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    Boss Racing is your one stop shop for getting you out on track, whether as a race driver or someone who wants to experience the thrills of motor sport on a track day, we can make it happen for you.

    Founded over 40 years ago by Dave Singleton and within a short time we were producing the race engines to win back to back Championships. Fast forward four decades and Boss Racing is now owned by Robert Singleton, Dave’s son, and is still carrying on the tradition of producing race winning engines, as well as having our own championship winning motor sport team.

    We want to share with you our passion and the thrills that motorsport gives us. In the past, the thought of going motor racing was for the rich or the daredevils, however, with the rise and boom of the track days in recent years, motor racing is now easily accessible for everyone.

    With a team of experienced staff to set up your car, a range of corporate packages that will make your existing golf events look like a yawn and a selection of cars to put a grin on your face, Boss Racing offers something for everyone.

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    A "7" owning friend of mine from Le Havre is travelling over for the TT races on the I of M & wants to travel up through Wales ( can't say I blame him*thumbup*) to Liverpool & is looking for a B&B to stay in for one night on the28th. August. 

    Any ideas?

    Ron "Two Wings"

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    I bought a second hand Caterham Superlight SV R300 (2003 model) last year with a R400 engine upgrade from a dealer in Harrogate. Unfortunately there was no paperwork regarding who carried out the engine upgrade. The car was originally on sale from the Caterham main dealer south. Caterham have not been able to confirm the engine upgrade was not carried by them. My question is who next are the most likely candidates for carrying out the upgrade? I would like to contact these candidates and then supply them with my cars registration and chassis number to determine whether they hold any paperwork on my engine upgrade.

    Thanks in anticipation

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    Looks like my in tank fuel pump has given up the ghost. Engine was running for a minute or two then stopped now wont start

    ECU on and going from red to green and Relays clicking over but pump not priming (Fuses OK) 

    Ran a 12v supply to the pump directly and doesnt do a thing

    Anubody know where I can get one from as CC have been put of stock for ages 

    Wll I need to go external and if so has anyone done it and recomend how?

    Thanks 

    Chris

     

  1. Hello everyone,

    I have set up some Blat/Clat dates for 2015. Rather than have Blats announced ad-hoc by me, I propose the following Blats/Clat Dates for this year.

    It is difficult for us all to meet up regularly. However I have chosen The Elizabethan Inn (Elizabethan Inn Restaurant & Bar Fore Street Luton Nr Newton Abbot Devon TQ13 0BL) as a Clat/Blat location. Let's try this and see how it works. I have arranged with the Proprietor (Nick Powell) to have Full English Breakfast (Including Tea/Fruit Juice, Full English and more) for £8 as part of their F1 Club facility. This usually costs £10.

    This is a great venue - OK the last mile and a bit is "down the lanes" - but the Pub is fantastic and the owners are committed petrol heads and more specifically they are F1 fans, hence we can join them for their popular F1 Breakfasts at the same time the GP's are shown on a Big Screen. Stay if you want, but it's not compulsory. If you have a mind to, you can join the F1 club at The Elizabethan.

    The rest of the dairy is self explanatory. However I really do need you to let me know that you will attend the proposed Clats/Blats, particularly the Saturday Breakfast as Nick will open up just for us.

    That said I would like to know if you are able to attend the Clats/Blats anyway - If not then we won't be able to run them.

    I have also included some non blat dates for your diary, local events which I am likely to go to, so again if you are going, let me know and we can meet up at the venue.

    I'll put all this on Blatchat - see Devon Area Events etc.

    Lotus Seven Club – Devon Area - 2015 Events

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    Devon Area 7’s  - 2015 Blats

    Blat / Clat #

    Date / TBC

    Sunday March 29

    Meet for Breakfast at The Elizabethan

    Stay for the Malaysian F1 GP on the Big Screen

     

    Clat#1

    Fixed date

    Full English c.£8

    Sunday

    April 12

    Meet for Breakfast at The Elizabethan

    Stay for the Chinese F1 GP on the Big Screen

     

    Clat#2

    Fixed date

    Full English c. £8

    Sunday

    May 17

    Clat to Moretonhampsted Motor Museum. Meet in car park opposite at 11.30am for visit to the museum – lunch after?

