R500 Duratec for sale £35,000

[chris.neeves]

Caterham R500 Duratec S3 Chassis No. 089 of 500

I have owned the car for 3 years, and whilst it was a clean well maintained car when purchased, I have refurbished and upgraded the car into an as new condition which for me at least is the ultimate specification. I have not only replaced or refreshed all of the running gear, all nuts & bolts & bearings & poppers have been replaced so that the car is as new. The car is in excellent all round condition and one of the cleanest around with some very high specification upgrades. The car is running paddle shift with a Quaife 6 speed sequential gearbox with a very high quality conversion which operates superbly. The engine and gearbox have had a recent refresh and are in as new condition with dyno print out.

I have taken the quantum 2 zero suspension off the car now and sold some spares. Price adjusted accordingly.

 

First registered 2010, Factory build no 89, 1 previous owner. The R500 CTN plate is not for sale, the car will be registered with an age related plate. I will get the car a year’s MOT prior to sale as it is about to run out and currently on SORN. I have all the various combinations or aero screens, windscreens and doors to suit whatever mood, weather or application.

Bodywork and Chassis:-

Triple layer pearlescent white with orange stripes, bare metal respray summer 2018. Original top gear colours now looks better than new. Fully protected with self-healing paint protection film.

Carbon fibre nose cone, carbon canards, carbon front and rear arches, and light gauge lightweight aluminium panels. Carbon fibre stone guards to rear arches.

Black aero fuel filler.

Series 3 chassis, excellent condition with no signs of corrosion and no accident damage. ACF 50 protected underneath and have avoided using in the wet.

Reduced length passenger foot well to allow battery mounting at low level within engine compartment for low centre of gravity. New Odyssey extreme lightweight gel racing battery.

FIA track day roll bar, freshly powder coated.

New heated windscreen (unmarked, unused).

External battery isolator switch.

Low rise headlights.

27,000 miles.

Interior:-

Kevlar seats, passenger fixed, drivers adjustable on seat runners.

Caterham Luke 4 point quick release harnesses.

Carbon dash

Caterham rubber floor mats

Stack Dash

ACES shift light fully adjustable

Additional features dash buttons as OEM specification for launch.

2 x Ancillary power outlets for phone charging or sat nav.

Carbon effect tunnel top and boot cover

Full weather equipment with side doors, hood, hood bag and tonneau cover.

Momo quick release steering wheel with Shiftec billet aluminium & carbon paddle shift.

Fire extinguisher in Boot with remote release on dash and outlets to driver footwell and engine bay.

Brakes & Suspension:-

New wheel bearings, nuts, bolts 1000miles ago.

Refurbished front axles new gold passivated zinc coating, freshly painted cycle wing stays.

Wide track with aero wishbones freshly painted and paint protected.

New brake discs all round & Ferrodo DS2500 pads, Miller racing brake fluid 1000 miles ago.

Vented steel front discs, solid rear discs

Caterham racing brake callipers, braided steel brake lines.

High ratio steering rack

Bilstein suspension

De dion rear setup and LSD.

Wheels and tyres:-

Caterham anthracite 8 spoke wheels, 13”x7”front 13”x8”rear

Avon ZZR soft compound tyres, 205 front, 245 rear.

Engine & Gearbox:-

2.0 L Duratec, standard Caterham R500 specification roller barrels, dry sump etc, refreshed by Premier Power 2500 miles ago.

Rolling road mapped to current ECU, airbox and exhaust 261 hp @8400rpm, 177 ft/ lbs by Road and track. Pulls really strong and loves to rev. The car is currently not running Lambda, but this can be easily enabled if required.

MBE 9A9 motorsport ecu upgrade with full integrated gearbox control with adjustable launch and traction control, 4 wheel speed sensors. This is a top specification motorsport ECU supplied by SBD which allows integrated gearbox control without a separate controller. The launch and traction control allows 7 various user defined strategies plus off. The system allows controlled drifts with ease and is as intrusive or not as you want it to be. It is particularly effective in the wet. With combined engine and gearbox control many additional safety features are provided, this is a high quality motorsport specification setup.

Sileck motorsport professional engine wiring loom. Some spare connections provided to allow additional sensors if required.

On board mini air compressor, valve block and carbon fibre receiver cylinder to meteor motorsport specification.

Carbon air box with foam air filter.

SBD heavy duty start motor.

Dry sump.

Raceco titanium exhaust.

Quaife 60G 6 speed sequential gearbox, with Quaife compressed air actuator. Gearbox checked and refreshed at same time as engine 2500 miles ago.

Full paddle shift conversion to Meteor motorsport specification comprising all ancillaries, with throttle blip on downshift and auto up / down shifts if enabled from the ECU. This is an amazing setup, with totally addictive full throttle upshifts allowing no let-up in relentless acceleration no pops or bangs to set off track day noise meters. All top specification components used. 

Caterham 620r propshaft upgrade.

Spares:

 

Carbon fibre aero screen with carbon fibre mirrors.

Half height driver and passenger doors. (use with aero screen).

R500 gear stick & assembly (no longer required as paddle shift).

Window wiper motor and assembly (removed to reduce weight and not that effective anyway).

Washer bottle (removed as wipers removed).

Various spare brake pads part worn but hardly used.

Used spare Front vented brake discs.

Carbon fibre trackday airbox with K&N filter.

Caterham R500 std stainless steel road exhaust.

Caterham R500 std Stainless steel race exhaust.

Caterham Catalytic converter.

MBE CANBUS to USB diagnostic cable for use with Easimap software.

original manual, tech spec sheets etc for all the aftermarket parts.

£35,000

The car is located in Suffolk.

Tel :- 07843 327204

email : chris.neeves@googlemail.com

Link to pictures:-

https://photos.app.goo.gl/V3yRufgEhJnkKG3b8

[chris.neeves]

I have sold a spare set of wheels, some tyres and other spares which weren’t listed. Price reduced accordingly.

 

chris

[chris.neeves]

I have taken the suspension off to sell separately plus selling some spares separately. Also sold some bits. Price and spec adjusted accordingly. 

[chris.neeves]

Still for sale. Open to sensible offers. It’s everything anyone could want from an r500 and in the best top gear colours !

[chris.neeves]

Price updated, spares list reduced. now £35,000.00 for a factory R500 in the best colour scheme !