anyone know this R500?
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http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1489642.htm
v v tempted
always wanted a r500 in unpainted ali
seems v low mileage for 2000 year car, could be just lots of trackdays?
anyway thanks
v v tempted
always wanted a r500 in unpainted ali
seems v low mileage for 2000 year car, could be just lots of trackdays?
anyway thanks
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Bought my first Caterham about a year ago and that was a R500 on a 2000 plate, private sale, paid £22k and it had covered about 7500 miles, it worried me to death at the time. I did the same as you are trying to do by contacting previous owners and getting the history from them and it all turned out to be true, mainly road miles and a couple of track days. Still worry about when I should have the engine re-built and who to take it to. Will probably run it this year and have something done next winter, now done about 10k. For all the worries, when you get in and drive it they soon fall by the wayside due to its blistering performance.
keechy said:
Bought my first Caterham about a year ago and that was a R500 on a 2000 plate, private sale, paid £22k and it had covered about 7500 miles, it worried me to death at the time. I did the same as you are trying to do by contacting previous owners and getting the history from them and it all turned out to be true, mainly road miles and a couple of track days. Still worry about when I should have the engine re-built and who to take it to. Will probably run it this year and have something done next winter, now done about 10k. For all the worries, when you get in and drive it they soon fall by the wayside due to its blistering performance.
Only one place to take it to if you want the best service for a reasonable price - Dave Andrews (DVA power). He has rebuilt mine twice now.
Hedgetrimmer said:
keechy said:
Bought my first Caterham about a year ago and that was a R500 on a 2000 plate, private sale, paid £22k and it had covered about 7500 miles, it worried me to death at the time. I did the same as you are trying to do by contacting previous owners and getting the history from them and it all turned out to be true, mainly road miles and a couple of track days. Still worry about when I should have the engine re-built and who to take it to. Will probably run it this year and have something done next winter, now done about 10k. For all the worries, when you get in and drive it they soon fall by the wayside due to its blistering performance.
Only one place to take it to if you want the best service for a reasonable price - Dave Andrews (DVA power). He has rebuilt mine twice now.rubystone said:
Hedgetrimmer said:
Dave Andrews (DVA power). He has rebuilt mine twice now.
hmmm...why did he have to rebuild it again?....Both rebuild were probably not necessary but the first one was done before my ownership and I wanted to get the engine fully inspected and took the opportunity to upgrade at the same time:-). It was 257bhp so looking forward to the rolling road session post upgrades.
I think the key thing with the R500 is making sure it is properly warmed, its rev limit has been set at the lower level of 8600rpm and the oil level is aways checked, including throughout the track day. Failures have occured in the past mainly due to oil starvation and the original rev limit was set too high at 9200 rpm.
Hedgetrimmer said:
rubystone said:
Hedgetrimmer said:
Dave Andrews (DVA power). He has rebuilt mine twice now.
hmmm...why did he have to rebuild it again?....Both rebuild were probably not necessary but the first one was done before my ownership and I wanted to get the engine fully inspected and took the opportunity to upgrade at the same time:-). It was 257bhp so looking forward to the rolling road session post upgrades.
I think the key thing with the R500 is making sure it is properly warmed, its rev limit has been set at the lower level of 8600rpm and the oil level is aways checked, including throughout the track day. Failures have occured in the past mainly due to oil starvation and the original rev limit was set too high at 9200 rpm.
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