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Caterham takes McLaren F1
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Mon, 14 October 2002 14:24
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Boys and Girls,
You may have seen this before, but.....
The Caterham Superlight R500 be the fastest 'road' car to 100mph then back to 0mph in the universe. Beating the previous holders (a McLaren F1 LM car, with race rubber) title by 0.06sec.
The Caterham, at the end of the test was beaten only by two other car,s both dedicated race .
The link :
http://www.motorcities.com/contents/02IPE385019579 .html
Not to mention how much fun that guy in the picture would be having.
Ahhhhhhhhh, Clubmans is there anything they cant do
Rex
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Melbourne
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May 2002
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Re: Caterham takes McLaren F1
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Mon, 14 October 2002 22:34
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rex,
there is a 4wd one in the uk as well - not a caterham though. uses the sierra 4x4 driveline....
also a twin-kawa zx9 motorbike engined one (4wd as well) which apparently makes the r500 seem slow.
T
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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May 2002
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Mon, 14 October 2002 23:14
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Too bad I reckon just about all those cars are fugly...least the Pagani Zonda C12S put up a good fight.
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Melbourne
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May 2002
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Re: Caterham takes McLaren F1
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Tue, 15 October 2002 00:24
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ever driven one?
the look of the body does not matter when you are blasting past everything in a road-legal go cart....(you can't see it from behind the wheel anyway)
T
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Perth
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Tue, 15 October 2002 00:35
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Dude, there is no denying they would be an awe-inspiring drive...I'd still know in my mind what it looks like though 
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Sydney
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May 2002
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Tue, 15 October 2002 04:19
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they dont look that bad
I wouldnt mind building one soon, mabey after the Trueno has had its last rally..
mmm 230 HP 4AGE + my Close ratio TRD Gearbox mmmm
Ben
AE86 Trueno 4AGE
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Location:
Adelaide
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May 2002
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Re: Caterham takes McLaren F1
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Tue, 15 October 2002 05:10
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Ben,
Im actually building one right now powered by a 20v. However it's what they call a Locost. Not a kit car as such, Its built from the ground up. Using a book called 'How to Build Your own sports Car for as little as 250pounds' by Ron Champion
Me got an Engineer who's approving it to be 100% road legal too. He in the process of finishing my Specs for Transport SA to Approve.
It'll probably take about 2-3yrs to complete. But when its done i'll have a Clubman (one of my dreams) and the biggest smile on my face you could imagine.
Frank,
What the hell do you mean ugly! 
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Brisbane / Gold Coast
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May 2002
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Tue, 15 October 2002 07:03
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Here's my Fraser .... well, what it'll look like when it's finished! 
The kit arrives in a week or two.
It's got a gen 4B 3SGE & 6-speed gearbox.
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Eskilstuna, Sweden
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May 2002
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