charlie_pank

I had a guy who was interested a little while ago. I made the mistake of putting my foot down when I took him for a drive. He went very quiet from that point in the drive and I didn't hear from him again. Anyone got the cahones for this car?

I use an oil syringe and top it up through the breather.

When I put my foot to the floor, it'll accelerate for a bit then I get a loss of power - it feels like it does when the rev-limiter kicks in, but it's nowhere near the rev-limit. There are no fault-codes showing on the OBD. I suspect that the fuel-rail pressure is low so when I give it some welly the injectors can't keep up for more than a few cycles. I've got a nice bluetooth OBD reader so I can monitor all the ECU stuff while I'm driving along (including rail pressure).

Does anyone know what my fuel rail pressure *should* be? My gut feel is that it should be constant regardless of what happens as the fuel pump should be always working slightly harder than necessary and the rail's pressure regulation valve letting the excess through back via the return tube to the tank.

BTTT

ok, good luck with the 'engine refresh' :P
 

Could I turn you to the dark side? I have the only road-legal fuel-injected R1 engined Caterham and it is for sale in Edinburgh. I'm pretty sure it's as fun as an R500, and probably as quick...

oh dear. Didn't they want a sports-car?

Thanks for the vote of confidence :) Got any friends? :D

Well, no-one's bought it yet. Is that because it's too expensive or too fast?

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Love the power to weight of your R500 but yearning for something more? Annoyed by how long it takes to slow down? Fed up with having to brake for corners? Want to add more lightness, but the only thing left to strip out is your engine? Curious as to what 14,000rpm feels like? Want a car that literally makes small children cry (mine) when you start it up? Then read on...

Taxed and motd, 14,000 rpm superbike-eater for sale

Drivetrain:

2006 Fuel injected R1 engine (180hp)

Bike box (6spd sequential)

Bailey Morris propshaft with torque tube

Quaiffe ATB diff

Yoko AO21R/185/13

Chassis: 

2001 Academy Roadsport (originally with 1.6 K-series)

Kawasaki Green with black pack

Full cage, side intrusion bar and removeable petty strut

Windscreen AND removeable aeroscreen

Weather gear

Heater

Plumbed in fire-extinguisher

Honeycomb protection in sideskin, drivers floor and fuel tank

Composite seats

Under-dash-handbrake

Instruments:

Stack ST500 for speed, tacho and shift-lights

Compatible with timing beacon

Other bits & pieces:

oil/air heat exchanger

bespoke air intake

FIA battery cutout

bespoke exhaust manifold

Chassis mods for R1 engine by Stuart Taylor motorsport

Q/R Momo

Reg: S5EVN

Always garaged, I am the second owner since new. Selling because I have too many other toys and not enough time.

Looking for £18,000. 

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While I read

as he was having trouble with bumpy roads, which is what uncorrected bump steer will give.

I give up.

Yawn

Very generally, by softening the rear, you will make it squat down more when you accelerate and you will also make it quicker to react to undulations in the road. This will make the rear grip more.

Normally this means that you will get more understeer because the rear has more grip relative to the front. You probably need to think about the whole setup, rather than just one part in isolation...

With absolutely no intention to ruffle your cloak: just because that worked for you, doesn't mean that's what's wrong for him, or that your 9mm adjustment would be right for him.

Hmmm, it's a lot more complicated than that!

I would guess that 'as stiff as they go' is not going to be right, but the previous owner must have done it for a reason... Perhaps you ought to have a think about the suspension in general - how's the rake? (Height of front axle vs. height of rear axle)

Parked on a slope in the rain? Rain comes from a different direction to normal?

If the wind blows really hard from the wrong direction, the rain leaks through our roof. It has happened once in 6 years of living here.