     

    Clat#3

    Fixed date

    Sunday

    June 14

    Devon & Somerset Borders Blat

    Devon and Somerset 7’s Day out Blat

    Blat #4

    TBC

    Sunday

    July 5

    Clat to Haynes Motor Museum Sunday Breakfast Club Meet at 9.00am

    Clat#5

    TBC

    Saturday

    August 8

    Breakfast Meet at The Elizabethan – Luton, Devon. No F1 at this Clat

     

    Clat#6

    Fixed

    Full English c.£8

    Sunday

    September 20

    Jamie’s Cream Tea Blat

    9.30 am start

     

    Blat#7

    TBC

    Sunday

    September 27

    Meet for Breakfast at The Elizabethan

    Stay for the Japanese F1 GP on the Big Screen

     

    Clat#8

    Fixed

    Full English c.£8

     

    I am not responsible for accuracy of the following dates

    Please ensure you check for yourself

     

    Date

    Diary Dates

    Likely Attend

    Date Fixed / TBC

    21 June 2015

    Great West Jaguar & Classic Car Day

     

    Fixed

    11 & 12 July 2015

    CBCCC Classic gathering at Powderham Castle 

    X

    Fixed

    30 August 2015

    Classic Motor show Devon – Ugbrooke House, Chudleigh

     

    Fixed

    31 August 2015

    Aveton Gifford Classic Car Show

     

    Fixed

    6 September 2015

    Thornfalcon Car Show

    X

    TBC

     

    Wiscombe Hill Climbs - 2015

    X

     

     

    April 25/26,May 9,May 10, May 16, May 17

     

    Fixed

     

    July 25/26,September 5/6, September 12

     

    Fixed

     

    September 13

     

    Fixed

    NB Website for http://www.elizabethaninn.co.uk/f1-club Nick Powell - Proprietor

    Regards

    Steve (Devon Area Rep)

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    Does anyone have a clue why my S3 windscreen should suddenly and inexplicably crack on the drivers side in front of the steering wheel and heading up to half way up the RHS pillar? The car has been tucked up since October with the trickle charger on. Went to the man cave last night (as I do nearly every day) and there it was. The car is 18 months old and was not hit by anything last time out at the end of September. The garage is a pretty constant temperature.

    Is this area highly stressed ? Do not understand why it's suddenly gone.

  2. THE CLASSIC CAR SHOW: FIRST EPISODE AIRS 7PM, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5TH ON CHANNEL 5

    The first episode of landmark global TV series, The Classic Car Show, will air at 7pm, Thursday February 5th on Channel 5  

    The 13 x one-hour series is presented by Quentin Willson and Jodie Kidd with a supporting cast of global A-list celebrities. The Classic Car Show celebrates the iconic cars, personalities and glamorous events of the classic car world, tapping into the multi-billion pound industry that has seen classic car values rise faster than modern art and property
     
