RE: Caterham Seven 310R: PH Fleet
Discussion
HardtopManual said:
zippyonline said:
If it's practical, can we all bring our most PH car (or other transportation device!) so we can all have a nosey about
Great idea - I really wish I could, but the front bumper is in the bodyshop for a respray, so I'll be in a diesel Golf :-(Based on our three responses - RX-8 off the road, bumper being resprayed, Healey and VW playing up - I wonder if the Caterham and PH crews might start to wonder what sort of team they're going to get!
HardtopManual said:
jmcc500 said:
Based on our three responses... bumper being resprayed... I wonder if the Caterham and PH crews might start to wonder what sort of team they're going to get
Stonechips m'lud, honest!For those of you in the Monday build squad, you've got me and my "helpful" "supportive" and "useful" hints, tips and sarcastic comments to look forward to!!!
Edited by James Drake on Saturday 15th April 07:08
Looks like the engine is in.
https://twitter.com/PistonHeads/status/85322213030...
See some of you tomorrow
https://twitter.com/PistonHeads/status/85322213030...
See some of you tomorrow
One quarter of the Monday build crew reporting with a progress report...
After we'd done the plumbing, some of the electrics, the rear suspension, most of the interior and a hundred other things, it was finished. Mostly. The engine was initially reluctant to fire up, thanks to some dodgy wiring (fitted by the ahem Saturday crew) and an ECU with no map on it. Once those two issues were rectified and the fuel was topped up enough to allow the pump to draw on something other than fresh air, into life she burst.
So, we had a working car. If we'd had access to a test track or private road, we could have taken it out for a spin. We'd have had no say over its direction of travel, given that we ran out of time to fit the steering column, but it would have gone somewhere. While we cheered and the engine settled into a smooth idle, the Caterham techs mumbled something about still having a load of stuff to do to get it through its IVA test.
Many thanks to Becky and Alex of Caterham for their technical assistance, plus the rest of the Caterham staff and also to assorted PHers for keeping us supplied with tea, biscuits and sticking plasters. If the drive is as sharp as the ends the several hundred cable ties waiting in the engine bay to slice your hands open, it'll be a hoot.
After we'd done the plumbing, some of the electrics, the rear suspension, most of the interior and a hundred other things, it was finished. Mostly. The engine was initially reluctant to fire up, thanks to some dodgy wiring (fitted by the ahem Saturday crew) and an ECU with no map on it. Once those two issues were rectified and the fuel was topped up enough to allow the pump to draw on something other than fresh air, into life she burst.
So, we had a working car. If we'd had access to a test track or private road, we could have taken it out for a spin. We'd have had no say over its direction of travel, given that we ran out of time to fit the steering column, but it would have gone somewhere. While we cheered and the engine settled into a smooth idle, the Caterham techs mumbled something about still having a load of stuff to do to get it through its IVA test.
Many thanks to Becky and Alex of Caterham for their technical assistance, plus the rest of the Caterham staff and also to assorted PHers for keeping us supplied with tea, biscuits and sticking plasters. If the drive is as sharp as the ends the several hundred cable ties waiting in the engine bay to slice your hands open, it'll be a hoot.
Well that was fun. 
Here's a photo from my instagram that I signed up for especially for this build!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BS_G_kng5-B/?taken-by=...
Cheers PH & Caterham.
Here's a photo from my instagram that I signed up for especially for this build!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BS_G_kng5-B/?taken-by=...
HardtopManual said:
If we'd had access to a test track or private road, we could have taken it out for a spin. We'd have had no say over its direction of travel, given that we ran out of time to fit the steering column, but it would have gone somewhere
We'd also have only had a handbrake to slow us down HardtopManual said:
Many thanks to Becky and Alex of Caterham for their technical assistance, plus the rest of the Caterham staff and also to assorted PHers for keeping us supplied with tea, biscuits and sticking plasters. If the drive is as sharp as the ends the several hundred cable ties waiting in the engine bay to slice your hands open, it'll be a hoot.
Cheers PH & Caterham.
The above put it far better than I could - a huge thanks to PH and Caterham for a truly wonderful experience (that's me lying on the floor at the front in the picture above). The help and enthusiasm of the staff was as endless as the supply of tea and treats. Really enjoyed my first ever drive of a Caterham, can't wait to get behind the wheel of the blue beasty. Also thanks to the other 3 PHers on the Monday crew, a pleasure to meet and work with you all.
stavr0ss said:
In defense of the Saturday build crew, we did no wiring whatsoever that I can recall!
I think that was the problem! Well done to all of you that took part, I am glad that (despite the grazed knuckles) everyone seemed to enjoy the process so much. It was genuinely brilliant to hear the car splutter into life for the first time, and like you guys the thought of getting out on the open road for the first time is very exciting!!!
JD
they actually had to slow us down cos they were worried there wouldn't be enough left for you to do ;o)
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