Caterham CT-04 Pre-launch Speculation

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scarbs wrote:The Caterham nose is like a long tube-like structure, with the shape flaring out as it meets the front bulkhead. Then a simple a vanity panel forms the aero shape above. Two small narrow spaced pillars mount the front wing.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BeqXxVWCMAIc4q1.jpg:large
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scarbs wrote:The Caterham nose is like a long tube-like structure, with the shape flaring out as it meets the front bulkhead. Then a simple a vanity panel forms the aero shape above. Two small narrow spaced pillars mount the front wing.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BeqXxVWCMAIc4q1.jpg:large
But i dont understand how that fulfills the front bulkhead being at 525mm at its end, like the other pic Scarbs posted at the same time with only the step at the end of bulkehead, in this pic it doesnt look like it goes to 525mm before it curves down to 185mm.

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thats just a drawing of the nose crash structure itself, not representative of the installation at the front of the chassis, which as you say is stepped and the vanity panel covers over the step.

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https://twitter.com/StephenDAtDell/stat ... 44/photo/1

Are these new Caterham side pods?

P.S. Hi, my first post here, and I don't know how exactly to add tweet so I just put link...

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erlik wrote:https://twitter.com/StephenDAtDell/stat ... 44/photo/1

Are these new Caterham side pods?

P.S. Hi, my first post here, and I don't know how exactly to add tweet so I just put link...
Nope that's the Lotus T128 from 2010.

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Sonds V6-y ^^ Actually i think the Cars will sound good.
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Thunders wrote:Sonds V6-y ^^ Actually i think the Cars will sound good.
only if you never heard a V10. V6 sounds like my popcorn in cooking process.

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Well that's a matter of Preferences. Of Course the V10 / V12 were great Screamers but V6 can sound awesome too.

It's different but i don't think it will be overly disappointing.
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Did the engine actually start? Sounded like the starter running the whole time.
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at the beginning they said they couldn't show the actual startup.

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acosmichippo wrote:at the beginning they said they couldn't show the actual startup.
Yeah I get that, but it sounded like the starter motor was running most of the time...

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Diesel wrote:
acosmichippo wrote:at the beginning they said they couldn't show the actual startup.
Yeah I get that, but it sounded like the starter motor was running most of the time...
The starter runs for a long time. But you can definitely hear that the engines starts. It rolls a lot at idle and revs highly at the last part.

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Holm86 wrote:
Diesel wrote:
acosmichippo wrote:at the beginning they said they couldn't show the actual startup.
Yeah I get that, but it sounded like the starter motor was running most of the time...
The starter runs for a long time. But you can definitely hear that the engines starts. It rolls a lot at idle and revs highly at the last part.
Well, it was a pretty poor video, nothing worth sharing really.

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Hm, the CT-04's launch is delayed a bit:
Our apologies. The trials & tribulations of a completely new car have conspired against us today.... but we are on it, working flat out!
I wonder what went wrong...