Dom
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nah, if i was getting one id be building it - as i dont have 20 odd grand to spend on someone else doing it for me 
Plus ive been looking at kits, way before getting a corsa - was looking at getting one for my first car etc etc And tbh, i prefer robins and westfields to rush's...although i like dax's cobra they do 
But its the fact that the Toniq is totally different and modern that caught my eye, and it would be totally unique compared to every other person with a kit around here etc etc
But everyones views are different and it sounds like you prefer the original sevens look etc
although s2000 engine, get me a fireblade or 'busa engine anyday, would see alot more speed for buck
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Rob H
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Originally posted by Dom
But its the fact that the Toniq is totally different and modern that caught my eye, and it would be totally unique compared to every other person with a kit around here etc etc
Same reason i liked it so much :Thumbs:. The Westies/Caterhams/Tigers/Dax's/Robins etc etc have been done to death, and all the kits seem to look the same. Even the Dax's with their wonky roll bar and diff lights, just look like the others really. The Toniq's look tottaly different and much more modern. Also look like the Plymouth Prowler (the dodge car you mentioned earlier) that also looks shit hot  .
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Dom
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Originally posted by Dom
But its the fact that the Toniq is totally different and modern that caught my eye, and it would be totally unique compared to every other person with a kit around here etc etc
Same reason i liked it so much :Thumbs:. The Westies/Caterhams/Tigers/Dax's/Robins etc etc have been done to death, and all the kits seem to look the same. Even the Dax's with their wonky roll bar and diff lights, just look like the others really. The Toniq's look tottaly different and much more modern. Also look like the Plymouth Prowler (the dodge car you mentioned earlier) that also looks shit hot .
the prowler is mint as well Im also starting to like HotRods, after watching a few episodes of that America Hot Rod series on M&M....some of there stuff is totally mind blowing and amazing 
Anyone know how much you can pick up a fireblade engine for these days? - Just been looking at prices of the Toniq, 4 grand as kit, 16k builts (which alittle bit out of my range  ).....
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Stoneyginger
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Dax Rush?
Tiger Super Six?
T&G Hornet?
was going to say the Dax ......... seen some mental ones of these
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bradfincham
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hotrod is a different game thats customisation totally and so many man hours!!
Bike engines i dont rate at all, need rebuilding more often and not that much faster over car engines
we have a toyota 1600 16v on twin carbs, 180 bhp. All track days we have been to and events always beats the bike engined cars, they have to be on the revs all the time, we have torque from 3k to 9k, same as the s200 will be, supercharger will be from 3k to 9k as well!
yeh i do like the clasic seven style ones as drive them build them and used to work for race team.
A lot of the new style stuff that comes out is too crazy and i dont think will take on, lots of people that bought the atom soon sold them as realised they cant drive them as much as they had hoped.
Radical is probably the best handling kit cars about, also the dax with the anti camber kits are good too,
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SteveW
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sorry but the K1 will always get my vote..
i know its no trackstar.. but if your after something a little different and KitCar.. then this is it for me  LOVE IT
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bradfincham
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yeh looks very smart, along the lines of a 360 roadster.
The ultima is my favourite car with that kind of look! especially the one we built
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SteveW
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i would love to go for a drive in one of the Turbo'd up Attacks.. they use all sorts of engines.. i would go for the Turbo'd Prelude engine.. or maybe the Supercharged V8...
the looks you would get n one of these on a nice sunny day.. I WANT I WANT..
and the kit is only around $17k from USA.. you need an Accord as a base car also.. pretty cheap
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bradfincham
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seems a good kit, not much knowledge over here on them though,
honda engines are the way to go!
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Dom
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K1 looks good and its the sort of thing im talking about, ie: different to the average seven look-a-likes etc
Although, how much does one of those set you back? 
The Attack is cool, but it's less practical than the Toniq - but as a general burn money away for a few hours of giggles around a race in summer then its mental
The only thing that has made me look at seven look-a-like kits is the fact that you can get weather kits for them, so you can use them for a few months eitherside of summer etc Makes having a kit alot more pratical than what people usually think etc Although, im curious to know if the Toniq would have a weather kit available?? 
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bradfincham
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yeh its called an umbrella or a tent when your stationary!!
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SteveW
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dom look here for info on Attacks..
www.attackforums.com
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philwarren11
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Dont know if you had the website address for Toniq-R but its...
http://www.huddersfielddesign.co.uk/toniqr/index.html
or www.toniqr.com
[Edited on 02-03-2005 by philwarren11]
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Dom
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Originally posted by philwarren11
Dont know if you had the website address for Toniq-R but its...
http://www.huddersfielddesign.co.uk/toniqr/index.html
or www.toniqr.com
[Edited on 02-03-2005 by philwarren11]
aye mate, did a good and everything etc
Although thats the old prototype, unlike the blue/silver one (posted above) which is the new version that will get taken into production - but doesnt have paddle shift or anything  But still nice car
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