Birkin S3 Kitcar Build....
Discussion
Hi
I have been watching this build for the past couple of years and the finished car looks great.
I am a little biased though as I own a 2010 Birkin IRS with a Duratec here in Brisbane Australia. Love the car and the good thing about driving here is winter is the best time for driving which we are currently in at the moment.
I am currently running 200lb springs on my rear AVOs, original springs were 180 that were too light. 200lb is an improvment and am just about to install 225lb springs. Quite a few guys here run up to 250lb.
Great colour choice.
Cheers
Maurice
I have been watching this build for the past couple of years and the finished car looks great.
I am a little biased though as I own a 2010 Birkin IRS with a Duratec here in Brisbane Australia. Love the car and the good thing about driving here is winter is the best time for driving which we are currently in at the moment.
I am currently running 200lb springs on my rear AVOs, original springs were 180 that were too light. 200lb is an improvment and am just about to install 225lb springs. Quite a few guys here run up to 250lb.
Great colour choice.
Cheers
Maurice
Edited by maurice1960 on Friday 28th June 08:24
Just a 10th year update.
I purchased this car from the original builder / owner just before lockdown. It had covered only 1800 miles which is why they sold it. I've used it very little and it has now covered only 3500 miles. What an amazing drive !!!!!
The car was finished 10 years ago this month and still looks almost as new. I have displayed it at a few Caterham meetings, where owners have reluctantly had to admit that many of its features are better than on their cars. Also the build quality is better, it even looks better !!
It's somewhere between a Caterham 360 and 420. I've been considering changing it for something a little more practical that I would use more. Problem is, if I sell and then want another, what do I do ?? As far as I know: This is the only one in the country with this amazing spec, and I think a Caterham would be a step down as it would need to be a 420csr ( and especially the suspension components would be no match for quality ).
Any ideas ?
I purchased this car from the original builder / owner just before lockdown. It had covered only 1800 miles which is why they sold it. I've used it very little and it has now covered only 3500 miles. What an amazing drive !!!!!
The car was finished 10 years ago this month and still looks almost as new. I have displayed it at a few Caterham meetings, where owners have reluctantly had to admit that many of its features are better than on their cars. Also the build quality is better, it even looks better !!
It's somewhere between a Caterham 360 and 420. I've been considering changing it for something a little more practical that I would use more. Problem is, if I sell and then want another, what do I do ?? As far as I know: This is the only one in the country with this amazing spec, and I think a Caterham would be a step down as it would need to be a 420csr ( and especially the suspension components would be no match for quality ).
Any ideas ?
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