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It is 3 liners and 3 rods with pistons and rings,  I have sold my Caterham along with every spare part, apart from these. 

They are going in the bin in March. 

I still have these if anyone wants to make me an offer? I no longer have a Caterham, they will be going in the scrap bin if no one wants them. They are the 160 pistons.  

I beg to differ about battery safety, I have been retired from Fire service 3 years but have experience of Lithium battery fires and they are horrendous ( not just in cars )  You cannot extinguish them! A battery pack in in an electric car will continue to be a hazard many days after the fire, if you put water on them it increases the reaction due to the reactive nature of the lithium, it is one of the unstable alkali metals . No one seems to know how to deal with them, Germany had a system where they dumped the car into a large water tank until the reaction ceased, hardly practical.

I agree fires are quite rare but when they occur they are very severe, thermal run aways  still seem to be occurring during charging. Just start looking at fast charging bays for melted tarmac.   

You also have a huge problem in a vehicle crash, they are lethal for emergency services if you need to be cut from the wreckage, The high voltage lines carry high voltage dc current and it is no simple task to try and make a vehicle  safe, let along the motor engaging.   

They are still decades away from being a practical solution, until solid state batteries become available.  

Looking at the headlights the surface is just not prepared properly before it is powder coated so it is not keyed to the surface. I have found it is often better getting things re-powder coated as you normally end up with a much more  durable and better finish  

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One thing to check is the rear pads, from memory  I think there are two raised "prongs" for want of a better word. These must fit into the corresponding cut outs in the caliper piston. There are 4 cut outs. I made this mistake when I wound back the pistons to fit new pads and didn't align the pads with the cut outs, this made the pedal soft and I used quite a bit of brake fluid before I realised my mistake 

It has all now sold 

I have 3 VVC pistons with rods and new Westwood liners which have covered a few thousand miles. These were supplied by Dave Andrews, second hand pistons which were checked for wear and supplied with new rings and liners. Unfortunately the engine threw number 2  rod at Angelsey  due a spun bearing. If someone could find a Piston or has a spare you could make up a set ? 

Offers 

Many thanks 

No interest? I think you would struggle to find a better car for the money? 

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Hi,

The wing stays were fitted to a car equipped with 14 inch wheels 185/60  14" 

Best regards

Phil 

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Hi Pete,

Yes it is in good condition and leak free, I can send you a photo if you like.

Best regards

Phil

Hi John,

If the primary bores are too large for the engine size, it slows down the gas speed and the exhaust scavenging is reduced and reduces the horse power.

That is probably an over simplification, but there is generally an ideal size of exhaust for a given engine capacity/ power output to obtain best results.

You might get lucky with Caterham spares? I tried looking everywhere but couldn't find any 

Have a look at the DVA web page, it tells you everything you need to know about the K series

I fitted a 4-2-1 manifold to my 1.4 ss and it made it worse due to the primaries having a too large bore size, so stay away from anything made for a large powered 1.8. 

Try the Supersport cams they seem to give a good increase in power combined with a Emerald K6  or you may be able to get your MEMs Rover ecu reprogrammed if it is the later model 

The width of the baseplate is around 108mm and it is around 17/18cm tall 

Inlet Diameter is 65mm or 72 ish mm if you remove the plastic inlet 

Hi,

Hope this helps 

Hi,

I doubt it will fit unless the spacing of your throttle body intakes exactly match a Rover K series? 

You would probably need to make a new back plate, however if you think the spacing is the same I can send you some measurements

Best rgeards

Phil 

K series radiator with fan £50, Lucas starter £30, Clutch cable £20 Bilstien damper adjustable spring platforms £50, Pair of front mudguard stays with fibreglass mudguards £75  

Emerald adjustable air horns 60 to 140mm for Jenvey 42mm throttle bodies, unused 

£100

Berndard scouse airbox with 50mm intake air horns and K&N filter for Jenvey 42mm throttle bodies 

£250