Northampton Motorsport Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Some photos of an unusual Caterham if anyone is interested http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150843978909862.414178.175063699861&type=1&ref=notif¬if_t=like 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Troy, is that Mike Biddles car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordbenny Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 It might be quick but it's Fugly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northampton Motorsport Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Troy, is that Mike Biddles car? Hi Norman yes thats the one It might be quick but it's Fugly! but most people will only see it from behind and its not so bad from that angle!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Thought so. I was at Chris Wheelers when he was building it. Major problems with all sorts of issues. Luckily Mike had deep pockets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markcoopers Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 What no other cars outside? You must be quiet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northampton Motorsport Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Thought so. I was at Chris Wheelers when he was building it. Major problems with all sorts of issues. Luckily Mike had deep pockets. Nothing is straight forward on this car. to change the starter motor its an engine out job and that takes 2 days!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northampton Motorsport Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 What no other cars outside? You must be quiet just careful photography mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delboy Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Hope its now got traction control fitted! Del Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northampton Motorsport Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Hope its now got traction control fitted! Del It used to have, its controlled by the pectel ecu but stopped working some time ago. I have only just got my head around mapping the engine on Pectel let alone trying to sort out the TC and we were running out of time fast to get it shipped back to Dubai so the owner was happy to leave it as is. I drove it last year in the wet, I got a 1/4 of a mile before I came back and parked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delboy Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I drove it last year in the wet, I got a 1/4 of a mile before I came back and parked it. :d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 As far as I know it was th first V8 built. It was on the US trip and reports say it just disappeared into the distance on the Arizona roads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhouse Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 It was the first customer car - and looked more attractive before all those louvres and scoops were added on. I see he even removed the '7' grille. Mind you, with 550bhp and being based in Dubai he must need all the airflow he can get! Troy - when setting up a car like that, is there a need to adjust the i/c air temp to match the conditions in Dubai? Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhc Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 It would perhaps be nice to have a proper weight breakdown, front and rear and total weight. Only a random guess, but 568klgs + with fluids. You must have weighed it Troy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northampton Motorsport Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 It was the first customer car - and looked more attractive before all those louvres and scoops were added on. I see he even removed the '7' grille. Mind you, with 550bhp and being based in Dubai he must need all the airflow he can get! Troy - when setting up a car like that, is there a need to adjust the i/c air temp to match the conditions in Dubai? Brian The inlet correction curve is a best guess and i left it where it was. a bigger problem was the difference in AFR that the fuel temperature made. the fuel rail has no return so the fuel picks up a lot of heat when running at light throttle which in turn alters the afr. The pectel has inputs for both fuel pressure and temperature so I have suggested that we should fit the relevant sensors and then use some correction tables from pectel as a start to further refine the fuel calibration the next time we see the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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