Description
The Caterham Academy is one of the very best ways to dip your toe into the world of motor sport.
Caterham Cars sell 50+ of these brand new entry level racers every year, complete with an introduction to motor sport package, spanning the full first year of ownership. This package is designed to help keen drivers into the world of competitive motor sport, holding their hands at every step of the way. From the first handling day, to their first race start and chequered flag.
From there, Caterham have a comprehensive ladder of motor sport championships, which allows these cars to be upgraded year on year, as they become more and more focused race cars.
At the start though, these cars are effectively the same specifcation as Caterham’s 270S, with the same chassis, the same 1.6L Ti-VCT Sigma engine under the bonnet, the same gearbox and differential, even the same suspension. The main differences are that where 270S’s come with comfortable leather seats, heaters and inertia reel seatbelts, these “Academy” versions, come with a full roll cage, Tillet seats, full racing harness and plumbed in fire extinguishers.
Many of the cars which take part in this “introduction to motor sport” series, continue onwards up the Caterham motor sport ladder. However many do not, and become occasional track day cars, or even get converted back to being full road cars with the comfortable interiors and gleaming paintwork found on Caterhams road car range.
This Academy car had a quite beginning to its life. Its original owner found that the realities of being on a race track with numerous other cars, wasn’t quite for him, and having taken part in only the first two events of the Academy year, this car went back to Caterham to be sold to a new home. This new home came by the way of a Yorkshire based gentleman, who coming out of covid, wanted a nice toy to play with on the local roads, and liked the idea of having the full cage for its additional protection. Three years and 2,000 miles later, he has moved on to a more road focussed version.
This then is a great opportunity to pick up a nearly new Academy car, which would perfectly suit a novice track day goer and/or someone looking to join the world of motor racing. This car is fully road legal and is also compliant with both Caterham’s motor sport series and other more club type series like the Caterham Graduates Racing Club.
Please feel free to contact us for any questions. All our cars come serviced, inspected and MOT’d. We also provide all our customers with an in-house guarantee to ensure the peace of mind that we care about our vehicles and our customers’ experience.
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Full Specification
Exterior & Weather Equipment
Gloss blue body wrap with black fibreglass nose and wings
FIA Roadsport roll cage
Drivers side intrusion bar
Heated windscreen windscreen
Full weather equipment
Windscreen mounted mirrors
Black Aero filler cap
Lighting & Electrical
5.3/4″ Black headlights
Standard indicator pods
Standard cyclewing repeaters
Standard rear light clusters
Master battery isolator switch
Optional – Motorsport Transponder £100
Optional – V-Box Lite Motorsport datalogger £1000
Engine & Transmission
1.6L Ford Sigma Ti-VCT engine 135bhp
5-Speed gearbox
Open differential
Brakes & Suspension
Adjustable platform Caterham Bilstein suspension
Narrow-track front suspension
De-Dion rear suspension
Adjustable rear anti-roll bar
Dual piston front calipers with solid discs
Standard brake master cylinder
Wheels & Tyres
All around:
13×6″ Black and Diamond cut Apollo alloys
185/70R13 Avon Caterham Academy tyres
Interior
Composite Tillet seats
Lowered floors
4 point harness
MOMO quick release steering wheel
Plumbed in fire extinguisher
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