CharlesElliott Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 As some of you know, I have had to rebuild my race car from both a chassis and engine perspective. The chassis had had a 6mm twist in the front for a few years, and I had a large rear end accident in qualifying at Donington so decided to refurbish the whole thing and get it painted after 11 years with bare aluminum panels.The engine also lost its oil at Donington so needed to be stripped down and inspected for oil damage. As it turned out, there was no oil damage but quite a lot of other problems!The rebuild involves a few things you don't normally have to do, like fitting the loom, brake pipes and extinguisher plumbing. On top of that, I modify a few things so the car is easier to maintain as a race car.Caterham rebuild 2015Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superwhite R283 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Keep them coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankee Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 We like pictures. And questions.Are you going to run the rebuilt engine with the heater bypass hose removed and the stat and coolant rail takeoffs blanked again? Any advantage or disadvantage to doing this?Do all the racers go for the full-house 1300 series prop from Bailey and Morris, with all the bells and whistles? I can't wait to get mine through the post. Love the "prop-bot" outside the front!Is the revised gearbox mount to allow for the Mazda box fitment? Or different positioning of a K-series/Type 9? Or some other reasons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesElliott Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Hi MankeeQuestions are good, will answer those on this thread. I'm not sure what the gearbox plate allows - as this is an imperial chassis there would be no need to accommodate the Mazda box.Yes, I will run with no thermostat and no bypass hose. Usual for racers to avoid the slim chance of the thermostat sticking closed. On the propshaft I was just getting the propshaft supplied with the car refurbished. Two new UJs (which they said were pretty good anyway) and a rebalance. As Bailey Morris and Titan are just a few miles from Arch is was easy to drop them off Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnside Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Nice colour Charles - great build diary, looking forward to hearing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankee Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Cheers, Charles!I no longer have a stat in the standard position, but didn't think to completely remove the bypass hose. Does air ever get trapped in the coolant rail takeoff when refilling the cooling system? Or is this not a problem once the water pump is churning everythig around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesElliott Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Airlocks not really a problem. If you have a radiator with a bleed at the top as Caterham radiators do, T it into the expansion bottle and then everything sorts itself out automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Downing Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Nice work, Charles, keep the updates coming Like the idea of rivnuts for the scuttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumster Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Good work Charles, it's very satisfying building a 7 completely from scratch. The rivnuts is a good idea but I only use 12 in total and wonder sometimes if that is even too many. A removable scuttle makes it much easier for working on the electrics etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesElliott Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 From an engineering perspective I would agree that 24 (or 12) is probably too many but regs require a sealed firewall so if you don't use all the holes then you have to block them some other way. I find that a nice pan head screw is as good a way as any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesElliott Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 More pictures added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesElliott Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 More pictures added....fitting the cage...not fun.Caterham rebuild 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted February 21, 2016 Member Share Posted February 21, 2016 Haven't seen (or noticed) those pop-up notes on iCloud photos before: do you have to do anything special?ThanksJonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesElliott Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 Nope, haven't done anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jonathan Kay Posted February 21, 2016 Member Share Posted February 21, 2016 Thanks. I'll have a play with that.Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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