Now we have nearly finished our Cossies and after a good day on track at Donington i present mine and trevCOSS' new project





Its a Cortina based Robin Hood kit car fitted with a 1.6 pinto that we plan to turn into a cheap track day toy. We have a budget of £1000 to spend although that doesn't include the wheels as i had those in the garage from when i scrapped my diesel Mondeo.



The plan is to build it up as basic as possible i.e no windscreen, no weather gear, no heater, no carpet etc. We may change as we go along depending on if we decide to go for SVA

Engine choice is either a 1.8 zetec (we already have) or a 2.0 xe.



Although we collected the car ( it was free from under a friends tree in his back garden ) we only started work on it today.



Began by removing all the junk from in side it and then removed all the ancillaries from the engine ready to remove it withthe gearbox tomorrow.





Then removed the rather flimsy transmission tunnel.

Before


After




Hopefully this will stay a cheap no frills project and not end up a money pit like the Cossie's are

 

Good days work mate considering all I did was push it in the garage and then leave, I fully expected you to go in the house and eat chocolate when i left not make some good progress like you have. We will get the engine out tomorrow and make a few trips to the tip!

 

Today we removed the engine and gearbox so we can futher assess the work to be done.



The engine mounts were also removed as they are a bad design that don't even line up correctly



Removed the windscreen scuttle panel to investigate the steering column and to make sorting the pedal box out easier.



Shockingly the steering column was only held in place by two M8 bolts and a M6 nut & bolt where it attached to the rack itself

 

Should be awesome!!

 

hope its not going to be too hard work to get it finished and sticking to the budget.

 

Should be fun


Brian

 

Stay within budget......


My Arse......

 

Im Paying half so we better lol

 

Trev.......

Be afraid..............................Be very afraid...

 

Dont worry Rob, I'm going to pimp Rich out to pay for it. After all its only a budget project.

 

 

cool project await the updates

 

cool

 

Looks fun guys - what have you got planned for it this weekend?

I'm going to start a post like this shortly, but was having a browse round what was in here and saw this little jem of a track toy!

Si

 

Going to start to strengthen the floor with some 25mm x 25mm box section to increase the torsional stiffness. This will also allow us to make the engine and gearbox mounts integral to the chassis as opposed to the horrible bolt on ones it came with.

Going to strip the old engine down to just the block and use that and the gearbox as a dummy set up to align the mounts/propshaft. The engine was previously mounted quite high which allowed the standard sump to be retained. However this will be replaced by a big wing alloy 2wd Cossie one. We are going to move the engine back a few inches as well but it is being built to allow us to slot in a nice YB eventually

 

Very interesting mate are we going to see this one round donington soon??

 

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Good project, nothing simple then!

Si

 

cool project

 

Budget, Dont talk to me about budget....

Good luck, should be a fun motor

 

I hope you dont have to have a Prop Made as that will be a 1/4 of your budget gone Well my m8s props have cost ££££££££ for his offroad 4x4
As for the steering thats why there kit cars use whots lieing around the garage att

Will keep an eye on this post always wanted a kit car will own one on day

But i like the idea of a Motor bike engine one

 

Stay withing budget my ass! With a YB and a big wing sump your fucked straight away!

Will be a good one to watch though boys, good luck!

 

looks fun

 

Awesome stuff

What sorta 1.8 is it? Seen them running about 150bhp with minor mods, so should be a lot of fun

 

Think the plan is to take Trev's out of his cossie one night.........ooops dont think he knows yet

 

How ya like that then Trev!?

 

yes over my dead body mabe

 

Becareful whot words you use trev

 

Just dont let Rich put any silly spoilers on it or go one better take his picture to all your local Halfords and tell them to ban him should be safe then

 

AFPMSL

Trev, Rip that YB out and let another coffin on wheels live!

 

It was a joke

 

yes i know

 

Think its the gearbox he's taking........

 

xe xe xe xe



250 quid and you got a built proof 150 bhp

 

as above,xe xe xe xe

 

XE on some suckers

 

Will be a cool little car this, Richie gave me a 2 minute whirlwind tour of the car, got round the whole thing in 2 minutes!