    A ground-breaking new peak-time TV series, The Classic Car Show captures the passion, glamour and remarkable stories of the multi-billion pound global classic car industry. It is hosted by Britain’s most renowned classic car journalist and ex-Top Gear presenter, Quentin Willson and supermodel and racing driver, Jodie Kidd. 
    Over a series of 13 x one-hour episodes, The Classic Car Show will delve deeper than any series before into the phenomenon of the classic car - a remarkable world in which 50-year-old Ferraris can sell for more than $50m.
    Feature stories from around the globe will include Quentin Willson celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang in California, Jodie Kidd in a Jaguar XK120 at the Mille Miglia rally in Italy and resident racer Bruno Senna putting 10 classics through their paces on the track at the legendary Brooklands circuit.
    As well as stars in cars with seven-figure price tags, The Classic Car Show will show you how to feel like a million dollars for under £5,000. Alex Riley, fresh from his Celebrity Mastermind win, channels his inner Simon Templar with a feature on the Jaguar XJS from The Saint. Face of 4Music, Will Best, will show that motorsport isn’t just for the well-heeled, when he tries low-cost high-fun classic car sprints. Factor in Quentin Willson picking the classics to buy now before their values go stratospheric and you’ve got compelling family viewing.
    Presented from an underground studio at the Brooklands racing circuit in Weybridge, Surrey, The Classic Car Show is an entertaining, peak-time TV series, not just for those who can tell a Ferrari 250 GTO from a 275 GTB, but for the whole family, encompassing humour, attitude and charm 
    The Classic Car Show website is live at www.classiccarshow.com which features the opening titles and trailer embedded on Vimeo. The main website will be live 10 days before first episode is aired and will follow the content of the show on a weekly basis.
    In a partnership with Aston Martin, who are providing an Aston Martin V8 Vantage and performance driving course as our competition prize for the series. The winner will visit Aston Martin’s HQ before being presented with their car at the VIP customer handover facility.
     

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    The high resolution images from the Graham Nearn Blat

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    I happened to stumble over a mini serie called"Patrick Dempsey: Racing Le Mans" the other week. It was actually pretty good, definitely worth watching on a cold and dark winter's night. Not sure i like the guy much but he did compliment on my moustache when I met him in Sebring

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    Just bought 1997 Supersport needs minor repairs service etc.[drive shaft boots split ,brake pads] where is best place for spares. Are workshop manuals available.

    Derek Clement

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    14.1.15 - Started work on a VVC head.

    Started by peening the fire ring.

    16.1.15 - Moved on to opening up the ports starting with exhaust.

    This is slow work. Need to be careful not to break into waterways. Air powered die grinder is very hungry and my little compressor can't keep up. Batteries on drill don't last too long either. Now run out of spiral bands so ordered some more. Good excuse for a break.

    19.1.15 - Inlet ports

    Already removed the valve guides. Cylinder head just fitted in the oven and managed to get it done before the wife came home. Ports roughly opened. Need to do more work.

    20.1.15 - Collected my new close ratio gearbox from SPC. 

    Ratios are - 1st - 2.48; 2nd 1.61; 3rd - 1.23; 4th - 1.00; 5th - 0.82. Should make a great box for some spirited driving and good touring. Will be maintaining my 3.92 diff.

    New spira bands arrived, but no work for next couple of days as will be helping Peter to reinstall his engine, new gearbox and diff and having a weekend away to catch up with some old friends.

    9.3.15 - Lots happened but no time to update until now. Work also delayed a couple of weeks because of Man Flu!!

    SUMMARY - Peters engine reinstalled (twice). Head finished and fitted with some colsibro valve gudes (guides kindly made by Jonathan H.). My diff removed and refitted with new oil seal. Big box of goodies arrived from Dave Andrews. New air filter purchased. Engine bits sent away for clean, inspection and refurb. (head skimmed etc.) Crank, clutch, flywheel, pistons, rods etc. all dynamically balanced. Bottom end built with new bearings and liners. Head fitted. New water pump fitted. Clutch and new gearbox fitted. No cam seals or cam lube so work delayed. Further delay because of holiday.

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  3. I haven't been here for some time but hey I've been busy. Scarlett was treated by my wonderful wife to a caterham high level brake kit for Christmas. What a fantastic surprise that was. I spent the day after boxing day fitting it. I found drilling three holes on the back panel of my car stressful to say the least but what a nice job in the end. I was also told a new  FIA roll bar is on order. The brake light kit came without any instructions and my friend Nick sent me a pdf of the build manual which contains the fitting instructions. So next stop roll bar. Bring on summer. 

