Wide front track on live axle
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liveaxle said:
Do Caterham supply these brackets? Also do you have any idea how much wider the wishbones are then the standard? Thanks for help
Caterham do sell these brackets singly (and you need the pair) or as a kit with the ARB as the live axle version is not compatible. Not sure on the exact extra width but certainly 2" at least per sideHi Liveaxle,
The engine was taken from my Caterham 7 earlier this year and was running brilliantly. It is a 1700 Xflow with a steel crank (12 bolt), forged pistons, steel rods and ultralight flywheel etc. It has a big valve head with titan roller rockers and runs a fairly hairy cam (probably an A6). The engine will be complete with dry sump system, electronic ignition and dizzy and the matched twin Weber carbs (50s!). Phil Jones (www.PJED.co.uk) built the short engine and looking at the spec of this engine on his current website, this little lot produces around 185bhp and is certainly a lot quicker than my 170bhp Zetec engine that has been dyno’d to confirm its output.
This steel Xflow is a ready to use engine and the cost to buy just the bits from the Burton catalogue is £6.5k. I’d prefer to sell the whole package as one and believe that 50% of the Burton price is right so I’m looking for £3,250. If there is enough interest, I would consider splitting the engine for its parts but that would be a real shame as its such a good unit.
If you need any more info let me know.
The engine was taken from my Caterham 7 earlier this year and was running brilliantly. It is a 1700 Xflow with a steel crank (12 bolt), forged pistons, steel rods and ultralight flywheel etc. It has a big valve head with titan roller rockers and runs a fairly hairy cam (probably an A6). The engine will be complete with dry sump system, electronic ignition and dizzy and the matched twin Weber carbs (50s!). Phil Jones (www.PJED.co.uk) built the short engine and looking at the spec of this engine on his current website, this little lot produces around 185bhp and is certainly a lot quicker than my 170bhp Zetec engine that has been dyno’d to confirm its output.
This steel Xflow is a ready to use engine and the cost to buy just the bits from the Burton catalogue is £6.5k. I’d prefer to sell the whole package as one and believe that 50% of the Burton price is right so I’m looking for £3,250. If there is enough interest, I would consider splitting the engine for its parts but that would be a real shame as its such a good unit.
If you need any more info let me know.
Edited by Capman on Saturday 30th October 17:10
Hi Capman,
That's one hell of engine you have there, but i'm not looking for a full race spec. 2 reasons: I only use the car on the road here. We have no tracks. Also, my 7 has got an ital live axle with a quaife lsd and i don't think it can take that much power without breaking.
So i would prefer to look for an engine 140-150 bhp.
That's one hell of engine you have there, but i'm not looking for a full race spec. 2 reasons: I only use the car on the road here. We have no tracks. Also, my 7 has got an ital live axle with a quaife lsd and i don't think it can take that much power without breaking.
So i would prefer to look for an engine 140-150 bhp.
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