Caterham 170 experience

The latest issue of Caterham 7 Journal, published every quarter by the Caterham Car Club , came in today.  Quite a nice suprise to see my crash featured in the "Telegram/Facebook news" section, and even better my full article covering the Nürburgring backstage visit in print form, spread over 6 pages with the german translation. It happened that a few weeks ago, Andreas asked if anybody would have something to share or talk about. I did hint that I have over a hundred posts on this blog, and that he was welcome to use anything of interest.   So here we are 😊   The result is great, combining proper photographs (not only the ones we took with our phones) with the original version on the right, and the german translations on the left.    To be noted, you couldn't imagine the effort it takes to manage that publication, especially this time with the new calendar. The stacks of cartons to be delivered to the post office filled a good part of Andreas' c...

TL;DR saving 3 kg of unsprung and rotating mass This story is about an upgrade I didn't see coming. Sure, the brake drums felt heavy when I removed them  3 months ago , and yes, I have looked for lightweight brake rotors for the front previously. There wasn't much to be removed from there. So there I was last Saturday just minding my own business when a publication on the Caterham Car Club Facebook group got all my attention. " Exclusive for Caterham Seven 160 & 170 -  Aluminum finned drums reduce unsprung weight by 1.5 kg per side [...] " With pictures to support the claim : those aluminium drums reading 2.15 kg on the scale, compared to the standard ones at 3.65 kg. The publication was from Takamitsu Yahara, a creative mind who always comes with out-of-the-box projects and fresh custom parts and upgrades for the Seven. Most often with a very high level of engineering and/or craftmanship involved. As a serious hobby, he runs the Teikoku Industry web store for h...