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    Here is a link to my blog - I built the car in Feb-2014 and I hope the blog is of interest (and help) to those of you who are either in the process of deciding to buy a kit or are in the exciting, daunting, irritating, and satisfying building stage.

    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o-Xd6XfoZDE/UvEJWKomgOI/AAAAAAAAAJw/kI5BUfiVGAk/s1600/_DSC0247.jpg

    All comments welcome and I'll be happy to answer and questions.
    Thanks,
    Daniel.

    http://www.caterhamr500.co.uk

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    2006 S3 (originally Roadsport 140 spec) 1.8K [now J7LFO]

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    Current spec ... OilyPOWER *wink* K13 (on the way to bigger things).

    6 speed, Titan LSD, Apollo tank, Lightened flywheel, Z&F Supersport remap, 4-2-1 decat exhaust. Silicone hoses.

    Apollo Diamond cut wheels 6" fronts, 8" rears with Avon ZZS. Superlight Anthracite 8 spokes 6" fronts, 8" rears with Avon ZZR for trackdays. Superlight suspension with widetrack front end. Big brakes.

    CF wings, nose, dash and Aero. FIA trackday cross rollbar [now in black]. Tillets, 4 point Sabelt harnesses. SBFS's half hood. Richcat Ti grille [photo pre grille]

    Yeah baby!

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  4. After buying a spare head and looking at it in the garage for 3 months it was finally time to start work. The head came fitted with springs and valves but no cams/followers. So first job was to remove them. This was surprisingly easy. this was done one month ago but still not enough bravery to start the porting.

    Working abroad, away from the caterham, for a month at a time gives me the chance to order parts to fit for when I arrive back home for my month off. Its sometimes dangerous, its as if buying bits for the car gives me a connection to it when I'm away.

    Anyway I invested in a set of followers, uprated springs and caps, slightly bigger inlet and exhaust valves along with a manual timing belt adjuster. Other parts that were accumulated were mostly tooling- a set of newway valve seat cutters, some burrs for the drill and some parts for the dremel.

    Courage was still not at a high enough level to start. During some slack time at work I read some excellent books that helped with the fear-How to build modify and power tune cylinder heads by Peter Burgess and David Gollan and David Vizard's How to port and flow test. I found the first of the two more relevant to what I was hoping to achieve.

    There were also many websites visited the three most useful were :

    http://www.dvapower.com/

    http://crazyspitfire.blogspot.nl/2007/04/porting-cleaning-up-head-ports-head.html

    http://arc.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=191709&page=1#pid3608215

    Thank-you to the authors of these sites and posts for the inspiration. If they hadn't of existed I wouldn't have been standing today with drill in hand.

    I now had the parts, the inspiration, enough knowledge to be dangerous and most importantly the courage to start.

    So I did. Tentatively. I thought I'd start with the waterways, to get a feel for the tools and the base material. Went well until one slip with the dremel- gouge on face of head the result. Courage started ebbing again. Had a think- conclusion no big deal its got to be skimmed anyway after the porting's done.

    Decided to skim down some of the valves I got with the head to use as blanks. Drill in vice, valve in drill and angle grinder in hand. Remarkably fast, and because they were surplus to requirements anyway, thoroughly fear free.

    So started again, this time with precautions in place-duct tape.

    It went reasonably well with the combustion chamber, well it went faster than anticipated and was not so nerve racking as envisaged. 5mm ball type cutter in drill extension seemed to work best for me for stock removal. The flatting with 80 grit spira band was ok but not as smooth as I expected and I struggled to reach everywhere I wanted to. Must get some 120 grit tomorrow and some more of the same for the dremel as well.

    All this first 3 hours of work was leaving me feeling satisfied and confident, so after lunch I decided to get brave and tackle one of the inserts. This was the part that had been causing me the most anxiety.

