slicks, downforce, venturi tunnels, random gay techness and you might have win
the ariel atom with 500bhp has a lot of wings and shit on it so it might improve traction ... I still think itll wheel spin in most gears though ... haha
Can't be a Duratec R500, for one its not using the R500 dashboard secondly the video was uploaded 03 November 2006 and the Duratec R500 was released around August 2008.
Nice bit of detective work but you are slightly wide of the target. The title refers to the car's spec and does not claim that this is a current 2008 R500 as produced by the factory.
No, as you've spotted, this car was custom built long ago, way before Caterham offered a duratec option. In fact it was arguably the first Duratec powered caterham in the world. It had R500 power levels and also was R500 spec with those all important expensive R500 options like kevlar seats and aerofoil wishbones... hence why it is referred to as a Duratec R500.
Incidentally, the person who deisgned and built this car is the very same person who Caterham employed to design the engine of the current official Duratec R500 of which you speak.
You could in fact say that this car was the seed towards the current factory R500 because the designer learnt a lot from building this one and then went on to deisgn what caterham offer today. Its a small world this Caterham malarky !
all people focus on is Horse Power these days, its not the case! Power to weight is where it is at.
a R500 has 520 bhp per ton and will do 0 - 100kph in 2.88 seconds.
it only weighs 506kgs, and will out run 99.9% of all cars on the road, so on the track it is nothing short of slaughter when the driver doesn't chicken out or scare him self shit less..
i know this is a late reply but i agree with jarriano. I understand it's about power to weight, i'm a motorbike rider afterall. But that caterham passed that evo on the straight like it was standing still. My bike is 140bhp and weights 240kg including rider, 0-100 in less than 3 secs and nothing more than 10 seconds on the strip, and i couldn't pass a 600hp evo like that. I expected the caterham to win, but on the straight like that? That evo is not making 600hp.
They are in a different league to Evos mate. Can't really compare the two. You can't get the wife, 3 kids and the shopping in the cateram can you. Compare them to radicals yes...but not 4 door saloons. When are you at oulton again?
Weight, baby. Weight to power ratio and the chassis is what these Caterhams are all about. And yuo also know that most Caterham owners are often pretty familiar with racing techniques.
if you look, he does actually back off a bit when i pass him
thats proper trackday etiquette and what you are supposed to do
having said that straight line he is still only ~400/ton versus the caterham ~500/ton. power means precious little and i have seen even just 120bhp Caterhams run circles round 300-400bhp tin tops regularly.
looks like that evo had about 200bhp,it was't very quick on the straights at all
renorti 1 year ago
Awesome piece of kit & sounds amazing too :D
LEBONSKIFINARM 1 year ago
Thats a ford motor for ya! :D
sugarisgoodness 1 year ago
@sugarisgoodness
Duratec is a mazda engine
TraxxasKing 5 months ago
the evo won'd
YonOtto 1 year ago
the thing i love most is that the car feels like an extension to your body
you can see all the suspension and steering working
clubmans are the greatest
westfields, birkins, caterhams, arrows
i love them all
but my favourite would have to be the megabusa
i wonder if anyone has used ghostrider's 500hp hayabusa gsx1300r-turbo set up in one yet?
500hp in under 500kg would be a sight to see
if no one has i'm doing it
the only thing i haven't figured out is how to get traction?
DaftPACman 2 years ago
slicks, downforce, venturi tunnels, random gay techness and you might have win
the ariel atom with 500bhp has a lot of wings and shit on it so it might improve traction ... I still think itll wheel spin in most gears though ... haha
ritualfunk 2 years ago
i agree, the r500 will still out do it round top gear track :) my opinion
samr500 2 years ago
SBD do a supercharged Hayabusa for any clubman Kit DaftPACman
the26thhour 2 years ago
@DaftPACman first time i read this i thought your favourite was the megabus haha
akaAlexthekid 1 year ago
nice driving and brutal sound of a nice engine!! awsome
christopher4636 2 years ago
Can't be a Duratec R500, for one its not using the R500 dashboard secondly the video was uploaded 03 November 2006 and the Duratec R500 was released around August 2008.
Nice video though.
