Reducing the rev limiter of R500

[Modena Scotland]

Hi

I am thinking of buying an R500 but am concerned about the refresh at every 3k miles or so. In order to avoid this, would it be possible to lower the rev limit by changing the set up?

I know some bhp will be lost but will this give me a better reliability without the need to refresh so often? I expect to do about 5k per year mostly for driving to and on tracks.

Look forward to hearing your opinions.

[Modena Scotland]

Thank you guys for your input. What BHP are expected at 8,000 and 8,500 rpm? I'd rather have the R500 over R400 if I can keep it relaible due to its weight advantage. I do lots of track driving and always warm up the engines before hand. Sustained over reving will kill any highly tuned engines so I won't be doing that.

Hi Jon, nice to find you here! Thanks for the offer. When is your next outing at KH? I will be there on Fri and Sat in the club racer as usual.

Mass

[Modena Scotland]

I thought the published weight of an R500 is 470kg and the R400 490kg.......

[Modena Scotland]

I suppose like most other car makers, Caterham publishes less weight and may be more power than the real cars .... If the R500 weights close to 500kg, its power to weight doesn't make anywhere near the 500 quoted .