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Lovely. I do prefer the full bodied cars over the seven type ones!
What MGF would you get. The 140ish bhp VVC for the extra power and potential to go 160bhp plus cheaper than a non vvc?
There doesn't seem to be any Vectis builds online at the moment which would be helpful.
85Carrera said:
Very nice. I am currently hankering after the sylva vectis and spending far too much time looking at cheap MGFs on ebay
Yeah I'm considering one as a possible option. Does the fact it uses the heavier MG subframe and suspension put you off? The kit is a lot cheaper than the Ford based kit however and it uses more from one donor car. It is likely to be a simpler build. I'm very confused about it all myself never mind thinking about colours and wheel types!What MGF would you get. The 140ish bhp VVC for the extra power and potential to go 160bhp plus cheaper than a non vvc?
There doesn't seem to be any Vectis builds online at the moment which would be helpful.
Not having built a kit car before, my thinking was a SDV kit may be more straightforward (although I am not sure that is necessarily the case), plus as you say it is attractively priced, particularly with the price of MGFs these days.
I would probably go for a non-VVC as the engine is less complex but look to tune it to about 180 bhp, which seems to be quite doable and should make it pretty quick.
I would probably go for a non-VVC as the engine is less complex but look to tune it to about 180 bhp, which seems to be quite doable and should make it pretty quick.
180hp from the std 1.8 K Series - and additional 60hp or a 50% increase in power - you are going to need fairly deep pockets.
DVAPower do a kit that comes in at around £3500 by the time you have added filters and service items (not sure whetehr that includes VAT?). This is a pretty extensive change including new programmabble emerald ecu, Jenvey DTH throttle bodies, filter/airbox, new cams, and a ported head. http://www.dvapower.com/
You will get similar power from the 160hp vvc with a filter, exhaust, head/cam and the standard ECU for just over £1000.
I have to agree the Vectis is a really nice kit and you know it will go and steer very well as ti is a jeremy Philips car. It would nicely fill the Fury shaped hole in my garage if I did not have other plans.
DVAPower do a kit that comes in at around £3500 by the time you have added filters and service items (not sure whetehr that includes VAT?). This is a pretty extensive change including new programmabble emerald ecu, Jenvey DTH throttle bodies, filter/airbox, new cams, and a ported head. http://www.dvapower.com/
You will get similar power from the 160hp vvc with a filter, exhaust, head/cam and the standard ECU for just over £1000.
I have to agree the Vectis is a really nice kit and you know it will go and steer very well as ti is a jeremy Philips car. It would nicely fill the Fury shaped hole in my garage if I did not have other plans.
Yeah I quickly came to the conclusion that going for the MGF Mpi would work out to costly once its tuned. I'd rather bite the bullet and install a Duratec on throttle bodies over tunning a k series to big power figures. The 145 vvc cars seem pretty cheap as I've seen a few for 450 quid without tax and MOT. Reading up on the mg forum the 145bhp vvc induction system is really poor and good gains are given after only an induction kit is fitted.
I've considered the 160 variants but they have the AP calipers which require 16 inch wheels. Ideally 13 or 14 inch would suit the car better and also the 160 cars are around £1500 at the moment. I guess you could buy a 160 and downgrade to the smaller brakes? I'm not sure what other mechanical deferences they would have over the earlier cars such as gear ratios, lsds, flywheel weights etc.
I've considered the 160 variants but they have the AP calipers which require 16 inch wheels. Ideally 13 or 14 inch would suit the car better and also the 160 cars are around £1500 at the moment. I guess you could buy a 160 and downgrade to the smaller brakes? I'm not sure what other mechanical deferences they would have over the earlier cars such as gear ratios, lsds, flywheel weights etc.
( good low mileage )160 VVC engines were getting a bit thin on the ground even a few years back. The 143VVC engine is / was much more plentiful and with the cat removed, decent exhaust , intake kit ( the original airbox is very restrictive ) but most importantly an aluminium ( 110mm or something? ) throttle body from the 160 version ( ebay ) you WILL get over 160 bhp from it. The Libra I had was on 2 separate reputable rolling roads and made just over 170 bhp each time, but that was a 10,000 mile 2003 crate engine not from a scrappy. If I was wanting a k-series anything less than a highly tuned screamer I would always choose a VVC version. They run very sweetly and don't pop, fart, hesitate and if they go bang £500 will probably replace it. Mine made a flipp'in lovely noise too from its stainless Libra exhaust, only problem is I think they are slightly taller than a regular 1.8 K?
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