Turbo engine for Caterhams?

[MF35]

Saw in Evo that a 1.3 turbo being considered as the default Caterham engine.

Doesn't seem quite right to me; what do people think?

[djone101]

We did this with the 1.0 Ecoboost turbo for Ford way back in 2012 - it worked pretty well and was a fun project.

[framerateuk]

I think a small engine with a turbo will work quite well.

The Sigma and Duratec aren't exactly screamers. They've got plenty of torque and a suspect the new engine won't feel too different.

[normalbloke]

Mine had a 2.0 YB turbo 25 years ago…nothing new..

[Blue 7]

I don’t think Caterham have much choice unfortunately, no NA engines available.

https://www.evo.co.uk/caterham/7/208110/caterham-h...

[lmmo]

It’s already confirmed for the Academy cars, and from a product range point of view it would make sense to have a Seven 260 slotted between the 170 and the 360.

https://caterhamcars.com/en/models/the-range/acade...

https://caterhamcars.com/en/news/caterham-partners...


“The 2026 Caterham Academy car will be powered by Horse Technologies’ 1.3 litre, four-cylinder HR13 turbocharged engine. The petrol engine with bespoke tuning, is expected to deliver 130bhp (132PS) and a peak torque of 176Nm at 5,150rpm.”

[mickrick]

N/A for a Caterham every time IMO. Wrong type of car and philosophy for forced induction.

[Dr Evil]

I guess we will have to wait and see. Do
they plan to prove it in the racing series for a year or so before offering as road going car?

[framerateuk]

I gather they're testing it in the Academy first from posts here and elsewhere.
The packaging might well change for a production version. Will be interesting to see if they redesign the fuel lines to avoid the bump.

[BertBert]

framerateuk said:

I gather they're testing it in the Academy first from posts here and elsewhere.
The packaging might well change for a production version. Will be interesting to see if they redesign the fuel lines to avoid the bump.

It has so far been developed for the Academy. Caterham have not said the plans to go into a road car yet. although it seems pretty obvious that it must! The bump will be here to stay in my view. The people who have driven it and written about it seem pretty positive.