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NOW WITH NEW MOT (From 18/10/07) BUT SOLD SUBJECT TO VIEWING THIS WEEKEND - GIVE ME A CALL ON MONDAY TO CHECK AVAILABILITY IF YOUR INTERESTED. New in 2003 (03 race chassis), SVA'd April 04 and road registered 17th September 2004, currently with 1 previous owner. This is a 2003 R400 race car that was never raced! The previous owner had intended to race in the Caterham series but lost his sponsor. Instead he SVA'd the car in April 2004 and road registered it in September of that year. When I bought the car he said that it had done about 1500 miles (The add can still be found in the archives), so that is what was declared on the logbook when I applied for change of owner. I have no way of verifying that mileage, but it would tally with the vehicle condition at the time. Since I have owned the car (from 19/08/06) I have had the road version of the Stack dash unit fitted, so it now has an odometer and fuel gauge (I had to fit a new fuel tank, pump & sender unit at the same time). The car is currently showing 767 miles but as I said I cannot verify the previous mileage. Since owning the car the following work has been done on it: Engine Top End Rebuild (November 06). The car had the dreaded head gasket failure shortly after I got it. Possibly this was due to the car being left standing for so long. Superlight Cage (December 06) Lowered Driver Side Floor (March 07) Invoices from Fauldsport total £1985.55. In addition to this the new road version of the Stack unit cost £381.31 and I have an invoice from Caterham Cars for £1708.85 for the parts needed to replace the race (foam filled) fuel tank for the road version that would provide an fuel gauge function. The bulk of this cost however, was for the new carbon fibre airbox kit that I needed to reduce the induction noise (£998.75 on its own). I bought this car for track days and that's where it really shines. All the money lavished on it has been to with that goal in mind. The car can be driven on the road but it is a little lumpy at low revs. The suspension & steering are both race derived and as such not ideally suited to long distance road or motorway driving. The geo is set up to under steer first so if you like the slow in fast out approach its' ideal. The rear ride height is a bit low as a result and it can struggle with speed bumps. All this is easily fixable for about £200. I will be genuinely be gutted to see this go. Only being sold due to a marital break-up, and I am looking for a (cheaper) replacement. I've tried to be honest and fare with the description so no time wasters please. This is a race car, albeit un raced, that's been made road legal. It is brutal, uncomfortable and staggeringly fast, not one of the highly polished almost luxurious examples you will find elsewhere… (YCRTA I don't really want to sell it but have to, so I'm open to REASONABLE offers and part exchange).
Submitted by Simon Dann on Sun, 03/08/2009 - 09:32
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