K80RUM

A Caterham Superlight-R
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Freestyle Inboard Pushrod suspension

 

The pushrod suspension is the normal wide-track (rather than the SV rear and superwide front) and was easy to fit in a day. It was possible to reuse the existing top coolant hose but I sleeved it with the Freestyle connector where it passed the damper mounting tower, to prevent crushing. The old expansion tank was replaced with a new Freelander one (necessary to allow mounting of the damper tower).

 

Even with my very rough and amateur geometry settings the car handles like a go-cart. Caterhams have fantastic handling out-of-the-box but this really is a dramatic improvement. The car grips like it's on the old ACB10s again. Goodness knows what it'll be like after a proper setup. The rising-rate suspension really dampens the front now and there is minimal roll even without the ARB.

 

Freestyle inboard suspension
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