Caliban Type SC
Advertisement for the 1961 Caliban Type SC. It was Caliban’s first advertisement featuring a photography instead of a drawing.
The Caliban Type SC was, just like the Thunder Rev. 2, a facelift of its previous iteration. As such, it was starting to become outdated, as well as being bloated and heavy in comparison to what the engineers at Caliban wanted it to be. To top it all off, the 150hp the original SC made were starting to become anemic by the standards of a horsepower war that had already begun.
Lord Mach then gathered a few of his engineers and some of the engineers ACA sent him. They came up with the Rev. 3 Caliban Type SC.
The new design was all about speed. With the limited understanding of aerodynamics back then, the designers at Caliban created a ‘bullet-shaped’ car that cut through the wind much easier than the previous Type SC; but it wasn’t all about aerodynamics, as the Type SC sported a dynamic, intimidating style. The chassis was once again a steel tubular structure, but this time around the panels were made of the commonly found in kit cars fiberglass. With this, the Type SC went from 1013kg in the 2nd revision to just 930kg in the 3rd revision.
The Stormcast engine was revised and improved; the new modification saw the twin single barrels swapped for twin DCOE carburetors that, combined with a new and improve tune, saw the power rise from 150hp to 200hp. Displacement remained unchanged, at 3.2L. The crossplane exhaust note was delivered through dual exhausts, ending in two tips each.
Power was fed to the rear wheels through their tested and approved 4 speed manual transmission. It completed the 0-100 sprint in just 7.1 seconds, making it quite fast for the era.
This new chassis would see two more revisions (4 and 5) well into the 60s and 70s.
In 1966, a Caliban Type SC driven by Alec Henry would win the 500 miles of Brands Hatch, who would then repeat its victory in the 1967 6 hours of Brands Hatch. This double victory at the same track, in two consecutive years, became one of the main selling points of the SC until the 70s.