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simon_h

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  1. I guess if you want some calipers and call ap they are bound to use something from an existing design as the basis. Small vehicle manufactures can’t generally afford to pay for all the design, toiling, testing etc so they agree the part manufacturer can sell the part changed slightly and usually not for the same vehicle. The canley ones are going to end up looking like caterham ones by the fact they are all based around triumph mounting and hub designs at some point in the past. If you look at the current caterham ally 2 pots they look pretty much identical to lotus Elise front 2 pots. There will be differences but the base casting is probably the same

  2. Caterham vented discs are sourced from a caterham I’m afraid. It’s their ones or the ones you have. Canley used to sell discs separately but caterham forced them to stop. Must mean they are the same discs and caterham didn’t want to be undercut. Jwm probably are the same too. I imagine the calipers are also ap without caterham branding. 

  3. A better car is the Elise SC with the 2zz supercharged. More fun and revs better. 

    The 220 2zr was pegged at 220 for a very good reason found in development, it could get close to the 250 ish they claim now. The later management decided to ignore the issue and hope it doesn’t happen on the road. It is only apparent at sustained high revs, wot and that’s not achievable for long periods on the road. Remember that it’s a road car not a track car. 

  4. MIL, check engine light etc. Not sure if they had that fitted back then as they do with the current eu spec cars. It shouldn’t actually do anything if it detected the cat has failed, just flag a fault code from memory

  5. I’d hazard a guess he has a eu3 K series in Europe which carried over the catalyst monitor diagnostics from the rover donor. It will put on a MIL if it doesn’t see the cat. Mind you generally after a short time cars do with 200 cell cats as well as they aren’t very efficient 

  6. Quite a bit is carried over. You will need an ecu that does alpha/n fuel and spark so emerald is easier as it plugs straight in to a eu2 loom. Iac isn’t used with one of them. I think the fuel rail can be reused. Injectors can also be used.

    Alastair Westle has just fitted qed jenveys to his car so would be a good person to ask

  7. It will be an mbe ecu rather than the lotus one that does support obd. 

    You will have to get hold of the correct comms lead for an mbe and connect and see yourself. Last time I looked an mbe didn’t actually operate the mil and some cars get a back feed to the light so it glows slightly when it’s actually doing nothing. This may have changed since 2015 mind you. I’d see what the selling dealer says 

  8. Unless they have proper jets like the ones in the picture that shut off at lower pressures I wouldn’t want to use it. Does the turbo k block have them? Maybe that’s what it was originally. A home brew bodge doesn’t sound good at all though 

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