daveb666
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| posted on 18/6/13 at 02:46 PM |
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Bargain er, Caterham?
Caterham 7 Race Trackday Hillclimb Monaro Vxr8 PX | eBay
or not? Seems very expensive to me, and unless the engine has £8k worth of steel bits in the bottom it won't be anywhere near 230bhp either.
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ianm67
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| posted on 18/6/13 at 04:07 PM |
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230bhp.....
I wouldn't completely discount 230bhp out of the C20XE..... I ran one in a MK1 Escort Mexico that I built. It made 221bhp on the rollers, it
had the following spec: Big valve coscast head with a mild porting job and Newman 420H phase2 cams, Jenvey DTH throttle bodies, cossie injectors,
DTA48 ECU. The bottom end was rebuilt and was standard apart from ARP bolts. I ran it through a type 9 with a tran-x straight cut gear set in it and a
tran-x LSD. In the dry it would light up the rear tyres in 1st to 3rd......
Always biting off more than I can chew.....
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StrikerChris
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| posted on 18/6/13 at 07:41 PM |
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Seems abit pricey, but I wouldn't be too sceptical about the power either.i have afew mates running the xe all have seen 200+ brake with
relativly little expence.another mate is runing 500 reliable bhp+ 70 with nos let on standard internals.im not a vauxhall guy myself but those engines
seem bomb proof!
Chris
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daveb666
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| posted on 18/6/13 at 08:40 PM |
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Well I've had 2 XE with jenvey bodies and both maxed out at 208/209bhp respectively. Spoke with SBD loads of times and was always told that 215+
always requires omegas.
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scootz
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| posted on 18/6/13 at 08:59 PM |
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Don't see anything wrong with the price... Caterhams have their market and that's the price they go for!
As for the BHP claims... well, he's referenced SBD (and Steve Broughton specifically) in his ad. He's also said the car features on their
website. I guess that anyone with half a brain cell is going to contact Steve to ask some questions... and surely the vendor will know this, so why
lie!?
It's Evolution Baby!
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StrikerChris
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| posted on 18/6/13 at 09:01 PM |
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You are probably right as I have no idea what spec they run, just know theyre not checkbook boys spending loads.never taken too much interest,
different field of interest to me but the internals from their experiences are super strong.the kadett at 1:40 is on stock internals, not sure about
speccys tigra after it
vaux" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6B_xdtRXU&feature=youtube_gdata_player]vaux motors
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iank
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| posted on 18/6/13 at 09:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by daveb666
Well I've had 2 XE with jenvey bodies and both maxed out at 208/209bhp respectively. Spoke with SBD loads of times and was always told that 215+
always requires omegas.
Depending on which dyno you go to variations of 10% between them aren't uncommon (and lots of operators prefer to have them read over as it
keeps their punters happy). At the end of the day a dyno plot means little apart from pub bragging rights - it's what it does on the track that
matters.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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TimEllershaw
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| posted on 18/6/13 at 09:17 PM |
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Cateringvans go for more than you would think - a quick look on Autotrader shows a load at that price or more.
http://www.teenagecancertrust.org/
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dhutch
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| posted on 19/6/13 at 03:37 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by TimEllershaw
Cateringvans go for more than you would think -....
I was going to say, all looks about right to me.
Daniel
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Slimy38
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| posted on 19/6/13 at 09:11 AM |
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Are they the Audi's of the 7 world then? Nothing you wouldn't see in other cars in the range, but priced significantly higher due to the
badge?
Or have they genuinely got thousands of pounds of improvements over other cars?
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daveb666
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| posted on 19/6/13 at 10:08 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by StrikerChris
You are probably right as I have no idea what spec they run, just know theyre not checkbook boys spending loads.never taken too much interest,
different field of interest to me but the internals from their experiences are super strong.the kadett at 1:40 is on stock internals, not sure about
speccys tigra after it
vaux" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6B_xdtRXU&feature=youtube_gdata_player]vaux motors
Specky's car is a LET though, not an XE. Specky is a good friend of mine, alot of his videos are on YouTube under my name 
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beaver34
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| posted on 20/6/13 at 09:33 PM |
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Nice car, looks well worth it to me
wheels and tyres seem a little too big though
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