600bhp per ton and lots of smiles per pound.
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Well after having all sorts of different cars since i was 18 i always had a desire to build something from the ground up. So last year i finally decided to build a kit car as it had always been something i wanted. so i set up my ebay searches and the hunt was on. I ideally wanted a car that had already gone through the IVA to save alot of the hassle.
But one came up that just required afew hundred quid to finish!!!!!! So i contacted the seller and he was a little short with answers via email but after a chat on the phone i thought mabie he is just abit slow. So i requested some photos and they where sent over bids went in and i won the car. Now i intened to go collect the car myself to double check before handing over the cash. But that week work was crazy and i was doing 14 hour days 6 days a week. So i send him the cash and had the car collected.
So sunday morning i wake up to see a car transporter on the drive. so down i went spoke to the driver and he wipped of the blue tarp and thats when i said "what the fu*k is this" The car was a total mess. The pictures had been carfully taken the guy didnt answer his phone and the few hundred quid to finish as per advertisement was b
ks.
No idea what to do do or where to start i striped the whole car down an realised it had to be a total ground up start. So the car was striped and everything sold of on ebay and various forums.
Just as it was rolled of the truck
Yep just afew wires and ready to run!!!
I actually pulled the engine mounts of my hand that he had welded in
But one came up that just required afew hundred quid to finish!!!!!! So i contacted the seller and he was a little short with answers via email but after a chat on the phone i thought mabie he is just abit slow. So i requested some photos and they where sent over bids went in and i won the car. Now i intened to go collect the car myself to double check before handing over the cash. But that week work was crazy and i was doing 14 hour days 6 days a week. So i send him the cash and had the car collected.
So sunday morning i wake up to see a car transporter on the drive. so down i went spoke to the driver and he wipped of the blue tarp and thats when i said "what the fu*k is this" The car was a total mess. The pictures had been carfully taken the guy didnt answer his phone and the few hundred quid to finish as per advertisement was b
ks. No idea what to do do or where to start i striped the whole car down an realised it had to be a total ground up start. So the car was striped and everything sold of on ebay and various forums.
Just as it was rolled of the truck
Yep just afew wires and ready to run!!!
I actually pulled the engine mounts of my hand that he had welded in
Edited by mk85 on Saturday 28th March 11:04
So while this was going on i knew all along what engine i wanted to go for. After owning afew nissan s14's i knew the motor pretty well and knew there reliability and tunabilty was good for what i wanted. So i started looking all over the uk for a motor box and loom. Then my mate let me know of one for sale on a forum and he got the mobile number. So i called the guy and he told me about the motor and its history then i asked where he lived and turned out he was 10 minutes from my house WINNER.
so the front seat came out of the pug As i had a lpg gas tank in the boot turned up at the guys house to the question how you getting this home. Gear box on the back seat engine in the front and the rest on the back seats.
standard 200bhp
engine in level and true.
engine mount templates
finished mount ready to weld in
gear box sits far enough back to reach easy from the seating position
pedal box mounted into place
so the front seat came out of the pug As i had a lpg gas tank in the boot turned up at the guys house to the question how you getting this home. Gear box on the back seat engine in the front and the rest on the back seats.
standard 200bhp
engine in level and true.
engine mount templates
finished mount ready to weld in
gear box sits far enough back to reach easy from the seating position
pedal box mounted into place
Nice set of Ap calipers as its got to stop at some point
welbro 255ltrs per hour fuel pump
I went for a mazda mx5 handbrake as i like the idea of keeping the top of the transmition tunnel clean looking and less cluttered
nice small steering wheel fitted giving a nice feed back at a height i like
This is the mock up of the dash set up i hope to run. I have a water temp, oil pressure and oil temp. The rectangualar box is an Apexi AVCR this will tell me my speed boost revs throttle percentage use. But i will probably just have it showing my revs and boost when its on the road.
welbro 255ltrs per hour fuel pump
I went for a mazda mx5 handbrake as i like the idea of keeping the top of the transmition tunnel clean looking and less cluttered
nice small steering wheel fitted giving a nice feed back at a height i like
This is the mock up of the dash set up i hope to run. I have a water temp, oil pressure and oil temp. The rectangualar box is an Apexi AVCR this will tell me my speed boost revs throttle percentage use. But i will probably just have it showing my revs and boost when its on the road.
AVCR read out wired up to the ecu
Got the intercooler mounted behind the nose cone
Fuel line some filters and other bits
Sent the loom away to be cleaned up and have the nissan imbolizer system removed
Due to the steering colum and clerence issue i had to move the alternator to the opsosite side of the engine and fab up some brackets
Got the intercooler mounted behind the nose cone
Fuel line some filters and other bits
Sent the loom away to be cleaned up and have the nissan imbolizer system removed
Due to the steering colum and clerence issue i had to move the alternator to the opsosite side of the engine and fab up some brackets
Edited by mk85 on Saturday 28th March 09:02
Once i broke it down into parts that i could sell bits i would keep it wasnt to much of a loss really. I guess it was sold as seen and really i should of been more careful but it could of been much worse tbh.
