mookaloid
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 08:20 PM |
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No Suprise to us
No suprise to us that the R500 is faster than a veyron round the TG track 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 08:26 PM |
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1:17.9 not bad
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blakep82
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:11 PM |
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geeks 
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Alfa145
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:15 PM |
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Well you didn't have to read this forum until you had watched it, perhaps next week we'll wait until you have announced that you have
watched it before anyone posts any related comments......
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Antnicuk
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:16 PM |
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and he was all over the place with what looked like road tyres, not road legal cut slicks.
600 BHP per ton, Stylus Brought back from the dead! Turbo Rotary Powered!
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fazerruss
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:18 PM |
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well thanks to hammond my girlfriend now thinks im a geek/nerd but then inew that already
"if assholes could fly this place would be an airport"
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blakep82
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:20 PM |
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have to say i thought the handling looked a bit poor too.... it was all over the place, but still very fast obviously.
be interested to know what ford engine it's got though. sure i could find out off caterhams website if i tried...
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:22 PM |
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I think caterham use avon cr500 tyres,
pretty sure but sure someone will correct me if im wrong,
normally a pretty good tyre lots of power in that ca to get down though,
still looked like a car i would love to have ,
better start saving at that price??
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:26 PM |
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I think caterham use avon cr500 tyres,
pretty sure but sure someone will correct me if im wrong,
normally a pretty good tyre lots of power in that ca to get down though,
still looked like a car i would love to have ,
better start saving at that price??
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:26 PM |
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I think caterham use avon cr500 tyres,
pretty sure but sure someone will correct me if im wrong,
normally a pretty good tyre lots of power in that ca to get down though,
still looked like a car i would love to have ,
better start saving at that price??
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:26 PM |
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I think caterham use avon cr500 tyres,
pretty sure but sure someone will correct me if im wrong,
normally a pretty good tyre lots of power in that ca to get down though,
still looked like a car i would love to have ,
better start saving at that price??
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:26 PM |
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I think caterham use avon cr500 tyres,
pretty sure but sure someone will correct me if im wrong,
normally a pretty good tyre lots of power in that ca to get down though,
still looked like a car i would love to have ,
better start saving at that price??
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:27 PM |
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tyres look like avon cr5oo ????
normally on caterhams ???
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:30 PM |
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sorry about all the posts my computer just went mad,
the engines are cosworth 2.3 duratecs normally
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scutter
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:30 PM |
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I am a Geek, there i've said it.
Dan.
The less I worked, the more i liked it.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
have to say i thought the handling looked a bit poor too.... it was all over the place, but still very fast obviously.
be interested to know what ford engine it's got though. sure i could find out off caterhams website if i tried...
I belive it's a duratec engine.
I'm not sure I would call that poor handling - rather more a demonstration of how good it is on or around the limit and how it can be brought
back on line time after time after traction is broken.
Just IMHO of course
Needless to say I WANT ONE
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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Danozeman
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:35 PM |
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quote:
be interested to know what ford engine it's got though
Im sure they are duratecs.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:36 PM |
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or buy a dax rush turbo and do the same time
video on you tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBVY-MFgWZo
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:38 PM |
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Caterham Seven Superlight R500
Engine: 2.0-litre Caterham Powertrain (CPT) Ford Duratec
Max Power (bhp/rpm) 263bhp @ 8500rpm
Max Torque (lbs ft/rpm) 177 lbsft @ 7200rpm
Weight 506kg (516kg sequential gearbox)
0-60mph 2.88 seconds
Power-to-weight 520bhp-per-tonne
Top Speed 150mph
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graememk
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:41 PM |
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what gearbox do they use on the duratec ?
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mookaloid
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 09:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by graememk
what gearbox do they use on the duratec ?
Pretty sure it's their own design six speeder
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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bob
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 10:11 PM |
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Mazda 6 speed out of the MX isnt it.
Anyway
only caterham owners are geeks and nerds, their is a difference.
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StevieB
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| posted on 7/12/08 at 10:15 PM |
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The gearbox is either a 6 speed derivitive of the type 9, or, as fitted to the white test car that did the lap (the same car they used in the magazine
article months ago) a 6 speed sequential box (which bumps up the price from the £36k starting price a fair old bit).
I looked skittish, but then he as going some in it and obviously won't have spent a load of time setting up the chassis as he likes it - the
amoutn of adjustability a se7en has can make it it's own worst enemy in such tests (IMHO)
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 8/12/08 at 12:01 AM |
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It is a 6 speed Caterham gearbox
Transmission
Close Ratio 6 Speed
1st: 2.69:1
2nd: 2.01:1
3rd: 1.59:1
4th: 1.32:1
5th: 1.13:1
6th 1.00:1
Final Drive: 3.62:1
Sequential 6 Speed
1st: 2.4:1
2nd: 1.84:1
3rd: 1.482:1
4th: 1.26:1
5th: 1.104:1
6th 1:1
All here
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mediabloke
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| posted on 8/12/08 at 12:45 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mistergrumpy
Caterham Seven Superlight R500
Engine: 2.0-litre Caterham Powertrain (CPT) Ford Duratec
Max Power (bhp/rpm) 263bhp @ 8500rpm
Max Torque (lbs ft/rpm) 177 lbsft @ 7200rpm
Weight 506kg (516kg sequential gearbox)
0-60mph 2.88 seconds
Power-to-weight 520bhp-per-tonne
Top Speed 150mph
I'd be interested to know what they used to get 263hp out of it, too. The Fiesta ST's 2l (on which I thought it might be based) develops
150hp, and I remember Pumaspeed offering a 185hp upgrade, but 263's a world away from the original Mondeo 2l engine...
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