Bike engined kit cars
20-07-2006, 02:28 PM
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Bike engined kit cars
What are they like on the road? does the lack of torque make them hard work at all? I wouldnt be able to afford the maintenance and prep to do regular track days so it would be a road car first and fore most, would I be better off with a car engined base for the road?
20-07-2006, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Lee Reynolds
Id go cossie route if i was building one. I looked into this last year...would have been a cossied Rush... 
Why do you say that gareth? due to pulling more weight? I see caterhams and westfields for sale with 15k+ miles on, if thats on one box of "swift" driving then I'd be happy
I was more intrested in how they drive on the road and concerned they might be more setup for track use which would spoil the drive on the road IMO, anyway I wont be building one, theres plenty for sale already done with 1k miles on where people have already spent the money, would be daft to fork out double the cost of an already built one
20-07-2006, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by ballin
why do they break gearboxes???
the weight?
the weight?
being honest,, the only people i know with bike engine cars are radicals,,,, but they are a pain in the arse!!
i know you can get uprated gearboxes,, but these aint cheap,, you might aswell build a good car engine for the money
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20-07-2006, 03:32 PM
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Thing is cossie paranoia only kicks in when ya start pushing more than say 330... Would you NEED more than 330 in a ultralight Dax rush? 
Thats how i looked at it
Thats how i looked at it
20-07-2006, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by RichardPON
DO you need more than 200bhp in a car like that is really the question.
Personally, I'd just stick with a Zetec - nice and easy fit, reliable, cheap etc
Personally, I'd just stick with a Zetec - nice and easy fit, reliable, cheap etc
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Originally Posted by Matt J
Originally Posted by RichardPON
DO you need more than 200bhp in a car like that is really the question.
Personally, I'd just stick with a Zetec - nice and easy fit, reliable, cheap etc
Personally, I'd just stick with a Zetec - nice and easy fit, reliable, cheap etc
20-07-2006, 06:05 PM
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my mates got a westfield with a fireblade engine in it and its fooking rapid, hes never broke a gearbox yet! and my other mate has got an westfield xtr with a bored out hyabusa engine in it and thats noever broken a gearbox either, they are both actual on the way to nurenburg (sp) today in both of em and they aint towing em either the nutcases!
20-07-2006, 06:12 PM
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my bros has gone from one extreme to the other, he had a 3.5EFI RV8 in a Dax and even tho is barely 200bhp the engine was far too torquey for the road, the car would take the fun from driving a purpose built "fun" car. not once had I even seen it truley driven in anger mainly because the rear end lost traction at any speed in any gear 
even with the DAX wide arch options.
he now running a fireblade engined DAX with all the lightwieght options and it a car you really want the thrash the life out of
makes a much better drivers car.
even with the DAX wide arch options.he now running a fireblade engined DAX with all the lightwieght options and it a car you really want the thrash the life out of
makes a much better drivers car.
20-07-2006, 06:45 PM
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Bike engined kit cars are a real nice toy on the road
M8 has got an MK Indy with an R1 engine and box,set up and dyno-jetted in the car at TTS,Silverstone
Feels like a go cart on the roads,roundabouts don't exist
6 speed sequential gearchange of the bike gearbox makes them more of a toy,rapid accelaration
The bike engine has plenty of power for these kits,another m8 has got one with a Vaux 2 litre XE on carbs,the bike engined ones are alot faster upto 100 mph
No gearbox breakages that I know of
The bonus with the MK kits is that you can build one,use it for a year,say 4000 miles,then sell it on for atleast £1500 profit
M8 has got an MK Indy with an R1 engine and box,set up and dyno-jetted in the car at TTS,Silverstone
Feels like a go cart on the roads,roundabouts don't exist
6 speed sequential gearchange of the bike gearbox makes them more of a toy,rapid accelaration
The bike engine has plenty of power for these kits,another m8 has got one with a Vaux 2 litre XE on carbs,the bike engined ones are alot faster upto 100 mph
No gearbox breakages that I know of
The bonus with the MK kits is that you can build one,use it for a year,say 4000 miles,then sell it on for atleast £1500 profit
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