Category: Caterham 420R Build
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Build Session 29 : Rear Wings
Post Views: 1,464 This was one of those jobs I’d not been looking forward to. Definitely not a “bolt them on an forget them”. The rear wings were going to need some fettling… and expensive-to-replace fibre-glass fettling at that! The car arrives in its kit form without the rear wings attached. They’re a big part…
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Build Session 28 : Boot – Floor, Fuel Filler Shroud and Carpets
Post Views: 1,461 Ok, so now I’m happy that the engine is running ok and the coolant system is doing its job for the moment. Now onto some more cosmetic stuff at the rear of the car. Boot Floor For such a well put-together kit that Caterham produce, the ply-wood boot floor jars a little.…
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Build Session 27 : More Bleeding Coolant
Post Views: 1,369 It was going to be “back to the coolant system again” today. I had left the car at the point where we’d started the engine but were worried about the coolant temperature getting well over 100C, something like 105C. We then chickened-out, turned it off and decided to ask Derek. So I…
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Build Session 26 : Coolant Bleeding – Unproductive
Post Views: 1,157 After the euphoria and relief of getting the engine going yesterday we thought we’d have another look at what might be causing the coolant temperature to get so high. We only had an hour or so in the morning but couldn’t resist another look to see if we could find any obvious…
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Build Session 25 : Main engine start!!!
Post Views: 1,310 It’s not that I’ve been terribly worried about the prospect of starting the engine… but… I certainly didn’t want to have missed something stupid and to then screw up a very expensive lump of aluminium and steel. Today I also had another pair of hands and a tripling of brain power on…