Adrian Williams

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BTTT with price reduction and postage now included

BTTT with price reduction

Complete engine wiring loom for R300 – R400 & R500 K series cars in perfect working order when removed from the car and in good condition. Complete, so includes plug for MBE 967, grey plug to Caterham car loom and all other connectors, this one has been wired for wasted spark (one extra trigger wire from MBE plug) but could be converted back to standard by removal of said wire. Picture available on request. Ideal as a spare/replacement for existing R*00 K or as an upgrade to a standard K series car converting to throttle bodies and MBE ECU. Price £90 and assumes collection from South Bucks, postage could be arranged at extra cost if needed. Please either post here or mail me.

Complete set of genuine Caterham Roller barrels for R300 – R400 & R500 K series cars in perfect working order and in excellent condition. They stopped making them a while ago so a set like these with such little use are desperately rare, Gold anodizing un-faded, pictures available on request. Pair of Roller Barrels ready to bolt onto a K series head as is, complete with throttle linkage, back plate, air temp sensor, 4 x trumpets and a brand-new OEM TPS in original box. Ideal as a replacement for existing R*00 K or as an upgrade to K series car converting to throttle bodies and wanting some factory originality. Price £950 and assumes collection from South Bucks, postage could be arranged at extra cost if needed. Please either post here or mail me.

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Front anti roll bar bushes need some lube? More likely if they’re nylon for an adjustable roll bar.

Also posted in the For sale section but could be of interest to sprinters. Mike Barnby Wheels set of four Mike Barnby Wheels set of four, polished outer rims with black magnesium centres for dedion hubs: Fronts are wider than standard 13” x 7½” – 5” + 2½” outers Rears are standard 13” x 8½” – 6” + 2½” outers These were my sprint wheels so have never seen a road let alone a salty one, Mike Barnby crack tested the centres when he supplied new highly polished outers and built them up for me following a change in tyre size. Usage since has been circa 25 events, they’ve been dry stored with regular liberal coatings of WD40 so condition is very good. They’re fitted with proper alloy valves and a set of Kumhos that have no tread to speak of, a set of nuts/washers are included, no centre caps. Price £750 and assumes collection from South Bucks. Please either post here or mail me.

Mike Barnby Wheels set of four, polished outer rims with black magnesium centres for dedion hubs: Fronts are wider than standard 13” x 7½” – 5” + 2½” outers Rears are standard 13” x 8½” – 6” + 2½” outers To convert to standard 6½” fronts it’s a simple process, a pair of 1½” outers can be obtained from Mike Barnby for just over £100 (see his website), swap them over and you’ll have a spare pair of standard rear outers left over. These were my sprint wheels so have never seen a road let alone a salty one, Mike Barnby crack tested the centres when he supplied new highly polished outers and built them up for me following a change in tyre size. Usage since has been circa 25 events, they’ve been dry stored with regular liberal coatings of WD40 so condition is very good. They’re fitted with proper alloy valves and a set of Kumhos that have no tread to speak of, a set of nuts/washers are included, no centre caps. Price £750 REDUCED TO £650 (to allow for conversion to standard front width) and assumes collection from South Bucks. Please either post here or mail me.

Battery tray, standard from S3 to suit banner battery complete with strap and nuts & bolts. Free to a good home and assumes collection from South Bucks. Please either post here or mail me.

2 x Dedion ears 0.25 degrees of camber for imperial chassis, bought new by me and had very little use, in good condition. Ideal for correct use of crossply tyres at the rear (potentially slicks), will give correct camber for greater wear and grip. Price £60 now £50 including postage to UK. Please either post here or mail me.

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Now sold, thank you for the off line interest. Caterham R500 Superlight No. 53: Originally supplied by Classic Carriage (later became Caterham Midlands) in 2001 and then bought by me from Caterham Midlands in 2008 as a two-owner car both of which are detailed in the history supplied. The car came with the current personalised registration R500 SEV and was in excellent original condition, finished in Blue. Since buying the car I have engaged a number of professionals and spent several hundred hours myself creating a very personal R500 with what I think are all the right bits and a fastidious level of detail that was achieved regardless of expense. This included a bare metal respray by Tony at TSK who finished the car in its present Magenta/Hot Pink colour and a full re-build using new fasteners including stainless and alloy versions in non-critical areas. With only 9,200 miles from new and an engine refresh less than 2,000 miles ago this is an immaculate and rare car in as new condition, main specification below: Drive train spec: Minister 1796cc R500K, Mapped by the two Steve’s (Track n Road) for both with and without cat making the full factory 231bhp & 155 lbft, currently has the ‘with cat’ map installed. Wasted spark ignition with heavy duty twin coil pack and custom Magnecor leads. QED remote thermostat with Samco silicone hoses and stainless clips throughout, ecu controlled radiator fan with alterations to main loom and fuse box for full integration. Painted magnesium bellhousing dry sump tank with alloy catch tank giving an clean oil mist free engine compartment. Heavy duty Burton CRB and modified carrier fitted with new updated Caterham dry sump clutch release arm. Six speed gearbox re-built by Phil at Road & Race with slightly increased gate springing. ZF Diff, 3.92 LSD re-built by Phil at Road & Race with correct ramp angles and pre-load (which weren’t in place originally). Chassis spec: Wide track aero wishbones re-furbed by Arch, Rear adjustable ARB, Freestyle front adjustable ARB, Standard dampers with Meteor Motorsport springs, Freestyle adjustable rose joint front top links and rear toe shims, Quick rack 22%, New Barnby rims with wide front rims, Kumho’s with loads of tread, lowered drivers floor, shortened passenger foot well, Freestyle custom light weight wing stays and lowered headlight brackets, radius arms fitted with watts linkage available. Caged, SLR cage with mirror mount modification, Soft Bits custom boot cover to suit. Brake spec: Standard CC front big brakes (AP 4 pots), Pagids front pads, Mintex rear pads, uprated big bore master cylinder, flexible rear brake pipes. Carbon spec: Nosecone, aero front wings, rear wings and light blocks, Kevlar Tillets, front indicator pods, aero screen, dash, half doors, sill protectors and SPA mirrors. General spec: Polished R500 titanium exhaust with cat fitted (bypass pipe included), 4 point Harness’s, drivers 6 point, Powervamp lightweight battery, Stack dash re-flashed by Stack to enable user controlled parameter limits and warnings, Suede Momo wheel with quick release, Aero main kill switch & big red starter button, LED dash warning lights, Standard ACES shift lights, Tonneau cover, Newton aero fuel cap, Remote oil sensor pipe. £27,500 ono

