I’ve owned this car for ages and have never got around to giving it a proper tune, until I saw a comment on the Lotus Elise post. I dug this car out from the depths of my garage and messed around with the handling. I find this car very easy to drive quickly, with a little bit of traction control (on 1 or 2), this car drives like it’s on rails. Until you put one of the rear wheels on the grass, that is. Then the car likes to either spin or roll. Despite the high initial acceleration and torque values, this isn’t a car you have to be careful on the throttle with, provided it’s on grippy tyres. The low-ish power of this car means it’s ridiculously easy to throw around a track quickly, the race brakes coupled with the low weight means it stops on a dime, and it turns pretty sharp too. I decided to go for a fairly long-ratioed gearbox to enable the car to be competitive on some of the longer circuits, rather than have it run out of gears. I have got the car up to 200mph while drafting on Le mans, so it’s quick enough for most circuits
| Car | Caterham Seven Fireblade ’02 |
| Drivetrain | FR |
| Horsepower | 269HP/9700 rpm |
| Torque | 20 ft-lb/9700 rpm |
| Weight | 364 kg |
| Miles | 33 |
| Performance Points | 633 |
PARTS
Best of all parts with racing brakes and racing soft tires.
BODY/CHASSIS
| NOS | xx% |
| Downforce | 0/0 |
| Weight Balance | 0/0 |
| Power Limiter | 100% |
TRANSMISSION
Set it top speed, gears, final
| 1st | 5.346 |
| 2nd | 3.530 |
| 3rd | 2.683 |
| 4th | 2.089 |
| 5th | 1.666 |
| 6th | 1.375 |
| Final | 2.899 |
| Top Speed | 180 mph (290 kmph) |
LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL
| FRONT | REAR | |
| Initial | xx | 45 |
| Accel | xx | 45 |
| Braking | xx | 60 |
TORQUE SPLIT
| FRONT | REAR | |
| Front Rear | xx | xx |
SUSPENSION
| FRONT | REAR | |
| Ride Height | 55 | 60 |
| Spring Rate | 3.20 | 1.66 |
| Compression | 7 | 8 |
| Extension | 5 | 6 |
| Anti-Roll | 3 | 6 |
| Camber | 1 | 2.5 |
| Toe | -0.30 | 0.40 |
BRAKES
| FRONT | REAR | |
| Brake Balance | 6 | 7 |
