andylancaster3000
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 07:14 PM |
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Can't understand with the obsession with Webers. Yes, they look beautiful, yes, they sound great... But they're not the best for fuel
economy! I saw one BEC that had the 90s carbs ripped off to be replaced with 60s Weber technology.... Cost an arm and a leg and didn't make any
difference!!!
Sidedraught/dcoe webers can be fairly economical. All depends on how well they are set up and driven. Driving back from the 'ring in the summer
we were managing 35miles/gallon in a 1700cc x-flow engined escort. Admittadly being driven fairly carefully!
On the engine front; if your on a budget and want an engine lighter, more powerful and these days probably cheaper than a x-flow go for a 1600CVH.
Fits very easily into a book chassis too. Probably biased on that one though
If I were to upgrade from that I'd go for a 4age. A very revvy, compact engine. Available and cheap as they are always being pulled from rotten
Mk1 mr2's, often with less than 100k on the clock.
As you can tell, a CEC man. Well definetly for the road anyway.
HTH,
Andy
[Edited on 8/1/07 by andylancaster3000]
[Edited on 8/1/07 by andylancaster3000]
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whitestu
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 07:18 PM |
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For cheap I agree with Big_wasa.
1.8 CVH in totally standard trim gives about 90BHP which is plenty to start with in a locost.
My indy goes quite well with one, ann IMHO its a lot better than a rattly old crossflow unless you want to spend lots of money tuning.
Stu
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daviep
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 07:47 PM |
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The Kawasaki ZX11/ZZR1100 is worth a look in my opinion. It was produced for 12 years so there are plenty to be had for around £500 mark.
They've got a nice big clutch as standard and they're 147hp. Value for money if you ask me. Watch out for "running" N0.3 big
end though.
Davie
[Edited on 8/1/07 by daviep]
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IainB
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 08:18 PM |
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Originally posted by BenB
Can't understand with the obsession with Webers. Yes, they look beautiful, yes, they sound great... But they're not the best for fuel
economy!
And you are building a 7 because? 
Kind Regards,
Iain
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froggy
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| posted on 8/1/07 at 09:51 PM |
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if you want a bike engine get a cbr100f or a zx10 ,i bought a complete zx10 road legal for £600 which has all the bits i need and last week i picked
up a cbr1000f with scuffed panels for £375 ,both a bit lardy but cheaper than most car engines once you,ve got them running
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