    I cut down a valve to my chosen id for the insert to use as a drift, picked up the big ball cutter and started. Round and round and round and round again. Stop, try drift and repeat until drift just passes. for all the concern I'd had about this step it was actually the step that the result actually looked like something I'd seen on the various sources mentioned above.

    Then it was time for a glass of plonk and off to bed. 

    Tomorrow brings cutting down a valve guide and port shaping of one inlet port I hope. The rest of the week will be consumed by the other 15, its going to be a long job.

     

  5. There was a thread on the forums (http://www.lotus7.club/comment/2102434) about the layout of the engine bay of a Supersport and (as expected) the official diagrams are not exactly blessed with clarity.  Someone suggested posting a blog of the layout so here is is.  If any further pictures are required please let me know :)

    Here is the car before the conversion to show how it looked in tracksport specification:

    I kept the pictures at original resolution so that its easier to zoom in and did'nt embed so load time was fine - click view original at top so you can zoom in fully.

     

     

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    My First blog ever!

    So I have decided to update the suspension of the car.

    1. Step one: New parts: I have the Powerflex bushes, and new Bilstein suspension bit

    2. Step two: creating a cradle for the car so I can wheel it in and out of the garage. I have ordered 4 wheels which have a load capacity of 300kg each.  I'm thinking of making the cradle out of wood or aluminum.

    3. Taking apart the suspensions

    4. have the wishbone, etc shot blasted and powder coated

    5. fit Powerflex bushes

    6. fit everything back on the car

    7. Take the car for a spin.

    All that should be feasible over winter?

    Jack

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  6. Over to Handcross Sunday morning for the annual old car fest.  Weather as usual – lots of rain, a bit of sunshine and a lot of strange clothing.

    It makes me wonder at this time every year why people still want to drive these cars.  Minimal weather protection, most without heaters, some without windscreens, simple to drive generally but requiring some commitment and skill to really get the best out of them. 

    And that is just the cars in our club.  The numerous Caterhams and Lotus that turn up always give the L2B people something to look at en route.  Like the 500 or so veterans blatting from London to Brighton, our cars come from all over the country and overseas, and we’ve got generous sponsors and generous members - £590 raised this year. 

    Well done to Mark, chefs, parking marshals, Paul and his wife on the ESV and Peter.  Mid Sussex area is taking the event back next year.  Look out for another great display on the layby outside Handcross school, and lets really give those L2B guys something to talk about!

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    Anybody going to be there? Lots of R300's (Bookatrack day) plus at least one 620R *wobble*

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    2009 Caterham Roadsport 140

    • Mog lowered headlight brackets
    • Small headlamps
    • Clear indicators front and back
    • Carbon mirriors, light blocks, fog, reverse, indicator pods and handbrake lever
    • High level led brake light
    • Full led bulbs
    • Softbits Half hood, mohair boot cover
    • Thundersports Draft excluder
    • Superlight 13" wheels 6" Front, 8" back
    • LSD
    • Up-rated Master cylinder
    • Up-rated Front discs and calipers
    • Big Red refurbished rear calipers and up-rated pads
    • Ti Grill and Stone-guards
    • Aero fuel filler
    • Meteor/Nitron NTR 1 Springs and Dampers
    • Carbon Cam Cover
    • De Cat Pipe
    • Peashooter Exhaust
    • Rad-Tech Radiator
    • Caterham Carbon Aeroscreen and Mirrors
    • Compomotive CXR Wheels 7" Front 8" Back
    • Minilight Wheels 7" Front 8" Back
    • Carbon Front Wings
    • Carbon Rear Wings
    • Thundersports Mohair Doors
    • FIA Roll Bar and Petty Strut

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    As we quite often don't know anything about each other (well I don't), I thought I'd add a brief intro. I've been into sevens for years. I spent a while around 20 years ago with a part time motorsports business dealing in allsorts of seven style accessories and buying, building and selling Westfields and the odd Caterham. I now run an engineering company and keep cars firmly as a hobby so I can actually enjoy working on them. I have a seven and various boats and other toys. 

