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Sure has been quiet here the past week so I thought you would all like to see this new Caterham.
Also, I was looking for information about Caterham's "race pedals" to find out what they were and how they differed from the standard pedals. After looking at Rich Hairston's R500 with the race pedals I couldn't really tell what differences there were. I was wondering if I should spec them on my Superlight so emailed the factory. Here is Jez Coates' reply for those of you who might wonder about the pedals.
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Hi Steve,
High ratio pedals are not standard with the uprated master cylinder and infact unavailable for LHD cars.
Don't feel hard done by though because they are only really designed for use on full race cars where the rush of adrenaline means you are happy to have a very high pedal effort to reduce pedal travel.
On the road high ratio pedals require so much effort that they feel like pressing a brick and consequented make delicate brake modulation difficult.
Your race master cylinder does the same thing (increases effort and reduces travel) but it is as far as you would want to go down this road for a dual purpose (road and track) car.
Hope this helps and enjoy!
Cheers
Jez Coates
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Steve
Also, I was looking for information about Caterham's "race pedals" to find out what they were and how they differed from the standard pedals. After looking at Rich Hairston's R500 with the race pedals I couldn't really tell what differences there were. I was wondering if I should spec them on my Superlight so emailed the factory. Here is Jez Coates' reply for those of you who might wonder about the pedals.
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Hi Steve,
High ratio pedals are not standard with the uprated master cylinder and infact unavailable for LHD cars.
Don't feel hard done by though because they are only really designed for use on full race cars where the rush of adrenaline means you are happy to have a very high pedal effort to reduce pedal travel.
On the road high ratio pedals require so much effort that they feel like pressing a brick and consequented make delicate brake modulation difficult.
Your race master cylinder does the same thing (increases effort and reduces travel) but it is as far as you would want to go down this road for a dual purpose (road and track) car.
Hope this helps and enjoy!
Cheers
Jez Coates
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Steve
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