1981 Caterham 'Sprint'. 1600 K-Series Crossflow.

[Baron Von G]

Caterham modified ford crossflow.
Gas flowed, cosworth A2 camshaft.
Live Axle.
1598cc.
Twin Weber 40DCOE carburettors.
9.0:1
110bhp@6,000rpm.
Ford Escort Sport 4 speed gearbox.
9" front discs & 8" rear drums.
rack & pinion steering.
590kg.
Top Speed 110mph.
0-60mph in 6.5 seconds.
212 units produced.

[jPod]

Top Gear reckoned that these were a nerds car. Couldn't agree less! I reckon they would be wicked good fun!!!

[Coyote mk3]

Quote: Originally Posted by Baron Von G

590kg.

Awesome.

I have always liked these!

[AL NZ]

congratulations. A great car, fantastic power-to-weight.
Pure car, no ABS/traction control/ electronic interference

Nerd's car? you gotta be kidding. Real car, more like it.

Enjoy!

(or upgrade to a twin-cam. Lotus for the purists but expensive rebuild. Toyota for the pragmatist.)

[Lyonsy]

if i worked and lived in the city this is what i would own

[jPod]

Quote: Originally Posted by AL NZ

congratulations. A great car, fantastic power-to-weight. Pure car, no ABS/traction control/ electronic interference Nerd's car? you gotta be kidding. Real car, more like it. Enjoy! (or upgrade to a twin-cam. Lotus for the purists but expensive rebuild. Toyota for the pragmatist.)

Thats what I reckon! If I could get my hands on one of these, I would be a very happy chappy! Tbh, I would try and fit a side mounted I6 into it because I am me, but failing that, a worked cozzie engine would be the next go...

[pcman]

my next long term project is going to be building one of these its crazy tho too pass emissions you have to use a newish engine so rather than a oldschool carby 4cyl pushing 50kw if that you have to run a brand spanker pushing 100+kw LOL

www.ozclubbies.com

some awesome builds there

also there was a guy over on ford6 forum in the usa putting a 250xflow into one a few years back stuffed if i can find anything about it now tho

[jPod]

Quote: Originally Posted by pcman

my next long term project is going to be building one of these its crazy tho too pass emissions you have to use a newish engine so rather than a oldschool carby 4cyl pushing 50kw if that you have to run a brand spanker pushing 100+kw LOL www.ozclubbies.com some awesome builds there also there was a guy over on ford6 forum in the usa putting a 250xflow into one a few years back stuffed if i can find anything about it now tho

I would try and fetch an EF/EL OHC and mount it on its side like in a TVR... with some custom manifolds, and a crazy driveshaft installation, it should go quite well, and the engine will only cost a couple of hundred to buy, and have so much torque that they will fit right in with a body this light!!!

[ELSpeedo]

Quote: Originally Posted by jPod

Top Gear reckoned that these were a nerds car. Couldn't agree less! I reckon they would be wicked good fun!!!

handles nearly like a motorbike but with four wheels. Lightweight and bloody
quick. A very nice piece of kit.

Jpod the problem with putting a I6 would be weight balance may be upset. You
probably have to design a bigger chassis to accomodate. Id probably work a
4 cylinder with a small turbo but its light weight is plenty of help anyway- only 590kg..wow.

[jPod]

Quote: Originally Posted by ELSpeedo

handles nearly like a motorbike but with four wheels. Lightweight and bloody quick. A very nice piece of kit. Jpod the problem with putting a I6 would be weight balance may be upset. You probably have to design a bigger chassis to accomodate. Id probably work a 4 cylinder with a small turbo but its light weight is plenty of help anyway- only 590kg..wow.

Yeah, I know. Its a very top heavy, and tall motor. I would have to mount it so the crank is not running through the center of the car, and so I will need to have a very violent angle on the two piece driveshaft that i will need, and that will cause ridiculous amounts of driveline issues under torque. The best option I see is to decrease the angle the engine would sit on, and have a custom, taller bonnet fabricated. This would reduce my driveshaft angle, and POSSIBLY work... Other option is a completely custom transmission that can change the line in which the torque runs through, but $$$... oh well, when I have $30,000 lying around and ready to spend building one of these, I'll let you know how it goes!

[xlr8_22]

i like clubmans, my boss owns the australian arm of Westfield Sportscars.

www.westfield-sportscars.com.au
The yellow car, which i worked on during my yr10 work experience, has a turbo sr20, and is described as scary fast.

A customers car had a Huyabusa motorbike engine, and one of the cars being built now has a 270hp duratec. I couldnt see the point of trying to fit a falcon motor to a clubman, much like elfin putting Gen3's in their cars. Good in a straight line, no cornering ability. I want to build a clubman one day, gotta start saving!

Kyle

[Lyonsy]

gen3 are lighter then a turbo sr20? should handle just nicely
prob find they made it not handle to make them harder to write off.

[PaulST]

Very nice car mate, welcome to the forums!