    I've met some great folk through the club, and I've worked with a few of you on some interesting projects. I see the club as a little like freemason's with cars :)

    We also have an MX5 which seems quite a popular alternative to seven's in the club. If you ever need any help/advice/whatever relating to engineering, just BM me.

    Cheers, Ed

  7. Actually nothing to do with the new site!

    After fitting the little upgrades, and passing the MOT, and enjoying a really great day out at Dunsfold hooning about and doing donuts, it's all over in the blink of an eye.

    My little brother had a coming together with a gate catch, which clipped the sump, pushed the whole drivetrain back three inches or more, and mangled the chassis in the process. Andy Belcher at Tech7 was a bit of a hero in accepting the car so late on a Sunday and on assessing the damage, thought it was beyond economical repair. The insurance company agreed and that was that.

    KGM, the underwriters for MSM, were pretty uncommunicative and for someone going through this for the first time I found this quite stressful - Caterhams are different to most cars, they are part of the family and when something like this happens you feel like someone has died. I can't expect everyone to understand that, but insurance companies would do well to realise that some people have more of an emotional attachment to their cars!

    Anyway, the cheque is here, the car is on eBay, and now I'm wondering what to do with myself. Plenty of house improvements in the pipeline, new roof for the garage, and the 2CV needs a fair bit of work, so once I've tackled those and figured out what I've got left, I'll make a decision but for now a 7 seems unlikely unless the prices come down a bit over winter!

    I'll still check in from time to time though. I know someone described the blog as a way to feed ones own ego, but I've found it a good way of documenting what I've been up to, if nothing else!

    Cheerio!

  8. S3 Sigma Superlight 150

    I'm impressed - its a good all-rounder, reminds me of the mk.1 Superlight in many ways so its a faithful recreation of the original SL concept and I like it a lot.

    My brother Gareth still has my original K series superlight so its been possible to do some direct comparisons by hopping between cars on blats recently.

    Likes:

    - Strong Ford power and burbles and pops on overun (blue flashes from the decat exhaust at night).  The 1600 Sigma 150 is lighter and suits the car better in some ways than the 2.0 Duratec. to me Sigma sits comfortably in the middle ground between the K-series and Duratec in terms of performance and practicality.  (The Duratec feels more like running an HPC VX block up front to me, whereas the Sigma is closer to the K-series weight and handling in my opinion which does result in a slightly better balanced car)

    - Metric chassis feels stiff and precise compared to older cars

    - lowered floor on this particular car works well (although the bolts are now the lowest part of the car - need to switch them for slimmer dome-heads underneath)

    - hydraulic clutch works well, but make the old AP cable clutch hopping back into the mk1. SL feel hard work again (but you get used to it after 20mins).

    - competition exhaust system and the package isn't far off the R300/400 in appearance: looks, feels and sounds sporty.

    - seems to stay nice and cool in 150hp form compared to the mk.1 SL running the 1800k with the same alloy radiator.

     

    Dislikes:

    - cheapening of the SL package a bit (LSD, carbon wings and nose are now optional, whereas the mk.1 had the full carbon pack and the slipping diff. as standard)

    - mk.2 SL's are not 'numbered' special editions, I liked the idea of the numbered dash plaque on the mk.1 made the car a bit more individual and special, appealing to the car spotters and enthusiasts amongst us (same applies to R300/R400) - shame it was a nice touch.

    - rear visibility of the later metric FIA roll bar (small price to pay for added safety I guess)

    - fuel consumption on throttle bodies compared to the K on injection which is virtually as powerful and quick on standard injection (K is probably still more exciting middle to top of rev. range)

    Fiddly immobiliser ignition thing, but then the Rover MEM's plip was equally as frustrating in use when you are keen to get going.

    Getting any more HP out off it is going to be expensive, as are any other performance options such as dry sump, which aren't as readily available as they were on the K

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