chrisbeddoe

I have a hardly used Caterham supplied S3 Half Hood - Standard roll bar for sale. Used for less than 200miles Selling due to FIA roll bar £120 Collection from Leatherhead, Surrey

Hi Roger, was the zircotec worth it and how is it lasting? I will also do the reflective heat sheiks in the bay but don't want to bodge it so waiting till the engine and gearbox is next out to do the job properly. chris

Thanks for all the responses. Just to be clear I do not want to cut into any panels etc. So really im looking at the insolation route rather than ducting etc. I am still very tempted by ceramic coating the exhaust manifold but exhaust wrap is an option. Generally on other cars I have owned i have found this perishes over a year or two and needs redoing but as it is cheap its would be far more cost effective. Has anybody else used Zicotec - If it solves the problem but is expensive i am happy to spend the money but I am not sure that it will be enough on it own to make a difference.

Thanks Ian

Sorry for the VERY slow responses on this subject, I got distracted with work over the end of the year and didn't get out much in the Caterham so the change in season seemed to resolve most of my heat issues. I am still keen to resolve this though before the summer and have decided to put off the heat sheald until the engine is next out and for now ceramic coating the exhaust manifold. As far as I can tell there are 3 main companies that do this. Camcoat, Performance1 and Zircotec. Camcoat and Performance1 have similar prices of around £200 but Zircotec are £630. I think most people are in agreement that Zircotec are the best but I am not 100% sure why? is their coating more effective or last longer or something else? Or are you paying for the pedigree of a F1/NASA supplier? Any thoughts or experiences on all of them would be appreciated? C

I know this subject has been covered a number of times, but I am not sure I have ever seen somebody positively say they have resovled the issue and could really do with the forums input. Essentially my R500 like all R500's gets incredibly hot in the cabin, and after a fairly unbaearbily 2 hrs drive back from Bedford last month in 30degree sunshine I have finally decided to take action. Reading through the achieves there seems to be 3 main forms of prevention which I will list out below. Really interested to here peoples experiences of these and whether they have managed to cure the problem specifically on a R500D 1. Heat insulate the tunnel and footwall ends. I will 100% do this, but am told you can only really access the foot well ends without removing the engine, so will buy the kit from Caterham now, fit the ends and the wait for the next clutch change or similar to line the inside of the tunnel http://caterhamparts.co.uk/product.php?id_product=4247 2, Carpet the inside. Im pretty sure this will just delay the heat soak rather than cure it but if it will probably mean I can rest my leg against the side and hopefully even drive in shorts without worry about scotching myself it's worthwhile. I did also see that thundersport have some very nice carbon effect side panels which is insulated on the inside. Has anybody got an ecperience of these? Do they help at all and how do they look fitted? http://www.thundersport.co.uk/index.php/lightweight/caterham-7-series-3-transmission-tunnel-heat-insulation-both-sides-carbon-vinyl.html 3. Ceramic Coat the exhaust manifold with Zircotec. I am pretty sure this is the most effective way of stopping the problem but it does come at a cost both finacially and time off the road. Believe it comes in at around £500. I plan on doing this over the winter months while the car is laid up.

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I have a Duratec 7" Diameter Silencer for sale. Part as seen on Caterham website here: http://caterhamparts.co.uk/product.php?id_product=4859 Can has only done around 1000 miles. It is technically repackable although it does involve drilling out pop rivets. I have also mop pollished the can to a reflective finish. Happy to send photos if you provide an email address (can't seem to work out how to upload them on the forum from a mac!) Looking for around £150 Colection from Leatherhead Surrey. Chris

I've done it myself in the past with one of these sets, its pretty easy and takes less time than you might think too http://www.metalpolishingsupplies.co.uk/aluminium-polishing-kit-8pc/

As it says in the title, Raceco Titanium "Long" Silencer wanted for Duratec caterham... Before buying one new just thought I would check there are none of these sitting in a garage somewhere :-)

Hi mic, i am after the one that comes out of the side of the bonnet where the filter sits above the passenger footwell link here http://caterhamparts.co.uk/product.php?id_product=4649 Thanks, Chris

Does anybody have a Carbon Airbox for a 3 series R500D that they are willing to sell If so please get in contact :-) Chris