What should I build?

[Powerrr]

So. I will most definetly be getting a nice ban shortly for being a silly boy on the R6. Put on my big boy pants and sold the bike and car for the impending doom. SO i fancied building somthing for when i do get my license back, being able to work on it while im off the road.

Now i have a lot of space at work, a nice big yard too. I should* be handy with the tools and fancy getting stuck right in to buidling somthing fruity.

Budget would be 5K for car and mods. Labour will be provided by moi and mates.

• Dad could pretty much build anything he could imagine. I would like to try.

Courts open to all suggestions. Drift / Stanced / Kit / Road legal track slag / Sleeper / anything!

Only bugbear would have to be road legal and have a roof. Rains quite a bit in Scotchland. Preferably car enginged


Over to you guys. WWPHD?

[Scottish_ninja]

MR2 turbo with a knackered engine for 1k.

Spend your 4k on a T78, forged internals, fuelling, cooling, clutch, engine management and go have fun with 500bhp and your screamer pipe.

I done this and had a great time.

Stephen.

[Codswallop]

Pfft, no offence, but anyone can bolt a bigger turbo to a Toyota. What you want to do OP, is make something unexpectedly awesome that looks chav and crap for the full surprise factor.

Eg; 4wd Panda Turbo - all you need is a good engine, some sheet metal and pop rivets for the bodywork.





Or my favourite; a Yugo Integrale

[thinfourth2]

A bike engined locust would be perfect

[davepoth]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-CHIMAERA-ROLLING-CHA...

This would make a very good start to pretty much anything...

[Dave Hedgehog]

metro 6r4

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mg-metro-6R4-fibreglass-...

kit plus a couple hundred for the metro

rest goes on alfa v6 and tuning

Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Tuesday 13th December 20:33

[Powerrr]

Hmmmm, im already getting excited. Im such a slut. :P

Mr2 could be a lot of fun. Panda could look amazing prerefably with a 20vt Turbo engine.

[anonymous-user]

Small Fiat such as a Seicento on Cinq with a Ducati engine!

[veevee]

red top mini?

[CaptainSlow]

thinfourth2 said:

A bike engined locust would be perfect

[Powerrr]

Mini might be too small. 6ft 2" here. size 12 feet too!

[wolf1]

mate the floorpan etc from a classic imprezza to something boring. Just need to find something with a similar wheelbase and track that is suitable.

[J4CKO]

Something wafty to quell your need for speed ?

[Speed addicted]

wolf1 said:

mate the floorpan etc from a classic imprezza to something boring. Just need to find something with a similar wheelbase and track that is suitable.

Volvo 240 2640mm, Impreza 2520mm.

Is that close enough? Although you could have some proper hilarity just wedging a big V8 into the Volvo and driving it sideways everywhere.

[snotrag]

A bobbed range rover, big jeep, Suzuki, off roadee thing etc.

Something slow :-P

Or if a road car, something old, lightweight, and small - ie will be fun buy you don't have to drive everywhere like your hairs on fire!

[joe58]

Do love that Panda. The oil cooler position is uber and so is the Gold Delta front bumper it wears too.

[VR6 Turbo]

from the Mad engine swaps thread

CatfishCKY said:

BMW 6 Cylinder RWD Turbo Micra Anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwNuwY8h9nc&fea...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKxT6ZmDh2I&fea...

http://www.micra.com.au/community/message.php?mess...



Unsurprisingly, now been crashed and the guy has taken on a 90's F3000 race car...

probably do able on 5k if you did it all yourself.

VR

[soad]

MonkeyMatt said:

Small Fiat such as a Seicento on Cinq with a Ducati engine!

That's different, alright.

[Yiliterate]

Now I am liking this:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3111581/1982-triumph...

[matthias73]

V12 volvo estate.