Thank you for your comments.

Withdrawn from sale for the summer, might change my mind later in the year. This car was displayed recently at the 60th Mileage 9,221 £27,500 Pictures can be seen on pistonheads advert R500 SEV Complete Specification Originally supplied by Classic Carriage (later became Caterham Midlands) in 2001 and then bought by me from Caterham Midlands in 2008 with only 7K miles as a two-owner car both of which are detailed in the history supplied. The car came with the current registration and was in excellent original condition, finished in Blue. Since buying the car I have engaged a number of professionals and spent several hundred hours myself creating a very personal R500 with what I think are all the right bits and a fastidious level of detail that was achieved regardless of expense. This included a bare metal respray by Tony at TSK who finished the car in its present colour and a full re-build using new fasteners including stainless and alloy versions in non-critical areas. I’ve covered less than 2K miles since originally buying the car 9 years ago, thoroughly enjoyed every mile and have kept it in dry storage for the last few years. Drive train spec: Minister 1796cc R500K, ‘top and tailed’ by DVA (Dave Andrews) with main oil feed to head mod and all consumables replaced. Mapped by the two Steve’s (Track n Road) for both with and without cat making the full factory 231bhp & 155 lbft, currently has the ‘with cat’ map installed. Wasted spark ignition with heavy duty twin coil pack and custom Magnecor leads. QED remote thermostat with Samco silicone hoses and stainless clips throughout, ecu controlled radiator fan with alterations to main loom and fuse box for full integration. Painted magnesium bellhousing dry sump tank with alloy catch tank giving an clean oil mist free engine compartment. Heavy duty Burton CRB and modified carrier fitted with new updated Caterham dry sump clutch release arm. Six speed gearbox re-built by Phil at Road & Race with slightly increased gate springing. ZF Diff, 3.92 LSD re-built by Phil at Road & Race with correct ramp angles and pre-load (which weren’t in place originally). Chassis spec: Wide track aero wishbones re-furbed by Arch, Rear adjustable ARB, Freestyle front adjustable ARB, Standard dampers with Meteor Motorsport springs, Freestyle adjustable rose joint front top links and rear toe shims, Quick rack 22% (new as part of re-build), New Barnby rims (as part of re-build) with wide front rims, Kumho’s with loads of tread, lowered drivers floor, shortened passenger foot well, Freestyle custom light weight wing stays and lowered headlight brackets, radius arms fitted with watts linkage available. Caged, SLR cage with mirror mount modification, Soft Bits custom boot cover to suit. Brake spec: Standard CC front big brakes (AP 4 pots), Pagids front pads, Mintex rear pads, uprated big bore master cylinder, flexible rear brake pipes. Carbon spec: Nosecone, aero front wings, rear wings and light blocks, Tillets, front indicator pods, aero screen, dash, half doors, sill protectors and SPA mirrors. General spec: Polished R500 exhaust with cat fitted (bypass pipe included), Harness’s, drivers crotch strap, Powervamp lightweight battery, Stack dash re-flashed by Stack to enable user controlled parameter limits and warnings, Suede Momo wheel with quick release, Aero main kill switch & big red starter button, LED dash warning lights, Standard Aces shift lights, Tonneau cover, Newton aero fuel cap, Remote oil sensor pipe.

Richard, I have a pair, one on its own and one with some cosmetic damage by a tyre fitter (could be fettled and made useable) still attached to a 5" inner with no centre. You're welcome to all of them if of any use. Adrian

The front stay runs to the lower rear DS pump to support cradle which can't be there on a non DS installation so I'd say they must be different.

They're the same but I do seem to remember having the shim the arb mounts away from the chassis with a washer or two for the best fit

1.5 degrees is the standard amount of camber, 0.5 also available.

There should also be a couple of support brackets on the underside of the RB installation to be removed.

It's very tight with an imperial chassis so might not be a 'metric' issue as such. Try loosening the steering rack clamps and rotating the rack so that the column is raised slightly, might just give you the clearance you need. Hope that works fo you.

I'd shorten the footwell and use the Pace tank. My son is 6'2" with long legs and traveled to and from Le Mans in my car which is an S3 with a shortened footwell and didn't complain. The Pace tank puts the weight in the right place and was used by CC on an SLR/R400 race car that did 24 hours at the Nurburgring without issues as the bell tank capacity was thought to be a little marginal. I also doubt you'd need to lag the Brise but I wouldn't use it over the Pace.

I have a picture of an Ali dry sump from my previous K engined seven and it does have Caterham cast into it. Not sure that's much help.