turbo terry

just wondered what sort of 0-60 and 0-100 is to be expected from a fairly standard zetec lump in one of these,?

thought about a bike engined one too?

anyone have either on here?

CraigJ

Im about to start building an Onyx Mongoose (see sig) pick my chassis up tomorrow. Im fitting a yamaha XJR1300 engine mid-mounted to it.

For some great advice try the www.locostbuilders.co.uk site really great guys on there who are building 7 style cars. Theres a section for bike engine cars aswell.

JonnyBravo

I would of thought a semi tuned Zetec in a kit car would be in the 4's to 60mph.

Power to weight is insane, I would go for a Duratec if you can afford to tune.

That engine in the nova you have seen will hopefully end up in a kti car once he is bored with fwd, now that should be interesting

Cowboi

my dad has a zetec in his dax rush, it was running 175 bhp at first but not sure if he done any times with it.

its running 215bhp now s not really standard any more.
but i'll ask him next time i talk to him what sort of times he is running

turbo terry

thought about gte lump too, engine of yours would be wild in kit, what spec was she?

also just seen the dax rush v8 kit

as quick really as the bike engined cars really then??

JonnyBravo

That xe should be about 230hp, more if u do some more headwork and change the ex manifold (which u would have to for a kitcar)

Not really too keen on the V8 ones, even a hot pinto in one would go really really well.

turbo terry

nice, is it still in a nova at the mo?

love the noise of a v8, but rover v8's about the same power as a zetec on carbs

pintos cheap too, definately tempted

Cowboi

dax's v8 aint amazing, their hybousa powered one is cool though.

my dads 215bhp one is fun as well.
need small feet to drive it though.

JonnyBravo

Yes but I'm kindly planning the engines future lol

I think the nova will be about for a while yet tbh, I can't wait to have a drive in it tbh as its what I always wanted mine to be but I just didn't want to shell out that sort of money on a nova.

The owner of the local car shop round here has a HT Racing 2.2 Pinto in his kit car round here and you can hear it coming from a mile off

scruffythefirst

I've got a Yb turbo in mine, as has CosRush. Cracking fun, probably not much quicker to 60 than a normal 2lt, but much quicker midrange I reckon.

I wouldn't bother fitting a rover v8 to one, although I know a chap with a 500bhp LS2 v8 in it.

if you want to see what they're like, why not pop along to one of the wesfield clubs monthly meets and blag a passenger ride. If your anywhere near harlow pop along to Dax and get gary to take you for a spin in the bike engine demonstrator (preferably duncans busa turbo). Don't forget your sunnies though, you'll need them.

xr2i-carl

where in harlow is he?

WD Pro

Edinburgh (sp ?) place

CosKev3

My m8's built 2 bike engined MK Indys,first one powered by a ZX9 Ninja engine,then a R1 engine in the second

Had a run against a caterham with a 16v Vaux XE on carbs and my m8's ZX9 Indy was much faster on accelaration off roundabouts etc,pushed him down the road

Tuned car engine kit cars are alot faster than the bike engined ones top end though,bike engined ones max out at around 130mph screaming there nuts off

Bike engined ones are alot better if you want a toy though that accelerates like fook and has a 6 speed sequential clutch-less gearchange

turbo terry

cheers guys,

defo planning to get to have a look around the dax workshop and the mk's when i get home, dax have a v8 demonsrator too dont they?

think it's going to be a naughty pinto, or zetec etc rather than bike engined, may change my mind when i've been out in both though? love the noise of hot pintos on carbs

Where are the monthly westfield meets???

coskev, love that green mk, remember you putting pics up last time, whats the fabrication and general quality of the mk kits like?

AustenW

I prefer car engines

More torque and are better top end

scruffythefirst

Car engines are much easier to live with on a day to day basis too, means I use mine much more than I would if I had to listen to a bike engine screaming its tits off on the motorway.

Dax have a V8, 2lt 16v XE and a bike engine demonstrators. The cobra rep demo they've got is awesome too - 502ci v8 They're in endingbrough place not far from halfords / maccy D.

CosKev3

Good quality

Just you need to do abit of drilling etc yourself,not a problem though

Not like Westfields etc where you pay 'x' amount more for your chassis to come pre-drilled

CosKev3

To be fair not many people build kit-cars to travel down motorways really do they???????

You can't talk to each other above 60mph for a start

Benni

All these kit cars look like you would not fit in if you was over 5ft? Or are they bigger than they look?

CosKev3

Plenty of leg room

I'm 6ft 2in,but no good if your big(fat)though!!!!!!!!

You end up getting in the drivers way when he wants to change gear

Benni

Think I'll give it a miss then...

mark_24v_wiring

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Luego make a 7 type for people over the average size m8 and its not to bad on price either

put it this way me and a mate of mine can sit side by side in it im 6ft4 17stone he is 6ft3 and 20+stone and we had to move the drivers seat forwards to reach the pedles!

Benni

mark_24v_wiring Perfect mate!

mark_24v_wiring

iTrader: (1)

http://www.luegosportscars.com/Cars/...o%20index.html

Should do ya mate

Benni

Cheers mate.

turbo terry

cheers again,

look forward to having drive out in them when i get home,and a look at the quality, madness paying for a few extra holes

another reason i considered the dax was they do a lanky version i'm 6"5 so hope that does rule out the mk!

cheers for help peeps!