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SXI - Matt
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30th Jan 12 at 18:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looking to get one for the summer as a weekend car, what one's have you got and who do you insure with & what sort of price do you pay?

Feel free to pic whore to
AK
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30th Jan 12 at 18:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
great site - http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/
SXI - Matt
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30th Jan 12 at 18:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ah thank's
Gary
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30th Jan 12 at 18:28   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Google mev exocet

Cheapest and easiest car to build apparantly.
SXI - Matt
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30th Jan 12 at 18:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ah sorry should of said, I'm looking at getting one 2nd hand pre built / manufactured.

Some think like this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tiger-Avon-1800-DOHC-Zetec-2009-reg-T-Test-AUG-2012-Ex-condition-Green-/290658016240?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item43ac915bf0#ht_500wt_1287
Gary
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30th Jan 12 at 19:36   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Awwww wheres the fun in that! Point in a kit car is to build it yourself!
RichR
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30th Jan 12 at 20:07   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Building an MEV Rocket with a friend, should be done by summer but said that for the past 2 summers lol
Gary
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30th Jan 12 at 20:14   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


Whats the price on that kit?

Could only find the extra prices last night

Although i still think i'd go for the exocet for the build ease/price/they look awesome
Tomnova16
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30th Jan 12 at 20:20   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
eBay
270903703541

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
RichR
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30th Jan 12 at 20:27   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Iaz and his brother are building one too, They'll have more up to date prices as we've been building for coming up to four years
Tomnova16
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30th Jan 12 at 20:30   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just googled them lee
Pretty awesome cheap aerial atom

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
Stu
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30th Jan 12 at 20:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Built an MK Indy R1 a few years back, cost us about £6k IIRC. Good fun building it but the novelty of driving one on the road soon wears off. Great as a track car tho!!
shaunmods
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30th Jan 12 at 20:57   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My dads Mk Indy 2.0 16v zetec blacktop on webber alpha throttle bodies, goes like stink!

Stu
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30th Jan 12 at 21:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mint! Think if I did another Id use a car engine.
Ben J
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30th Jan 12 at 21:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My Dad and I are building a Birkin S3

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=553926&highlight=1&pid=8231516#pid8231516

Waiting to be IVA'd at mo so nearly ready for road.

£30k build tho.

[Edited on 30-01-2012 by Ben J]
SXI - Matt
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30th Jan 12 at 21:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Those MK Indy's look awesome, sean your dad's one looks ace, bet it shift's to any more pics of both of those MK Indy
SXI - Matt
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30th Jan 12 at 21:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ben J
My Dad and I are building a Birkin S3

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=553926&highlight=1&pid=8231516#pid8231516

Waiting to be IVA'd at mo so nearly ready for road.

£30k build tho.

[Edited on 30-01-2012 by Ben J]


£30K WOW why so much that include you buying a new engine ect?
ed
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31st Jan 12 at 10:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Would love to build a Stuart Taylor Phoenix one day to race in the 750mc RGB series. Not sure who manufactures the kit anymore, but they seem quite competitive looking at the results.
Ben J
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31st Jan 12 at 10:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by SXI - Matt
quote:
Originally posted by Ben J
My Dad and I are building a Birkin S3

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=553926&highlight=1&pid=8231516#pid8231516

Waiting to be IVA'd at mo so nearly ready for road.

£30k build tho.

[Edited on 30-01-2012 by Ben J]


£30K WOW why so much that include you buying a new engine ect?


Yep. That will include everything tho.

Everything is brand new, engine, the lot. Paint is going to be over £1k for example. It all adds up.

Also the kit is expensive anyway, and Birkin's are made in South Africa, and theres no longer a UK agent so import costs on top too.

But tbh, not knocking Locosts, Tigers, MK's, Robin Hoods etc but when you look at the Birkin its so much better engineered (better than Caterham too IMO). Its just got a quality feel to everything. But you get what you pay for, and for the money the budget ones are great VFM.

[Edited on 31-01-2012 by Ben J]
SXI - Matt
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27th Feb 12 at 21:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just come across one I'm quite interested in, do any of you have an experience with bike powered ones?

What they like to drive can imagine they would be quite fun? Purely going to be a weekend toy are they as drivable and quick as say a 2.0 ford powered one?

[Edited on 27-02-2012 by SXI - Matt]
JM_16v
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27th Feb 12 at 22:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i have a robin hood, basic kit car tbh but was a good cheap starter
SXI - Matt
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28th Feb 12 at 16:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah they look good, i just cant decide between the pro's & con's of a car engine eg ford durateq as these seem the most popular or a bike powered one

[Edited on 28-02-2012 by SXI - Matt]
Gary
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28th Feb 12 at 17:00   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Reverse is normally a problem with bikes unless you buy a reverse box
SXI - Matt
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If there all q plated and registered I'm assuming they will have this done as to pass they have to have reverse no?

Found a Fire Blade powered one I'm going to go and look at, see what there like i have never really looked around one properly
Ian
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28th Feb 12 at 17:20   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They'll either go on an age plate based on the age of the donor or a new plate if you use new bits.

Only reason it would go on a Q is if you didn't have evidence of where the bits came from.

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