potentially stupid question.......

[caterham_lad]

Morning, i see people referring to S3 / K series.....

1 ) What does this mean?
2) if i have a 2015 academy spec what is the letter bssed designation?

Thanks

[Tazio77]

Series 3 Chassis, ie. original narrow cockpit car ( not like the wider fat boy SV ) with Rover K series Engine

[Eric Mc]

Lotus 7s were built, by Lotus, of course, in four distinct versions, the Series 1,2, 3 and 4. When Caterham acquired the rights to build 7s, they initially produced a small number of 4s but due to difficulty in sourcing major components, reverted to the earlier Lotus Series 3 version.

Up until the 1990s, all 7s produced by Caterham were evolved from the Lotus Series 3, including versions fitted with the Rover K engine.

Since the 1990s, various chassis evolutions have been produced which have moved the design away from the Series 3 - although the basic concept has never changed.

[tomwoodis]

Your academy car will be an S3 metric chassis given its a 2015 car. It will also have a Ford Sigma engine I.e not a K series which is the older rover engine that Cateham no longer supply.

Tom

[Master Bean]

S3 - narrow body
SV - wide body
R300K - 160bhp Rover K Series engine
R300D - 175bhp Ford Duratec engine

[caterham_lad]

Many thanks

[anonymous-user]

SV of course being a stylised Series 5.