My 200mph budget build
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everybody scoffed at you at first, and 15 months on you're still pressing on.
I really hope you manage to get it finished and reach that magical 200mph. Would make it all worth it.
I really hope you manage to get it finished and reach that magical 200mph. Would make it all worth it.
Great work, love this project!
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Looks awesome 
...shotgun?
...shotgun?
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understatement of the year im afraid mate, working in a minimum wage job and renting a place makes this currently the bain of my exsistance, if this crash hadnt happen the car would have been finished and id have cracked my 200mph back in march
still ive got a shed to get me to work and back so this can the thing that when i take it a track day will make all the 9-5s worth while
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ok little update, well sort of
got a few pictures to me today so thought id share them.
when they popped up the first thing i thought was 'hold joseph and his technicoloured car!! haha
one thing im happy about is the shut lines on the panels, one thing i wanted was it almost to have a factory race team look to it instead of looking like its been attacked by halfords, hence the modified original front bumper(rear bumper will be done when i build my diffuser)
it should be ready for paint now but the big thing for me is i dont want any cutting, grinding or welding doing once its been painted so the intercooler and rad are being modified with brackets etc now before paint.
Ive requested the outlet of the intercooler has a 4inch pipe so when i go to 100mm throttle body in the future if i go drag racing its setup ready for me, in the mean time ill just use a 4in to 3in silcone reducer
anyway, here are a few pics, you can see how much wider it is
got a few pictures to me today so thought id share them.
when they popped up the first thing i thought was 'hold joseph and his technicoloured car!! haha
one thing im happy about is the shut lines on the panels, one thing i wanted was it almost to have a factory race team look to it instead of looking like its been attacked by halfords, hence the modified original front bumper(rear bumper will be done when i build my diffuser)
it should be ready for paint now but the big thing for me is i dont want any cutting, grinding or welding doing once its been painted so the intercooler and rad are being modified with brackets etc now before paint.
Ive requested the outlet of the intercooler has a 4inch pipe so when i go to 100mm throttle body in the future if i go drag racing its setup ready for me, in the mean time ill just use a 4in to 3in silcone reducer
anyway, here are a few pics, you can see how much wider it is
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Good man. Im a student and building a rather large powered TT. All funded myself! Due to the fact I dont drink, smoke or other things people think young males do!
I really do admire those out there who can happily spend money on souping up their motors seemingly without blinking twice.
Even without the smoking, partying or drinking (or at least without the drink until recently) I could never justify it. I always ended up looking at the figures and thinking 'Hmm, I better not'.
Even without the smoking, partying or drinking (or at least without the drink until recently
) I could never justify it. I always ended up looking at the figures and thinking 'Hmm, I better not'.
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its all about deciding what you want to do with your life.
for me its cars, always has been, nothing else has really interested me, so this vehicle will allow me to execise that hobby whenever i like.
and dont worry, i blink 3 times every time i put my hands in my pockets, thats why all my panels are GRP and not carbon
for me its cars, always has been, nothing else has really interested me, so this vehicle will allow me to execise that hobby whenever i like.
and dont worry, i blink 3 times every time i put my hands in my pockets, thats why all my panels are GRP and not carbon
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Its not a vast amount of money, anything below 15k is 'cheap' for a performance car especially.
This does depend how reliable it might be, if he gets to 200 but cant drive it to the shops as its trashed or unusable then it was costly I guess
Looking at the list, people spend more on train season tickets
People waste money all the time on useless crap they dont need to. a lot of people dont even need to own a car to do their job, they could cycle or whatever but they buy a car new maybe and its worse waste then his budget.
Most large amounts of money wasted in a lifetime are the things never thought of, work out the compound interest costs on a mortgage - overpay a few thousand in the starting years and the savings would buy a new car with change left over
This does depend how reliable it might be, if he gets to 200 but cant drive it to the shops as its trashed or unusable then it was costly I guess
Looking at the list, people spend more on train season tickets
People waste money all the time on useless crap they dont need to. a lot of people dont even need to own a car to do their job, they could cycle or whatever but they buy a car new maybe and its worse waste then his budget.
Most large amounts of money wasted in a lifetime are the things never thought of, work out the compound interest costs on a mortgage - overpay a few thousand in the starting years and the savings would buy a new car with change left over
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the way ill look at it is this, when its up to full power, the amount of prep and high standard of the vehicle means that if i ever come to sell it then it will hold pretty strong money(circa £15k) so in theory i wont be massively out of pocket.
i decided on this car because of a few reasons.
it can be made very light
it can take massively wide tyres
its very aerodynamic
the engine can be taken to 1000bhp
it was the best handling car to ever come out of japan(well equal to nsx)
its different, not something you see on the roads everyday
being rwd it has plenty of different uses, plus it will keep me entertained compared to 4wd vehicle
if i break the engine its very cheap to fix
parts for upgrades are very cheap
overall i couldnt find a better car for what i wanted, though i think learning to drive this monster is going to be a steep learning curve after driving around in fiat estate for 7 months!
Money is just money, whether you spend it on hookers, drugs or cars..TBH i'd probably go back and save 500+ quid a month i spend on booze and save it for a better car, but i had fun and that was my choice. got no problems with the op and i wish him the best of luck with his goal.
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