R400 Options and Spec

R400 Options and Spec

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Pugsey

5,813 posts

220 months

Monday 29th January 2007
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lsb said:
Speak to Gary at Freestyle Motorsport, he will build you a car to your exact spec and save you money. It is nice to have a car built exactly the way you want it with the parts you choose rather than compromising and accepting the factory choice, especially when spending this sort of money.
Hyperion and a few others I know but not Freestyle - where are they and do you have a contact number? Cheers.

Pugsey

5,813 posts

220 months

Monday 29th January 2007
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subirg said:
I'm also going to outsource the build - I just don't have the time to do it myself! Having built my westy, I really really enjoyed it, but I can't afford to risk divorce yet again!! :-)
Do you know who you're using yet?

POORCARDEALER

8,540 posts

247 months

Monday 29th January 2007
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Pugsey said:
lsb said:
Speak to Gary at Freestyle Motorsport, he will build you a car to your exact spec and save you money. It is nice to have a car built exactly the way you want it with the parts you choose rather than compromising and accepting the factory choice, especially when spending this sort of money.
Hyperion and a few others I know but not Freestyle - where are they and do you have a contact number? Cheers.




Gary May at Freestyle is based at Horton near Dartford his phone number is 01332 866002............he has just built me an R500 which I will be picking up in the next couple of weeks.

rubystone

11,254 posts

265 months

Monday 29th January 2007
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Matt, what day are you collecting it?..Are you driving or trailering it?...would be good to link up since you'll be passing my neck of the woods on your way back oop north perhaps....

Pugsey

5,813 posts

220 months

Monday 29th January 2007
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POORCARDEALER said:
Pugsey said:
lsb said:
Speak to Gary at Freestyle Motorsport, he will build you a car to your exact spec and save you money. It is nice to have a car built exactly the way you want it with the parts you choose rather than compromising and accepting the factory choice, especially when spending this sort of money.
Hyperion and a few others I know but not Freestyle - where are they and do you have a contact number? Cheers.




Gary May at Freestyle is based at Horton near Dartford his phone number is 01332 866002............he has just built me an R500 which I will be picking up in the next couple of weeks.
Cheers! Oh, and enjoy!

POORCARDEALER

8,540 posts

247 months

Monday 29th January 2007
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rubystone said:
Matt, what day are you collecting it?..Are you driving or trailering it?...would be good to link up since you'll be passing my neck of the woods on your way back oop north perhaps....



Hi Ruby

Not 100% sure as yet............going to register it on 1st March so probably a day or two after that, just waiting for it to go to Steve Greenauld for remapping, then I will be driving it back of course with earplugs in!!!!

Pm me with a contact number and I will give you a ring, lets go for a blat.

Matt

Bafty_Crastard

145 posts

219 months

Monday 29th January 2007
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Ah…this must be the very, very, “last R500”…

Bafty



Edited by Bafty_Crastard on Monday 29th January 21:14

subirg

Original Poster:

745 posts

282 months

Tuesday 30th January 2007
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Pugsey said:
subirg said:
I'm also going to outsource the build - I just don't have the time to do it myself! Having built my westy, I really really enjoyed it, but I can't afford to risk divorce yet again!! :-)
Do you know who you're using yet?


No idea yet - had originally thought of getting Caterham to do it, but am now reconsidering. Caterham want £2.5k to build. How much do others charge and what's the quality of the finished product in comparison?

ps: FYI, my current draft spec (including Caterham build fee) is coming out at £32.5k including Dry Sump, Stack dash, and a few other goodies. If you take off Caterham build fee that gives a net price of £30k which feels ok to me.

pps: Are you specing the cut off switch? Does this help protect the batery from draining when the car's not being used, or do you need a trickle charger?

ppps: I live in the Cotswolds, so if you're having a mini hoon in Wilts, I would be up for coming too (assuming I have a car by then!)!

Pugsey

5,813 posts

220 months

Tuesday 30th January 2007
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subirg said:
Pugsey said:
subirg said:
I'm also going to outsource the build - I just don't have the time to do it myself! Having built my westy, I really really enjoyed it, but I can't afford to risk divorce yet again!! :-)
Do you know who you're using yet?


No idea yet - had originally thought of getting Caterham to do it, but am now reconsidering. Caterham want £2.5k to build. How much do others charge and what's the quality of the finished product in comparison?

ps: FYI, my current draft spec (including Caterham build fee) is coming out at £32.5k including Dry Sump, Stack dash, and a few other goodies. If you take off Caterham build fee that gives a net price of £30k which feels ok to me.

pps: Are you specing the cut off switch? Does this help protect the batery from draining when the car's not being used, or do you need a trickle charger?

ppps: I live in the Cotswolds, so if you're having a mini hoon in Wilts, I would be up for coming too (assuming I have a car by then!)!
Re; pps - Yes I am and yes I believe it does. Mind you unless you have a particularly sophisticated alarm fitted not much is going to drain the battery is it? Quite a good anti theft device too - remove and take switch with you when leaving the car somewhere. pps - Look forward to it. At the moment I guess we'd just have to sit in a pub and make brm, brm noises! Roll on the cars arriving!

