some are ok and some are shite

simsytall just removed konis and fitted gaz coilovers and made his steering very light for a car without power steering, dont know why though?

couple of companys selling off the shelf electric power steering kits but im sure you would lose some of the character of the car

as a weekend toy, aslong as you get a good one they are brilliant fun and nice to own, and lot cheaper to fix than a cosworth or newer models.


things that are expensive
oil pumps, only good ones are genuine ford and no longer available
cams are like service items lol, if its got one that works leave it!
go through gearboxs if you use them hard, so an uprated box is a must if you give it a kick in once in a while.
metering unit rebuilds (if the one you buy has problems)

all depends on your budget, theres a lovely spec red car on here and ebay with fully forged set up and gotech management for £5300 ono,

a decent standard car is £3500-£7000 but be careful of idiots trying for too much money

and £7000-8000 gets you a stupid spec car with every single bit modified

and 2k gets you a car thats got some problems thats most likely userable but will have issues in the future and anthing under that expect a project