biggest power in a caterham

[gadgeroonie]

always been a big fan of the caterham's

wanted to know if any specials have been built that have really big power
and crazy performance

they are fast enough surely ?

[mchammer89]

I remember seeing a very expenisve one in the classifieds a while back, can't remember the power, but it was huge, the car was half green and half orange, with a zip down the middle, if i find it i'll post a link

[sjmmarsh]

There was some discussion on blatchat here: http://213-04.com/T.asp?id=130612

Claimed power was 316bhp from a heavily modded VX engine.

0-60 2.5s.....

It was certainly fast, but it seemed to be very fragile as a result.

Steve

[Murph7355]

There's at least one with an RST V8 in. Not sure on spec, but it'll be somewhere between 320bhp and 400bhp I believe.

I also believe the Duratec's been taken up to 350bhp recently, but could be wrong.

I'm still not convinced that this level of power can be deployed effectively by a Caterham chassis. Unless you enjoy wheelspin in 6 gears.

[Eric Mc]

Frddy Kumschick (spl?) in Switzerland made some turbo powered Sevens in the mid 1990s which delivered up to 400 bhp. They were fully sanctioned by Caterham.

[LukeBird]

Apparently there's a guy in one of the South-East clubs with a 300bhp BTCC (possibly Vauxhall) engined car.
Could well be the one at the top of the page. That sounds mental enough for ANYONE!

[Vixpy1]

We have done a couple with stage 2 Nissan SR20 DET engines pushing 290bhp in them

[Bafty_Crastard]

LukeBird said:

Apparently there's a guy in one of the South-East clubs with a 300bhp BTCC (possibly Vauxhall) engined car

Mmmm...don't want to go there again

Bafty

[subirg]

Well, just got back from Donington. Caterham were doing some demo laps in their new toy - a 330hp, supercharged Duratec CSR. Apparently it's a one off built to celebrate the Jubilee... but I'm sure they could be persuaded to let you have one if you really really wanted one..!

[MikeE]

The X330 will be a production car, currently at 330bhp from a super charged 2.3l Duratec but that will easily make 400bhp if the chassis can handle it.

Danny on Blatchat has a 300bhp NA Duratec in his R500 and I'm about to fit a 280bhp NA Duratec in mine, will let you know how it goes

[normalbloke]

Mines running a 2.0 YB turbo.
Just shy of 400.
Fun,fun,fun.

[rubystone]

LukeBird said:

Apparently there's a guy in one of the South-East clubs with a 300bhp BTCC (possibly Vauxhall) engined car.
Could well be the one at the top of the page. That sounds mental enough for ANYONE!

Thought for a minute you were talking about Arnie Webb with all this talk of a BTCC engined car but then I saw that the figure you quoted was only 300bhp. Arnie's has at least 550 bhp,so I'm given to understand...

[Peter T]

Paul Gibb has a Swindon spec BTCC XE lump/good for 300BHP on pump fuel.

[Mattt]

MikeE said:

The X330 will be a production car, currently at 330bhp from a super charged 2.3l Duratec but that will easily make 400bhp if the chassis can handle it.

Danny on Blatchat has a 300bhp NA Duratec in his R500 and I'm about to fit a 280bhp NA Duratec in mine, will let you know how it goes

Are those the crate Cosworth ones or custom built?

[MikeE]

Mattt said:

MikeE said:

The X330 will be a production car, currently at 330bhp from a super charged 2.3l Duratec but that will easily make 400bhp if the chassis can handle it.

Danny on Blatchat has a 300bhp NA Duratec in his R500 and I'm about to fit a 280bhp NA Duratec in mine, will let you know how it goes

Are those the crate Cosworth ones or custom built?

The x330 supercharged duratec was built by ******* (I can't say

The 300bhp and 280bhp have been built by Ammo from RaceCo

[rubystone]

MikeE said:

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The x330 supercharged duratec was built by ******* (I can't say

Someone who should know told me that Caterham have some independent guy build all their Duratecs - is that correct Mike? I was told his name, something like Adrian???? but didn't recognise it and thus let it slip forever from my consciousness...

[dannylt]

Peter T said:

Paul Gibb has a Swindon spec BTCC XE lump/good for 300BHP on pump fuel.

Very unusual and impressive if so, assuming it's not an optimistic dyno! I see it will be at Spa with BaT later this year - should be interesting!

[F355GTS]

dannylt said:

Peter T said:

Paul Gibb has a Swindon spec BTCC XE lump/good for 300BHP on pump fuel.

Very unusual and impressive if so, assuming it's not an optimistic dyno! I see it will be at Spa with BaT later this year - should be interesting!

Danny

I think the two Steve's mapped it so it's probably reasonably accurate, must admit I didn't know Paul had increased the power, last time I saw it, it was around 270 and I thought I had caught up

[dannylt]

F355GTS said:

I think the two Steve's mapped it so it's probably reasonably accurate, must admit I didn't know Paul had increased the power, last time I saw it, it was around 270 and I thought I had caught up

Maybe he just got it rolling roaded somewhere else? I'll ask Steves about it next time I'm there - true 300bhp VX's are a very rare thing according to them! Though claims are common.

[F355GTS]

danny

Knowing Paul, I don't think he's one to exagerate, he does seem to have a 'substantial' budget for his sevening