R400 Options and Spec

R400 Options and Spec

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mic

376 posts

239 months

Wednesday 28th March 2007
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Cars were using nothing special, same suspension you get when you buy the car.

Pugsey

5,813 posts

220 months

Wednesday 28th March 2007
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mic said:
Cars were using nothing special, same suspension you get when you buy the car.
When you buy the car you can spec either - I suspect that's why subirg asked the question.Most Caterham press cars I've come across have had all the bits fitted so I'm suprised their current ones don't.

mic

376 posts

239 months

Wednesday 28th March 2007
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OK, standard R400 suspension.

Bafty_Crastard

145 posts

219 months

Thursday 29th March 2007
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Which is fully adjustable, but not quite as good

Bafty


Edited by Bafty_Crastard on Thursday 29th March 08:39

Pugsey

5,813 posts

220 months

Thursday 29th March 2007
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Bafty_Crastard said:
Which is fully adjustable, but not quite as good

Bafty


Edited by Bafty_Crastard on Thursday 29th March 08:39


The trackday/race dampers MUST be LOADS better, I mean Caterham say so and charge £1k for them!

Bafty_Crastard

145 posts

219 months

Thursday 29th March 2007
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When you look at the wide track suspension you will notice on the top of the damper there is an “extender” which is a fudge by CC to keep the same damper unit

I note on some Superlights using longer springs the extenders have been removed by company’s like Freestyle to improve the setup, the best option is a replacement damper

You can get suitable £400 dampers from CC, but they charge £1,000…only joking laugh

Bafty





Edited by Bafty_Crastard on Thursday 29th March 10:37

Pugsey

5,813 posts

220 months

Friday 30th March 2007
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Ouch! - so the base price for the car (factory built) has already gone up by £1000 to £28,495. Fortunately, if you already have an order in at the initially quoted £27,495 Caterham are honouring that price. Which is nice.