MarcNS

New price for Club Members

Although I am in no rush to sell and only to the right person, BTTT.

Anyone fitted it to a seven? This was asked on Petrolheads forum by someone else and they thought it was mad. I don't fit in the car, never have, and so my accelerator leg tends to give up after 100 miles. I am trying to use the car before I finally sell it and think a retrofit cruise control would work to get me along the motorway.

Many thanks, my nearest Brown and Bros is Northampton. I took it to a local paint shop and he said I should do it myself, and I thought I would just ring up Caterham for a spray can! There looks to be a business opportunity here, if someone was to produce a colour chart for Caterhams and send the paint in spray cans, mail order. The trouble with white is that there are probably 10 different shades.

I need to do a little touching up before the 60th. Any idea what code the white is. It is from 1998? Do you need to get it mixed or can you buy it in spray cans? Thanks, Marc Link to photos https://www.lotus7.club/blogs/photos-car-club-built

Back to the top. Just had an oil and filter change new water pump and alternator. New MOT tomorrow. Loss of garage within the next 3 months forces sale.

Engine all rebuilt in late 2014 with all new parts, the engine has done about 1200 miles since then. On starting after 4 months in the garage, the bolt to the water pump behind the pulley had come undone and the car had the high pitched noise. I have replaced the water pump and tightened everything up but still the same noise.

The car the Club built has an engine issue and so has been taken off the market. There is a high pitched noise that sounds like metal on metal but goes away eventually at tick over. I don't want to drive it until I find out the issue, so it is stuck in the garage at the moment. Plan B now is to hopefully take it to lots of events this year to raise funds for Bloodwise, the new name for Leukaemia Research and sell later in the year. This link is on facebook for those with access to Caterham techtalk. https://m.facebook.com/groups/1619447588287311?view=permalink&id=1951850958380304 Working on another link to my facebook page Marc N. Smith below https://www.facebook.com/marc.n.smith.3?ref=br_rs

Good idea Dave. The Club should really have a covenant to buy back and raffle each time. I nearly sold it last weekend, but the chap was going to take everything off it which identifies it as TCTCB. He would have turned it in to a white Lotus 7 replica without clams ! If he had offered the asking price it would have gone, he offered slightly less and I said no. Marc

Back to the top. The car is now advertised below. www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/c836350 There is some interest and I have to say there is no guarantee a new owner will keep the car looking the way it does at the moment. Marc

I will dig out the old photos at the weekend and put something together. The car has been fairly active at local and regional club level in sprints and auto solo's over the last 12 years in my ownership, winning a few trophies along the way. I have tried to keep it as close to a Lotus 7 as I can and have retained the 4 speed box and upgraded with parts available in the late 60's. The engine was then rebuilt and it has just really been run in for the last couple of years, road miles only. On the rolling road it developed 141 bhp at 6000 rpm and the cam will give max bhp past 7000 rpm. Engine rev limited at 6400 rpm. It is a shame that the car is nearly forgotten and new members don't know what it is? Perhaps I need to put something together for Low flying? The risk is that if it is sold outside the Club, someone may decide to take all the stickers off, change the nose cone and wings (which I nearly did when I bought it!) and put 2 red stripes down the bonnet.

NOW ON CAR AND CLASSIC £12,000 Plus Club discount! I have decided to put the car on the market. https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C897061 Caterham 7 built for the Lotus 7 Club GB. Very good condition James Whiting (professionally built) Jill Judd (Soft bits for sevens) - interior. Chris Rea front suspension. Spec: 13,000 miles 1700 Ford Crossflow, rebuilt and upgraded 2 years ago, Big valve 'race' head. AX Block, fully balanced, Steel rocker posts, ARP bolts, high pressure oil pump, electric fuel pump, light weight fly wheel, duplex timing chain. duplex valve springs. Competition clutch. Only running in miles since engine rebuild. 141 bhp @ 6000rpm on rolling road. Cam - Holbay K3A (max power @ 7400rpm which in theory would be 152+bhp) Power band from 3000 rpm. Rev limited to 6400 rpm since run in. Ford rocket 4 speed c/r box, 3 core rad, 1968 (Cosmic Alloys) Mintex competition brake pads Lotus Holbay original rocker cover. Standard roll bar. Hood and tonneau cover. The car has been built to resemble a series 3 Lotus 7 with many upgrades available in late 60's. This is a great opportunity to purchase a well known Lotus 7 Club car. Other parts available by negotiation (Holbay dry sump, diffs, wheels with Toyo 888's, half hood/ tall FIA bar/ tonneau. We are the 3rd owner and have owned the car since 2005 when at 3000 miles, The first owner sold the car at auction when they won it in the Club raffle which raised £33k for Leukemia Research. Have a look at my profile to see some photos - happy to forward more by email. £!2,000 (discount for Club Members)* https://www.lotus7.club/blogs/photos-car-club-built https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C897061 * In an attempt to keep the car as complete as possible.

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Interested in 2 tickets Sat or Sun. Thanks Marc The car the Club built

I have a new coil on order as a spare and a boot full of spanners so will see how it goes to and at Throckmorton.

Went to Bourne today for the car show and whilst trying to find somewhere to park the engine went over 80 degrees and started misfiring over 3000 rpm, it did this until I parked up. (With the Holbay cam it normally stutters below 3000 rpm then goes!) It ran home to Stamford with no problems but never got to the same temp. Any thoughts as to what to look at first?

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I only know Crossflows and guess you don't have one of those? The manual is fairly good at pointing out things you have to check I am nearly at 1000 miles on my new Crossflow and plan to turn up the rev limiter!

Mine has been making a noise for years, as soon as I did my first track day I think. I am now putting 145bhp through it now and again and it is holding together fine. Once it gives up, I will replace with a spare one I have in the garage and will have it made up at Jigsaw Racing near Corby. They race Triumph GT6's. They have uprated half shafts, CW&P's (from Germany)and LSD's http://www.jigsawracingservices.co.uk/gearboxes.htm

Doing the same thing at the moment. Runing in with Millers Comp running in oil for 500 miles and then going to the Millers semi synth 20/50. I have spare, 10 lites of Valvoline racing 20/50 mineral oil that I used when my engine was a standard superprint engine, but was talked out of using it for an uprated semi race engine. I can post the Miller agents details up in Wilmslow (I think) very reasonable? Just make sure you crank the engine to get oil pressure before you actual fire it up for the first time. Marc

Just trying to work out how to do that on the new forum If you can send me a mail I can reply as can't find it. I'm based in Stamford. Thanks, Marc

I had a few issues recently with mine, a front mounted dry sump pump will be very tight, if you have this; the engine mounts are also as pig to locate

Yes please, first dibs Thanks Marc

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Many thanks Richard. Have spoken to Millers classic agent Robin from Woodcote, and have gone for the performance running in oil with I think a semi synthetic 20/50 to follow. He didn't think the Hafords 20/50 classic would do too much harm whilst setting up the engine, we cranked the engine first to get the oil pressure up before finally firing the engine up. Trouble is that I now have 10 litres of Valvoline racing 20/50 going spare. I still have a new sump gasket to put on as the Cometic didnt work. The engine builder and Robin suggest once the engine is running to drive it up some hills for 500 miles and not to idle the engine. just to add - after 500 miles it goes back for valve springs to change to duplex, so no going over 4000 rpm for first 500 miles. The cam is a Holbay K3A with a power band from 3000-8000rpm, so should be interesting. Edited by - MarcNS on 16 Sep 2014 21:13:32