Whipit8rapture 2 years ago
Nice bit of detective work but you are slightly wide of the target. The title refers to the car's spec and does not claim that this is a current 2008 R500 as produced by the factory.
jackal2513 2 years ago
No, as you've spotted, this car was custom built long ago, way before Caterham offered a duratec option. In fact it was arguably the first Duratec powered caterham in the world. It had R500 power levels and also was R500 spec with those all important expensive R500 options like kevlar seats and aerofoil wishbones... hence why it is referred to as a Duratec R500.
jackal2513 2 years ago
Incidentally, the person who deisgned and built this car is the very same person who Caterham employed to design the engine of the current official Duratec R500 of which you speak.
You could in fact say that this car was the seed towards the current factory R500 because the designer learnt a lot from building this one and then went on to deisgn what caterham offer today. Its a small world this Caterham malarky !
jackal2513 2 years ago
Nice driving !
stantheman567 2 years ago
to be honest, althought the r500 would always kill the evo, the driver of the evo did not contribute much to the challange
powersliding 3 years ago 2
too fast to race:)
ziherr 3 years ago
Caterhams ROCKS !!!!!!!
HighContrastOwnz 3 years ago 4
600hp evo?,i can´t believe it
jarriano 3 years ago
all people focus on is Horse Power these days, its not the case! Power to weight is where it is at.
a R500 has 520 bhp per ton and will do 0 - 100kph in 2.88 seconds.
it only weighs 506kgs, and will out run 99.9% of all cars on the road, so on the track it is nothing short of slaughter when the driver doesn't chicken out or scare him self shit less..
shaun928 3 years ago 13
hps are more useful at high speeds
low weight is ufesul for braking, accelerate, cornering
pepposole 2 years ago
i know this is a late reply but i agree with jarriano. I understand it's about power to weight, i'm a motorbike rider afterall. But that caterham passed that evo on the straight like it was standing still. My bike is 140bhp and weights 240kg including rider, 0-100 in less than 3 secs and nothing more than 10 seconds on the strip, and i couldn't pass a 600hp evo like that. I expected the caterham to win, but on the straight like that? That evo is not making 600hp.
addys 2 years ago
So how much is one of these killas!?? Awsome! love it! better than the Caterham 5 by far!
graham878787 3 years ago
Amazing to see the difference weight makes. As a father though, I can see the point of using a 600bhp Evo to get my kids to school on time ;)
nickclarkuk 3 years ago 2
Great driving!!! What mods on the duratec? is it the 20 or 23 duratec?
duratec20HE 3 years ago
Caterham Seven Superlight R500
Engine: 2.0-litre Caterham Powertrain (CPT) Ford Duratec
Max Power (bhp/rpm) 263bhp @ 8500rpm
Max Torque (lbs ft/rpm) 177 lbsft @ 7200rpm
Weight 506kg (516kg sequential gearbox)
0-60mph 2.88 seconds
Power-to-weight 520bhp-per-tonne
Top Speed 150mph
copy/paste from the Caterham web site :)
shaun928 3 years ago
Thanks Mate!
duratec20HE 3 years ago
They are in a different league to Evos mate. Can't really compare the two. You can't get the wife, 3 kids and the shopping in the cateram can you. Compare them to radicals yes...but not 4 door saloons. When are you at oulton again?
kikii1 3 years ago
awsome car.
eulluisgtr34 3 years ago
Weight, baby. Weight to power ratio and the chassis is what these Caterhams are all about. And yuo also know that most Caterham owners are often pretty familiar with racing techniques.
papito2you 4 years ago
if you look, he does actually back off a bit when i pass him
thats proper trackday etiquette and what you are supposed to do
having said that straight line he is still only ~400/ton versus the caterham ~500/ton. power means precious little and i have seen even just 120bhp Caterhams run circles round 300-400bhp tin tops regularly.
jackal2513 4 years ago
Couldn't have been a 600HP evo. No way you would have flown past him like that.
xP00Px 4 years ago
LOOOOOOL, cat' powa !!!
TurboBarjO 4 years ago
good clip, oulton park is a great circuit
paulmjg66 5 years ago
awesome!!! full stop
philipstevens1 5 years ago