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donut

posted on 8/1/05 at 05:23 PM Reply With Quote
Build costs Bike v's Car engine

Probably the most important factor when deciding which car to build is the build cost. Perhaps we can have a list of what people have spent upto SVA pass then people can decide if they can indeed afford the bike option.

I'll start

Car: Indy
Engine: 2 Litre Pinto
Cost: about £4.500

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Ta

Andy

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JoelP

posted on 8/1/05 at 06:04 PM Reply With Quote
scratch built chassis
1.6 pinto
circa 1k







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zetec

posted on 8/1/05 at 06:17 PM Reply With Quote
MK Indy with zetec, running throttle bodies, £7.5K ish.





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OX

posted on 8/1/05 at 07:32 PM Reply With Quote
indy r1 cost me 6000,sold it for 8000
indy busa by the time iv finished will of cost me 9500
im sure ,like most of us i could of done both cars abit cheaper but they wouldnt of looked how i wanted them,getting stuff nickel plated has been expensive but thats the look i want,trying to get old stuff looking like new comes at a price as well.if i do another one i might shop around for better prices






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carnut

posted on 8/1/05 at 10:47 PM Reply With Quote
MK indy blackbird approx £9000

that full engine rebuild and dry sump bumped up the cost a s**t load after I knocked out a big end tho.

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Spriggsy

posted on 8/1/05 at 11:51 PM Reply With Quote
I'm still building my pinto powered indy but estimate the final build cost to be approx £5500. By the time i'd rebuilt the engine & tuned it(cam,lightened,ported,carbs etc) it cost me as much as maybe a blade engine.
I decided on the car engine for the drive,low revs etc.
A bloke at work built his blade indy for the same money I've estimated for mine.

[Edited on 9/1/05 by Spriggsy]

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