First Start - Caterham SV with Turbo Miata Engine

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Uploaded by on Apr 17, 2007

After 18 months on this project, the engine was started for the first time on April 17, 2007. The build up of the car is at http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2175152.

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  • nice turbo miata engine!!!! :) it s a light waight samll engine nice choise :) how many hp you think it has ?

  • @caccios It dyno'd at 301 RWHP although I have since dropped the boost and it is putting out 285 at this time.

  • Your car is sick as hell what does that weigh wet? like 1400lbs?

    The sound is awsome too makes me want to put a turbo and exhaust on my miata

  • @Finalfire9 The car weighed in at 1350 lb with 5 gallons of fuel, full weather gear, spare tire and jack.

  • sounds like the revs was building on its own

  • @turotufas The timing was set by guess and was a little off. There was also a small vacuum leak. Both of these contributed to a high idle. Both were immediately corrected and it is set to idle at 1,250 rpm.

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  • no better feeling than have a car start on the first turn!well done mate,because i know its a bitch of a job.

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  • that is sick!! well done

  • @caccios safe*

  • @scannon92 it better to have 285 sae hp than 301 at full boost whit the risk of blowing up the gasket!

  • @magnum9987 Should be no problem, the SV model has a 4" wider and 3" longer cockpit than the standard 7. I've had passengers taller than 6' with no complaints. I'm 5' 8" and I have to slide the seat about 4" - 5" forward to be comfortable on the pedals.

  • @scannon92 Would it accommodate a dude 6 foot tall? I know those are tiny........

  • @VulcanNut90 I bent up four aluminum U shaped brackets that bolt to threaded bosses on the back side of the I/C end tanks and the other end of the bracket bolts to the radiator side flanges. The radiator is mounted on rubber bobbins that isolate it and the I/C from the chassis.

  • how was the intercooler attached

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