ess z4m vt2-500.... caterham club test, pics and crap vids
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Pretty much, factor in fitting for vt1 of about £1500 and you're spending £6k+ including the vat on the blower, & if you have vt2 for maybe £2k more there's a fitting overlap.flatout said:Sorry don't really get that - 100HP is like 30% more power.. My exhaust kit probably gave me 3-5HP and that felt brilliantAndy said:so 100HP should be F****n quick shouldn't it. Or are you viewing it from an incremental cost perspective??
Obviously they're upselling me, & I take your point, my exhausts felt brilliant for the first week or so.. but I guess it's a lot of money, whereas the vt2 makes it kind of insane.
Andy said:Pretty much, factor in fitting for vt1 of about £1500 and you're spending £6k+ including the vat on the blower, & if you have vt2 for maybe £2k more there's a fitting overlap.flatout said:Sorry don't really get that - 100HP is like 30% more power.. My exhaust kit probably gave me 3-5HP and that felt brilliantAndy said:
Obviously they're upselling me, & I take your point, my exhausts felt brilliant for the first week or so.. but I guess it's a lot of money, whereas the vt2 makes it kind of insane.
I see that as upselling... VT1 is... lets say £6.5k all in. For the VT2, £2k more would push me closer to £10k (rounding i know) which is >50% the car's value just my gut feel..
VT1 is more than enough for this application, after alot of hard driving power does drop due to heat soak.......
vt2 is consistant power and top end performance every single drive, when its cool outside good god........ hold on!!
if i did it all again??? id start with vt1 definatly, do a year then upgrade to vt2. That was a great way to learn the kit and the car.....................
vt2 is consistant power and top end performance every single drive, when its cool outside good god........ hold on!!
if i did it all again??? id start with vt1 definatly, do a year then upgrade to vt2. That was a great way to learn the kit and the car.....................
Beedub said:Aliv6 said:
thanksid really love to get to cadwell but with the little one now i struggle to get out the house to go to work, lol!! i will definatly get to some different venues asap..... curborough is really special to me and soooo challenging
after yesterday i can definatly say the seats have got to go..... they offer no support at all really compared to the little caterham seats, also i want to move to a proper road legal slick, so im thinking 888s or Cups, my much michlines simply couldnt cope when they got hot, by three laps in a third session they were sweating and breaking up, then again i went a good way in taking about 6-8000k miles off their overall life yesterday... lol
hows your car going and are you modding up or keeping stock??
I tend to agree with you on the seats, they're not too clever when chucking the car about. But for my 6 mile daily commute, of which i'm rarely above 40mph they'll do.
Std for me, it's in the bodyshop just now. Just a freshen up!
Stay tuned for pics!Aliv6 said:Beedub said:Aliv6 said:
thanks
after yesterday i can definatly say the seats have got to go..... they offer no support at all really compared to the little caterham seats, also i want to move to a proper road legal slick, so im thinking 888s or Cups, my much michlines simply couldnt cope when they got hot, by three laps in a third session they were sweating and breaking up, then again i went a good way in taking about 6-8000k miles off their overall life yesterday... lol
hows your car going and are you modding up or keeping stock??
I tend to agree with you on the seats, they're not too clever when chucking the car about. But for my 6 mile daily commute, of which i'm rarely above 40mph they'll do.
Std for me, it's in the bodyshop just now. Just a freshen up!
awaiting pics
think id like to get my front end re done as its got afew stone chips now....... how much is your bodywork costing??