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the Caterham alloy wheel for the 160 looked exactly the same as the alloy wheel we run in the Citroen C1 Club racing series! We spotted the C1 Club sell them at a lower price. From the C1 side, these are made by Rim Stock/Dynamics, and were a wheel sold in Europe for C1/107/Aygo. From what i can see these are the same size as the wheels for the 160 - 4.5x14" but looks like the C1 is PCD 100x4, if 160 is 105x4 then i guess Caterham had a batch of these built to this different PCD. https://c1racing.club/product/alloy-wheel/ Though for a Seven, I`d rather go a slim line minilight, if there was such a wheel.

I have a drivers half door and looking for a passenger side half door to make a set, anyone got one lying around?

Oh no. Sorry to hear that, definately looked like water getting to parts it shouldn't!

hey all, I popped down this afternoon and watched the timed runs after lunch, here are some pics. I think i got everyone... even Dan Malkin's smokey moment (HGF?) give me a shout if anyone wants full size images emailing over. earlier ones are'nt great quality as the light was quite poor, keep going to end for some attempts at motion blur! https://photos.app.goo.gl/sy3qDHGT9AwtnZGe8 Cheers, Andy

Thanks guy, will do!

Has anyone got the design of the bracket some used to make the harness top mounting points closer together to support HANS usage? A friend is interested in giving this approach a go. Andy

Swapped wheels over today. Studs are 40mm type, with 30mm of thread from the face of the hub. Nuts are 20mm. So if end of stud 2mm or less from end of nut then I have the 18mm of coverage. I think these pass.

Thanks for the comments all. SJM - I just looked around the other class 1,2,3 cars around and didn't spot any other open ended nuts. I did this quick look around with the scruitineer to compare as I was questioning. Mark - thanks for the offer, will leave it for now but will give you a shout if we think it's required!

Car is 2009 Academy (kit delivered Nov 2008). Will measure my studs but I assume are latest?

thanks Mark. I cant secure any more of the stud with the current nuts. I need to swap wheels over anyway, so will measure if i have 18mm coverage. new nuts just hides the situation, and i assume studs are standard length.I`d rather not have to spend £50 on upgrading my nuts if i can avoid it!

just working through my list for the winter, at Curbourgh in August the scrutineer mentioned my wheel nuts, i have the open ended type, and she said that there should be more of the stud head through the nut. This would need longer studs, but looking around i didn't see anyone else with the same nuts, the others i spotted were of the closed head type. i assume i should invest in these from CC Parts, they will be no more secure, just the stud not visible? my nuts CC Parts

Great to see Chris (aeroscreens) at Brighton today, here are a few of my pics - https://goo.gl/photos/MamtZ2k454PqKdf98

Brilliant pictures Dave, many thanks Andy #513

Rehab heading home from 60th, the long way!

Does the Simpson Hybrid avoid the need to move the harness anchor points?

I`m tempted to give the approach of letting a better drive set a benchmark in my car. That would atleast show how much time I`ve got to find!

thanks all, i do use videos, and even felt on my best run there was a fair amount of time to be found. I dont like holding it on the limiter, and I`m sure can be more aggressive over the curbs to take more speed through the mole hill. After the start i was feathering the throttle to get round the left hander, having lost it there last year and had a grassy moment. Ultimately i was really pleased with my time and glad to be competitive, last year (on very old A539's, and nothing else different) i only managed a 70.04, which i was disappointed with at the time, so to come back with new tyres and get 66.66s really gave me a boost. I guess the question comes from whether its worth putting some money into upgrades. I may not do much else this year, but keen to keep chipping away at my Curborough time, even if its once a year! With young kids I`m finding it hard to justify (and convince the wife) to be away for a whole weekend, else would do the Saturday event as well. Off to check the dates of the remaining events against the wifes calendar, but from memory we`re booked for a lot of the weekends with holidays and family birthdays. :(

Thanks all. I definitely think a chunk of time is in the driver, based on Marks time in similar spec around 1.5s. Just curious about the ultimate spec and what to try really. I struggle to get to many rounds each year so I know I'm down on seat time, but that's down to a busy home/family life.

Talk to me about the LSD. Does it really make that much if a difference?

Having had a great run at Curborough to get down to a 66.6s lap, I'm starting to wonder what will help make get another 2s or so. Definitely some time still left to find with the driver, but also consider what upgrades may be worth considering (having chatted to Rob Jacobs!!) Car is a 2009 Sigma Academy, spec as it left the Academy, plus fresh A539's and had a suspension setup professionally. Thoughts... Tracksport injectors and remap - I was running out of revs, hitting 6800 redline. Over the line I was on the limiter getting 79 or 80mph recorded where as others were getting up to 84/85. Got to be worth a bit of time? LSD - all those ahead of me had an LSD according to the handbook, I assume would give more traction out of the corners, better launch onto the straights and hence best tied with the extra revs. But pricey. Anti roll bars - running narrow track front with standard front ARB (orange) and no rear ARB. What do others run ? Anything else I'm missing?

Thanks Chris and team for a great event, very slick running to get all those runs in. Good to meet new and old faces, and really pleased to come away with something (a cap!) on my 8th event (spread over 9 years).

Hey Matt, thanks for the reply! Not sure I like the sound of roughly, but assume Midland Tyre Shaving a bit of a distance from me. I had wondered how Polley do it if not on a wheel... Andy

where do people recommend getting Yoko A539's from these days, i`ve used George Polley (polleysport) before... ...and whats the view on shaving?

Great work Chris, but sadly like Tony I can't do Easter weekend, will be sad to miss it...

Sending BM ref shower cap...