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Caterham C400 - 2.4L Ford Duratec Engine

Built from the ground up by Matt Ellis over the winter of 2019 and the Spring of 2020 for experienced Caterham racer Tony Bennett, no expense was spared on this car and it was a further development of Tony's previously incredibly successful Caterham R300 that achieved a vast amount of podiums and race wins across various series. As an example It had 20 back to back podiums and wins in one season. 

This new, even faster Caterham enabled Tony to achieve back-to-back overall championship wins in the Castle Combe GT Championship for the 2020 and 2021 seasons, making it the most successful Caterham to have competed in the series taking many overall and class wins/podiums along the way and with a very strong reliability record.  It is one of the fastest racing Caterhams ever built and handles superbly having as much weight removed as realistically possible. As an example of the car's ability aside, from Tony's championships and race wins, Tony's son and current GB3 driver, John Bennett, also set an unofficial lap record for a Caterham around Castle Combe during testing posting a time of 1:06.38. 

The car weighs just 515kg wet so including 15 litres of petrol and all fluids and the dyno recorded 291BHP at the hubs (which would equate to approx. 325 BHP at the flywheel). It also made 214ft-lbs totrque at the hubs (which would equate to approx 240ft-lbs at the flywheel).

It would cost over £100,000 to build a new car to this specification and a breakdown of the major components fitted to this Imperial chassis Caterham C400 is as follows:

· X-Power Engines 2.4L Ford Duratec Engine - mapped by Torque Developments International (dyno sheets available on request) and currently with 10.75 hours since last rebuild.

· Syvecs ECU & Aim Solo 2 DL digital dash

· Si-Leck Motorsport Wiring Loom, reworked by St. Cross Electronics to remove any unused wires and with options for wheel speed sensors + pit-speed limiter to be added

· Bespoke Reverie carbon fibre compact bell-housing

· Reverie carbon fibre airbox

· Raceline compact flywheel + Helix 4-paddle clutch

· Bosch 044 high pressure fuel pump and uprated injectors

· Sytec adjustable fuel pressure regulator

· Mocal Dry Sump oil tank

· Simpson Race Exhausts 4-2-1 stainless steel exhaust system + Zircotec ceramic coating on manifold

· ATL 32 litre fuel safety cell

· Sadev SCL82-17C 6-speed sequential gearbox w/ Geartronics paddleshift actuation (Serviced by SWR Motorsport)

· Titan Limited Slip Differential (Built & setup by Road & Race Transmissions)

· Lentus Composites carbon fibre propshaft with aluminium yokes and GKN universal joints

· Caterham GKN Driveshafts

· AP Racing 4-pot front and 2-pot rear brake calipers

· Aeroquip braided brake lines to calipers

· Pagid RS14 front & rear brake pads

· AP Racing Brake & Clutch master cylinders

· AP Racing brake bias valve

· AP Racing vented front & rear brake discs

· Ohlins 2-way adjustable dampers, fitted with Titanium springs

· Aero tube front wishbones

· 7x13 front & 8.5x13 rear 3-piece aluminium Barnby Racing wheels with magnesium centres, fitted with Avon slick tyres

· Westermann Motorsport carbon fibre nosecone, transmission tunnel, wheel arches & dashboard 

· Triple pass aluminium radiator + Laminova heat exchanger

· Spa Carbon fibre mirrors

· Reverie Carbon Fibre steering wheel

· LED rain & brake lights

· Full MSUK-FIA roll-cage fabricated by Caged

· Schroth 6-point racing harness

· Lifeline plumbed in extinguisher w/ mechanical pull-cord 

· Powerlite lithium battery

· Pro-Bolt titanium fastenings where possible

· MSUK mechanical battery isolator switch

· Hexis vinyl wrap on all aluminium panels

· Racelogic Video VBox and Predictive Laptimer

· Bead seat not included with sale

There will be a folder full of invoices from when the car was being built as history, plus copies of lap sheets from every race and test day can also be supplied.

A comprehensive spares package is available by seperate neogotiation, which could include components such as: x4 sets of Barnby Racing wheels + slick or wet tyres, pair of GKN driveshafts, full set of aero wishbones, spark plugs, coil packs, engine sensors, starter motor, alternator, spare lithium battery, clutch kit and much more depending on your requirements.

Viewing of the car is highly recommended, so please get in contact to arrange an appointment.

Would be suitable for circuit racing, hillclimbs, sprints, Time Attack or trackdays.

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