Is there a Caterham bible?

[Nerra]

IS there a good book out there for the maintenance, building and modifying of Caterhams or sevens for that matter?

[Eric Mc]

There have been so many variants of Seven that there is no "one" bible. The best thing to obtain is the build manual for your particular version.

[casbar]

Lotus Seven (Restoration, Preparation, Maintenance) - Tony Weale - ISBN 1-85532-153-x This shows chassis and how the de-dion and live axle varients are put together

The Magnificent 7 - Chris Rees - ISBN 1-85960-848-5 (The enthusiasts guide to every Lotus 7 and Caterham 7 from 57 to present day.

Lotus and Caterham Seven (Racers for the Road) - John Tipler - ISBN 1 - 86126-754-1

Or a general book on setting a car up

Competition Car Suspension, Design, Construction and Tuning - Allan Staniforth, ISBN 1-85960-644-x

or for Setting a car up

Race and Rally Car Source Book - Allan Staniforth - ISBN 1-85960-846-9

[Chris71]

Nerra said:

bible

Are you an ex-TVR man by any chance? What we need is for Steve Heath to turn his attention to Caterhams.

[Nerra]

casbar said:

Lotus Seven (Restoration, Preparation, Maintenance) - Tony Weale - ISBN 1-85532-153-x This shows chassis and how the de-dion and live axle varients are put together

The Magnificent 7 - Chris Rees - ISBN 1-85960-848-5 (The enthusiasts guide to every Lotus 7 and Caterham 7 from 57 to present day.

Lotus and Caterham Seven (Racers for the Road) - John Tipler - ISBN 1 - 86126-754-1

Or a general book on setting a car up

Competition Car Suspension, Design, Construction and Tuning - Allan Staniforth, ISBN 1-85960-644-x

or for Setting a car up

Race and Rally Car Source Book - Allan Staniforth - ISBN 1-85960-846-9

Thanks Casbar, I'll have a look at them.

[Nerra]

Chris71 said:

Nerra said:

bible

Are you an ex-TVR man by any chance? What we need is for Steve Heath to turn his attention to Caterhams.

Not a TVR guy but I just thought with these type of cars, theres got to be a good book out there although I can see Eric's point in that there are so many variations it would be hard to come up with one book.

[Sam_68]

casbar said:

Lotus Seven (Restoration, Preparation, Maintenance) - Tony Weale - ISBN 1-85532-153-x This shows chassis and how the de-dion and live axle varients are put together

I think the Tony Weale book is actually a pretty good semi-technical overview of the cars.

It's well out of date, though - it doesn't cover stuff like the more recent engines, 6-speed gearbox, Watts-linked rear axles, etc.

[The Wookie]

If you're a racer, all you need to know is this:



If you're not a racer, all you need to know is this:

[Dave J]

[Nerra]

Hahaha, very good Wookie!

[Eric Mc]

The books listed above are all very good - I own three of them myself. But thery are nearly all over ten years old.I don't think anyone has procuced a book on the Seven since the Ansar Ali/Duratec era began.