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Oh yeah, I have seen them on CL by ,e before. Te 2 I seen over the years had lt1 motors. I think I seen someone do the caterham Idea too using a c4 in wisconsin.
I'd still find a kit or someone's project if this is what you wanted.
A Caterham using a C4? That would be interesting to see. The Caterham is so much smaller. Was it s custom or somebody fit a Caterham kit to a C4 frame somehow? Would you have pictures or is there a thread somewhere? Would be really interesting to see.
A Caterham using a C4? That would be interesting to see. The Caterham is so much smaller. Was it s custom or somebody fit a Caterham kit to a C4 frame somehow? Would you have pictures or is there a thread somewhere? Would be really interesting to see.
It was pretty chopped up, I think it was an autobody place car. This was like 6-8 years ago. It was listed forever on cl.
No pics. He had like 5 pics up back then, maybe a google deep dive could find them.
Last edited by pologreen1; 10-18-2018 at 05:13 PM.
I have now tried several google word combinations. Can't find anything about a Caterham on a C4 frame. Pity. Would really liked to take a look at it and read about it.
Looking at the C4 frame, my idea was to stretch it like this:
The green part is the added part. Any chances of that working?
Although it seems if I did it that way the engine would also be moved forward, which I don't want. So new engine mounts would have to be made. Where are the engine mounts by the way? Are they all before the front suspension? Because if so, maybe I could stretch the frame just before the front suspension? Where the red dot is in the bottom frame picture.
The motor mounts are attached to the K member. So they'd move forward like you're thinking. Of course, it wouldn't be hard to fab new mounts, rear of the K member.
The purpose was two fold. Push the wheels more outwards for stability reasons and to reach the correct proportions of the design I have in mind. But as I said in the main post, it's not an absolute must. I'm just researching the possibilities.
Maybe moving the cabin a little back is another option and easier? Would at least achieve the goal of making the front longer for the proportions.
The motor mounts are attached to the K member. So they'd move forward like you're thinking. Of course, it wouldn't be hard to fab new mounts, rear of the K member.
10-18-2018, 04:43 PM
