I’m afraid not much seems to have happened stay clear of the Barbie and the grog 

derek

After 12 months of work and some expense I finally have my 7 back to heath.

I thought I would share some before and after photo's and details of some of the work and mods.

Bump steer dialed out, first road test proved I got it correct.

Stainless header, one polishing buff on a bench grinder

12 months work. Engine has had its potential extracted during a very extensive rebuild. The head came with  previous, serious amount of work done. New lead free seats to suit the BRM size valves D type vernier cams ( we think). Stock crank and rods but with ARP bolts throughout, JE 83.5 mm pistons with 10.9:1 Comp D type cams,  

Tilton Dry sump setup, which proved interesting as there is a different engine mount needed for the right. Caterham just happen to have one!

Also interesting is this chassis was for a 17 Crossflow, however a TC is narrower than so some 10mm ally spacers R/H side and 5 on the left sorted that. The R/H mount needed packing up 5mm under the chassis end so carbs clear the chassis and fit neatly in the bonnet.

Davis Craig Electric water pump which gains a few HP and sorts and future leek issues. silicone hoses through out and Evens coolant will hopefully arrest any corrosion. and if you fit one make sure you follow the wiring for the fan relay, I didn't resulting lots of head scratching. The computer earths the relay.

Electric fuel pump replacing the diaphragm type. The Blanking plate for the original pump makes a good mount for the oil filter.

Ally 4 bar radiator from a Honda Civic ($70 AUD) and it is solid and well made.  I made a new Mount arrangement to ensure it had some flex. and some new bafles

After the first engine run, a 123 Ignition unit was fitted to sort timing issues. Jetting is all over the place, and thats a work in process.

lots of cleaning and repainting and a Major wiring tidy up. New K&N filters and 38mm trumpets.

Gord it loud

Lots of polishing...followed lots of polishing

Rear trailing arm bush as found , every bush, trunnion and bearing changed

A Few new parts

Rubbery disintegrating gear change to an Escort Gearbox Replaced by two rally units a bit of weld and a spring to get a biased towards 3rd and 4th

A bit retro Bling, Chrome bezels, and a ally gear knob from Elise parts

  Cleaned and treated fuel tank new solid fuel lines, new seat belts

I thought you may be interested I’ve updated the Blog with evidence of progress.

After some considerable amount of work and time I made some new side screens for the car. I could have bought  Caterham ones but as I have an original low vis roof and am too tight to buy a whole new setup, I designed an made my own.

The pictures are of the first set which is a prototype version, but they worked brilliantly.

I plan to keep upgrading the design and change the whole support structure to Carbon Fiber, as these are 250 grams heavier than the factory ones. 

The design is such there three mirror locations possible including at the top of the frame. The screen are also designed to work with the original roof hence the odd shape at the rear.

Caught up with two Aussie Caterham friends at Motorclassica this year. From Left to right me Bruce Severns and Scott Mckay