I picked up some used and damaged side pannels for afew quid and as am going to be cutting them up i didnt really want to spend 250quid and hack them up.
I picked up some used and damaged side pannels for afew quid and as am going to be cutting them up i didnt really want to spend 250quid and hack them up.
I got a set on standard ford wheels from a freind to get it down of the trestles and on the ground so i got a set of drive shafts fitted and my avo coilovers
So then it was of the trestles and onto the floor.
There only 16"S but look huge
intercooler pipe work plumbed in woth the turbo water and oil feeds sorted
So then it was of the trestles and onto the floor.
There only 16"S but look huge
intercooler pipe work plumbed in woth the turbo water and oil feeds sorted
So it was back to making the side pannels the ones i had bought were slighty diffrent style to what i wanted. So I started cutting them up to make them longer and higher and put a new 90' edge on the top.
cut them down
removed the top lip
got them into place and secured with battons so i can transfer to my glass table top. You can see here how they run out compared to my top tube and whats to be made up
some extra battons for when the front battons are removed
plenty of weight on and glass fiber and matt you can also see the ally edge i have layed down to help create the top 90 edge i was after
The finished outcome before triming sanding and cleaning up. Worked out at 10quid for the two damaged pannels and around 10quid on materials so its a hell of a saving.
cut them down
removed the top lip
got them into place and secured with battons so i can transfer to my glass table top. You can see here how they run out compared to my top tube and whats to be made up
some extra battons for when the front battons are removed
plenty of weight on and glass fiber and matt you can also see the ally edge i have layed down to help create the top 90 edge i was after
The finished outcome before triming sanding and cleaning up. Worked out at 10quid for the two damaged pannels and around 10quid on materials so its a hell of a saving.
The end goal is to wrap the car myself as i want to do as much as possible on the car. Not that i dont want to pay anyone to do it as the cost inst a issue really its down to being able to say i did that all myself. Upto now i have only outsourced work when it come down to the wiring loom and ecu due to the imoblizer issue.
Again with the car as a hole am trying to use standard parts where i can as if somthing fails i want to be able to walk into the motor factors buy the part fit it and go. I am trying to avoid having things made as a one of as if the parts fails its time and money again for that part.
After a little sanding and a quick rattle can job this was the finished side pannel.
So i had a little look round at different types of wrap available and i came across some artic camo style wrap. In the photo the camo look tight and matt finished so i orded a sheet to give it a go. I had the panel of the car witch made it hard to keep still i also had the garage door open for light purposes that kept blowing in and lifting dust around so there two lessons i learnt from my test piece
Again with the car as a hole am trying to use standard parts where i can as if somthing fails i want to be able to walk into the motor factors buy the part fit it and go. I am trying to avoid having things made as a one of as if the parts fails its time and money again for that part.
After a little sanding and a quick rattle can job this was the finished side pannel.
So i had a little look round at different types of wrap available and i came across some artic camo style wrap. In the photo the camo look tight and matt finished so i orded a sheet to give it a go. I had the panel of the car witch made it hard to keep still i also had the garage door open for light purposes that kept blowing in and lifting dust around so there two lessons i learnt from my test piece
Nope the seller went quiet as he probably knew why I was calling.
The artic camo won't be the finished colour I would be going with. Hopefully a dark matt gunmetal grey will be the final colour that I will go with and a few carbon bits and light bronze wheels. But am a long way of that yet
The artic camo won't be the finished colour I would be going with. Hopefully a dark matt gunmetal grey will be the final colour that I will go with and a few carbon bits and light bronze wheels. But am a long way of that yet
In the world when its finished up and running the I will install the power fc ecu. Then have the engine remaped with slightly bigger injectors and a set of cams. I don't intend for the car to be over 500kg as I won't have window wipers a heater matrix or stereo.
This is a project thread not a finished car thread
This is a project thread not a finished car thread
jontysafe said:
In what world is that 600bhp per tonne?!! ??
If it's 200bhp it would have to weigh circa 333kgs to reach 600bhp per tonne?
More like 300bhp per tonne unless you are running huge boost?
If it's 200bhp it would have to weigh circa 333kgs to reach 600bhp per tonne?
More like 300bhp per tonne unless you are running huge boost?
Edited by mk85 on Thursday 2nd April 09:51
Edited by mk85 on Thursday 2nd April 09:53
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