Mine now comes out in the same £region. I'm leaving carbon stuff as a future treat and giving Caterhams trick dampers a miss too because, as has already been said, it seems to make sense to fit cheaper, superior aftermarket items at a later date. Waiting for some quotes on builds so will let you know.

murph7355

38,839 posts

262 months

Tuesday 30th January 2007
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The cut off switch will help preserve the battery. But if the car's left outside in the cold I'd be inclined to whip the battery off until you need the car and keep it indoors (5min job). Using a conditioner is never a bad idea either. Are they still putting humungus Banners on 7s these days? If so, tell 'em to swap it for a smaller red top.

As Pugsey mentioned, the cut off is a good anti theft device too. They also like them on track days etc - good safety device.

Carbon as an upgrade later is probably sensible. You can buy this from elsewhere at better prices and probably better quality (save your originals and swap them over if you sell).

Be inclined to ask for a starter button and aircraft style toggle for the ignition (get rid of the barrel - saves spearing your knee on the fuel flap key!) if you haven't already. Adds to the cool factor and again handy on track days for safety

Good luck with your purchases fellas.


Edited by murph7355 on Tuesday 30th January 20:27

LRdriver II

1,936 posts

255 months

Tuesday 30th January 2007
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Am I being thick here? I cant find the latest spec sheet even after having downloaded the stuff off CC website. Am I looking the wrong place?

Pugsey

5,813 posts

220 months

Wednesday 31st January 2007
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subirg said:
Pugsey said:
subirg said:
I'm also going to outsource the build - I just don't have the time to do it myself! Having built my westy, I really really enjoyed it, but I can't afford to risk divorce yet again!! :-)
Do you know who you're using yet?


No idea yet - had originally thought of getting Caterham to do it, but am now reconsidering. Caterham want £2.5k to build. How much do others charge and what's the quality of the finished product in comparison?

Spoken to a number of people now. They all seem to say £2k ish. So,by the time you've added the 'ish' plus VAT there's not going to be much saving if any over Caterham. Therefore it's really going to be down to who you think will do the best job or whether you happen to want lots of non standard tweaks. Have to say that I'm now pretty close to deciding on going with the factory.

Pugsey

5,813 posts

220 months

Wednesday 31st January 2007
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LRdriver II said:
Am I being thick here? I cant find the latest spec sheet even after having downloaded the stuff off CC website. Am I looking the wrong place?
There isn't one - Caterham are still finalising it and things like dry sump aren't sorted yet. I got sales dept to ping something over to me.

subirg

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745 posts

282 months

Wednesday 31st January 2007
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I agree - I'm going with the factory for build.

Re R400 spec sheet - you have to get this from the factory direct - call them and they can email the latest draft to you.

Pugsey

5,813 posts

220 months

Wednesday 31st January 2007
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subirg said:
I agree - I'm going with the factory for build.

Re R400 spec sheet - you have to get this from the factory direct - call them and they can email the latest draft to you.
Like the dry sump system, another thing that doesn't appear on the spec. sheet is 'keyless ignition' - this gets rid of the awkward column barrel and gives you the rather natty toggle switch referred to by murph7355 above.



Edited by Pugsey on Wednesday 31st January 10:52

Pugsey

5,813 posts

220 months

Wednesday 31st January 2007
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Right - I've ordered and paid my deposit. Quoted end June/early July for delivery (possibly earlier) - we'll see! A few months of strumming fingers now I fear!

Andy-H

2 posts

213 months

Wednesday 31st January 2007
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Just noticed your debate over new/used. Probably too late, but I may be selling my 54 plate R400 that has only covered 4300 miles from new with no track use.
If anybody wants a full spec or is interested let me know.

murph7355

38,839 posts

262 months

Wednesday 31st January 2007
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Pugsey said:
subirg said:
I agree - I'm going with the factory for build.

Re R400 spec sheet - you have to get this from the factory direct - call them and they can email the latest draft to you.
Like the dry sump system, another thing that doesn't appear on the spec. sheet is 'keyless ignition' - this gets rid of the awkward column barrel and gives you the rather natty toggle switch referred to by murph7355 above.



Edited by Pugsey on Wednesday 31st January 10:52

Worth doing (assuming they aren't charging a king's ransom for it )

Pugsey

5,813 posts

220 months

Thursday 1st February 2007
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murph7355 said:
Pugsey said:
subirg said:
I agree - I'm going with the factory for build.

Re R400 spec sheet - you have to get this from the factory direct - call them and they can email the latest draft to you.
Like the dry sump system, another thing that doesn't appear on the spec. sheet is 'keyless ignition' - this gets rid of the awkward column barrel and gives you the rather natty toggle switch referred to by murph7355 above.



Edited by Pugsey on Wednesday 31st January 10:52

Worth doing (assuming they aren't charging a king's ransom for it )
Yep. Handy tip that was. Cheers.

subirg

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745 posts

282 months

Thursday 1st February 2007
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Pugsey - did they ask for more money for a keyless ignition switch? Re build date - my order went in a couple of weeks ago, so should be available around the same time as yours! Can't wait!