets, CR500s/R888s and many more bits including a 2 inch thick lever arch file of history.
The vendor took me for a drive that recalibrated my sense of speed round corners sufficiently, and a deal having been done I wedged myself into the seats and drive it home 90 odd miles from Ipswich all the way through central London.
As promised by someone on here, I found it quite intimidating to drive at first, but I just love the power and the delicacy of the controls. The modified K series just loves to rev.
Here's a pic:
Cheers,
Joel
They are great, but I had slightly sore hips after a couple of hours' driving. We'll see how I get on. I'm not *that* chunky (6' 1" and 13.5 stone) and there is an OMP cushion in there, I think I might need some more padding.
To be honest, the main problem I had with the car was getting my legs comfortable. The ignition key barrel is directly under the dash cowl (WHY? could there be a worse place for it?) so the immobiliser fob and fuel key are permanently wedged into my left thigh. I have hopefully solved this by adding a lanyard to the bunch so the rest of the bunch can sit in the central storage pouch helpfully added by the PO on the transmission tunnel.
I haven't quite figured out what to do with my left foot when not using the clutch. When cruising it can go under the clutch pedal, but when going up and down the gears there is no room to the left of the clutch pedal unlike my 928 and that will take some getting used to.
Obviously the drive overall is like nothing else I've ever experienced...
Joel
To be honest, the main problem I had with the car was getting my legs comfortable. The ignition key barrel is directly under the dash cowl (WHY? could there be a worse place for it?) so the immobiliser fob and fuel key are permanently wedged into my left thigh. I have hopefully solved this by adding a lanyard to the bunch so the rest of the bunch can sit in the central storage pouch helpfully added by the PO on the transmission tunnel.
I haven't quite figured out what to do with my left foot when not using the clutch. When cruising it can go under the clutch pedal, but when going up and down the gears there is no room to the left of the clutch pedal unlike my 928 and that will take some getting used to.
Obviously the drive overall is like nothing else I've ever experienced...
Joel
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To be honest, the main problem I had with the car was getting my legs comfortable. The ignition key barrel is directly under the dash cowl (WHY? could there be a worse place for it?) so the immobiliser fob and fuel key are permanently wedged into my left thigh. Joel
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What about a lowered floor? You can get the drivers side from CC for £240 (plus fitting) I bet you'd be more comfortable.
Nice looking car!
To be honest, the main problem I had with the car was getting my legs comfortable. The ignition key barrel is directly under the dash cowl (WHY? could there be a worse place for it?) so the immobiliser fob and fuel key are permanently wedged into my left thigh. Joel
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What about a lowered floor? You can get the drivers side from CC for £240 (plus fitting) I bet you'd be more comfortable.
Nice looking car!
Yeah, it's all about fit. I wasn't comfortable in the leather seats but the Tillet B2 fits me like a glove. Alex, my girlfriend puts a "mesh pringle" back support into the B2 to give her more support, but wasn't overly comfy in the leather seats either. I certainly wouldn't make any sweeping generalisations about which is better, it depends what works for you.
barchetta_boy said:
To be honest, the main problem I had with the car was getting my legs comfortable. The ignition key barrel is directly under the dash cowl (WHY? could there be a worse place for it?) so the immobiliser fob and fuel key are permanently wedged into my left thigh. I have hopefully solved this by adding a lanyard to the bunch so the rest of the bunch can sit in the central storage pouch helpfully added by the PO on the transmission tunnel.
Why not just remove the ign key from the fob altogether to use it? S'what I did.Gassing Station | Caterham | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff