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For Sale The Magnificent 7  3rd edition  by Chris Rees

Great condition apart from small nick/tear 3mm on paper cover see pic

£15.00 Inc post

Ultimate carbon are selling a range of carbon part on eBay now including the front wings 

I have seen and am interested in the tyre rack & storage box in the for sale section and was hoping for some help getting it from Bolton to Essex or near to Essex

or any advice on getting the rack delivered in another way 

thanks Mark

got full part numbers on here http://radtec.co.uk/cat/Fans/189

Hi Mark

could i take the cooling fan please + postage

thanks Mark

I used some 2" wide Velcro to stick under the front of the seat  seems to have worked been on a few months with no problems

Hi Mark

can i take two CR500 175 & two ZZR x 215     i'm at dunsfold in the afternoon so that would be great to pick up from there.   also 2nd dibs on the two ZZS if cookie drops out for any reason

cheers Mark

vertew resurrected an old thread on here back in December link maybe worth checking out before going too far on the refresh route

was advised to change my R clips to split pins ...from a safety point of view, cant remember who from though

this on ebay 

Would taking a cast of your original part then use this as your mould work for what you are trying to achieve. There is some tutorials on the easycomposites.co.uk website. Having parts 3d scanned in my limited experience is quite expensive but I don't know if you want to buy your own scanner or use a business to do this for you. I would say the machine shop would be able to edit your cad files for you

looks like the moulds did sell for £150 eBay item No 181790138629  might be worth contacting the seller to see where they ended up and what plans the buyer had for them.

mine from memory is on the dry sump  bell housing low down on the passenger side  (R500 k-series 2001)

thanks for the good advice...Mark

Can a helmet without hans be converted with the anchor fittings added or would it be a new helmet ...Mark

Hi Oily thanks for letting us know on the mod & cam timings, will get the idle voltage checked out at Boss next week 

Mark

Finally got around to having a go at the throttle bodies balance on Friday . using the syncrometer (thanks for the loan Richard) found the balance was a bit out so matching the 2 together and just increasing the tick over to 1000rpm has made a really big difference in how the car drives at lower revs  and they really were only minor adjustments,  very satisfying when you can get your hands dirty and make a difference yourself  . Didn’t find too much on the throttle pot mod on the DVA website apart from he packs it away from TBs with washers to stop it binding.  I have the car booked in at boss racing next week for them to have a look and check make comments and improve before I venture out with a few track days then we can start work on driver improvements   

don't know about the DVA mod being done , what exactly is that ? but the mapping was done after the DVA/scholar refresh i was told . and the cam timing by DVA looks like he uses the tdc method from his website. but yes the cam timing would need to be checked again before a dyno session as a waste of money otherwise... thanks Mark

thanks Anthony, probably a good summing up of how my car is will look at balacing the tbs this week and if i have no success then will have a visit to T&R got just over 9000 miles and had a refresh and a rebuild (scholar 1900 ) , it does drive so well with an open road in front so i think it is just a little off at tick over and lower revs . had a real good go at sealing the exhaust and has improved a lot since doing this, still loving owning and driving the car after 8 years since my previous caterham

thats great Richard Saturday pm will be good for me

im quite sure it has been mapped by the 2 steve's although checking through the history file i have with the car i can't find anything so i think i will call in on them to check as they are only a few miles from me 

Mark

It did run better when i first got the car a few months back but not perfect always popped bangs especially on start up. having had an alternator problem to sort havent had the opportunity to use much , i know the previous owner had it mapped at TnR after it was rebuilt at DVA.  So to balance the TBs is this done manually/visually or with specialist equipment and could any knocks on tickover be caused by air leaks from the exhaust or induction sides. the engine seems best under accelaration so good news its not pinking.  if its beyond me any recomendations as to who to take it to to get it checked out.

thanks Mark

my engine is popping and banging when i lift off the throttle or drive at consistent revs also pinking (have i used the right term there) small knocks on tick over , looking for help in a things to check and work through , have had the exhaust and manifolds off recently which i thought may be a cause ...

thanks Mark

Yes I did question  the 2005  shown but was told they would fit my 2001 which they did.