Kal-El

I bought one off FB from the Caterham group 2 years ago for £1200 for the complete kit.

I posted a while ago about a new K-Series engine build I did with Roger Fabry and Jason Langan at Hellier performance. I just thought I'd report back, specifically regarding the steel rods I decided to use from Max Speeding. I paid £200 inc vat and delivery for them and so far no dramas. I've now done 3 track days, and several thousand miles on road. I still see people searching around for the single tang roads in scrap yards and paying silly money for them and thought it's about time someone commented on the alternatives. Jason uses them in his Mitsubishi Evo builds and hasn't had any issues with them. Perhaps its no longer necessary for searching around for 20 year old rods in rusty scrap yards... Has anyone else used them? Mine were the updated design as requested by Dave Andrews.

Yes, both the starter and alternator had to come off. It definitely sounds slower turning over when cold. I'll check those figures.

I've just fitted a Caterham dry sump to my 1.8K car however it now struggles to start from cold. Once its warm its fine. I'm using the same magnetron starter that was originally on the car. I've also replaced the batter for another PowerVamp type. Any ideas? Is the dry sump adding too much resistance or have I simply wired it up wrong? Any ideas welcome.

All you need is a Wipac Land Rover led relay for £12 off eBay. P

Hi I'm using clear indicators however you can buy the bulbs in white which will work with coloured lenses if you don't like the clear lenses. One other thing worth mentioning is the standard metal reflector which was really dull on my car, so I used some 3M silver reflective tape to increase the "reflectiveness" Ill post some pics if I can next week. P

To answer your question, upgrading to decent LED bulbs makes a huge difference. Auto bulbs direct can help. I've got Twenty20 382 60 Amber bulbs for indicators and the 380 red for tail/brake lights and they are a massive improvement. You can also get the same 360 degree led bulbs from eBay. Well worth it in my opinion. Just ordered some Phillips Extreme Vision +130% H4 bulbs for the headlights too. Will see how they go. I also did the front indicator / DRL conversion that someone posted on here using a switchback white/Amber led using a Land Rover tail lamp holder and it's genius! Piers

What spec cylinder head are you running it on?

What are you upgrading to Julian? Piers

5x KN anthracite 10 spoke KN wheels with 4 legal but worn Avon CR500 tyres. Wheels generally in good condition. Open to offers. Wheels available in 1 week.

Two 6x13 anthracite wheels in good condition.No tyres £120, available now.

Still urgently required.

Magnecour red are working great for me.

The 1800 Caterham uses the 1600 flywheel as the 1800 won't fit the bell housing. TTV flywheel has the correct 1600 flywheel pattern.

My flywheel came in just over 3kgs on our kitchen scales, much to the annoyance of my other half! P