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« Previous EntriesRIAL WHEELS FOR CATERHAM SEVENS
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
RIAL and Westermann Motorsport together have developed a 3-piece 13″ modular wheels which combines a lot of advantages comparing other similar wheels which are currently on the market.
- The main objektive of the design was to optimise the weight to a minimum.
- Perfect balance and no problems with cyclic testing - guaranteed!
- Center bore […]
ED’S ROADSPORT SV 140 BUILD PAGES
Sunday, July 15th, 2007Ed Renshaw builds a 1.8-litre Rover K-Series powered Caterham Seven Roadsport in these build pages. Read and be inspired!
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SOURCE: ED’S CATERHAM BUILD DIARY
V11 MOTOR DEVELOPMENTS CUSTOM CAM COVER
Sunday, July 1st, 2007The V11UFO cam cover from V11 Motor Developments is a custom machined piece from HE30 Duraluminium and is a nice finishing touch to a Special K-Series engine build. There are practical benefits too. The stock cam cover weighs about 3kg, but the V11 Motor Developments unit is only 1.3kg!
Two versions are available - for […]
HGM 6
Sunday, June 24th, 2007Developed by two aerospace design engineers in about 5 years, the HGM 6 is a fairly accurate replica of the Lotus Mark 6.
The HGM 6 chassis is constructed from 1-7/8, 1 and 3/4″ round and square section ERW tube, set up in a laser aligned jig to ensure accuracy. MIG welding is used throughout although […]
LOTUS MARK 6
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007From Motorsnippets by John Sutton and Derek Cattani - Photographs by Douglas Eatwell
In 1953, 25 year-old Colin Chapman owned Lotus Engineering Co., Ltd., which was little more than a garage with a sign saying as much, located at No. 7 Tottenham Lane in North London. Lotus Engineering was a part time business for Chapman, who […]
QED DIRECT TO HEAD THROTTLE BODIES FOR ROVER K-SERIES
Friday, June 22nd, 2007QED Motorsport is a British supplier of performance engines & components for clubman level motorsport and beyond. Located in Quorn, Leicestershire UK, they have been working with the Lotus-Ford Twincam for over 30 years, but have diversified into tuning Vauxhall/Opel XE, Ecotec and the Rover K-Series.
QED Motorsport’s direct to head throttle bodies can be fitted […]
CARBON-BITS: EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR LOTUS / CATERHAM SEVEN
Thursday, June 21st, 2007Carbon-Bits produces a wide range of replacement panels for Sevens, made in carbon fibre. We’re used to seeing nosecones and wings in carbon-fibre but Carbon-Bits produces just about every panel you can imagine in carbon, including side panels, footwells, etc.
The Lotus / Caterham Seven product range is known within the Lotus 7 Club […]
2.8L HARTLEY V8 IN A CATERHAM SEVEN
Monday, June 18th, 2007Previously in May Seven Builder reported on the 2.0L RST V8, a Yamaha EXUP based V8 used in Caterhams, but here’s a look at the Suzuki Hayabusa based Hartley V8, which has also been installed in a Caterham Seven. Read and enjoy!
In 2002, Hartley Enterprises decided to build a motorcycle based V8 engine and purchased […]
CATERHAM’S 6-SPEED GEARBOX
Saturday, June 16th, 2007By the 1980s Caterham had moved onto the Ford Sierra 5-Speed (Type 9) transmission, replacing the Ford Kent type gearboxes, which were used in particular during the lifespan of the Series 3 Lotus Seven, namely the Ford Cortina GT / Corsair 2000E gearbox, otherwise known as the 2821E.
The Ford Sierra V6 XR4i 5-Speed gearbox gave […]
DONKERVOORT D8 PROMO MOVIE
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007Check out Donkervoort’s D8 promotional movie. Imagine … once upon a time Joop Donkervoort was a Caterham dealer in Holland until 1976, and made his own wider, larger Seven which was initially known as the ‘Netherlands Seven‘! This was due to the Dutch Ministry of Transport putting new laws into place which required minimum interior […]
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