Out with the old...

Oooh :P. Very pretty, at 800Kg that will be a bucket of fun :D . Any indication of overall price yet? (bit rude to ask, but in my defense, i'm nosey).

Edit: not yours :(, lol, oh well :p .
 
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Is the 1.6 Zetec engine referred to above the same as what you'd get in a year 2000 Fiesta Zetec S?
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I think so - it was removed from a Fester and only cost a couple of hundred quid...

Benneh - the guy who owns it has done all the design work for the one-off bits himself...You'd be looking at a LOT of money if you didn't have the necessary skills.

That said, I reckon that (if you are able to design and fabricate stuff yourself), you could build a 250bhp, 850Kg Kadett/Chevette for a smidgen over two grand.

Dom's car (above) is probably approaching the zenith of DIY motoring in this country at the moment:

Light shell
Good seats (Kevlar bucket for driver, I think the passenger has an MR2 seat...)
Very sorted handling
Small, light, free-revving engine with fully independant ECU taking feedback from many sensors.
Wide rubber

There are only a few others that I'm REALLY looking forward to at the moment; something like a certain twincharged (blown and turbo'd) Hillman Imp running full DIY ECU, bike throttle bodies and DIY-carbon kit.

*n
 
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