Guinness
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:07 PM |
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What one bit of advice would you offer?
This is directed at those who have completed / built / driven their locost / kit type 7.
What one bit of advice would you pass on to a newbie, based on your experience!
Mike
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nib1980
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:08 PM |
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remember your sump is a lot lower than you think, and it can ground out easily! 
oh and the car is for driving not cleaning and making pretty (mine is filthy right now)!
[Edited on 27/3/08 by nib1980]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:09 PM |
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Based on my experience...save up and buy a built car if you have loads of other outstanding projects
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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tegwin
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:09 PM |
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With every part of the car, no matter how small take pride, time and care in its construction and finish, you will regret it if you dont!
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Would the last person who leaves the country please switch off the lights and close the door!
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SixedUp
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:10 PM |
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Whatever your carefully costed budget is, double it. At least.
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:11 PM |
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Do everything properly the first time, even if it might cost a bit more / take more time / involve waiting for a part etc. Those little shortcuts you
take will come back to bite you in the first few hundred / thousand miles when the car will break down at the most inconvenient time or place!
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BenB
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:12 PM |
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1) Don't faff around for years deciding whether to build one or not. Get it started- you'll never look back 
2) B.....E.....C......
3) Years of building makes you a rivetting god not a driving god....
4) Work out how much it's going to cost and how long it's going to take. Double the cost, double the price... and double the fun when
it's finished....
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blakep82
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by matt_claydon
Do everything properly the first time, even if it might cost a bit more / take more time / involve waiting for a part etc. Those little shortcuts you
take will come back to bite you in the first few hundred / thousand miles when the car will break down at the most inconvenient time or place!
+38 
the amount of times i've done something, to only have to go back and redo it...  which is no putting me off doing some jobs in case i get them
worng now.
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don't write OT on a new thread title, you're creating the topic, everything you write is very much ON topic!
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chrisg
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:13 PM |
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Keep it simple, stupid.
I had a heater and a lockable boot and a fully trimmed interior and It's all just extra weight.
If you're thinking of fitting something - don't
The fact that you're thinking about means you don't need it.
Remember you're building the car for YOU, not the people who might look at in a show!
cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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dave1888
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:18 PM |
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Think and plan everything through before you do it. If you dont you'll have to do again and again.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:18 PM |
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Fit a bike engine.
Phil
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chrisg
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
Fit a bike engine.
Phil
As a starter motor or heater fan.
Love and kisses
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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zilspeed
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:21 PM |
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Take
Your
Time
The quality of a well finished job is always remembered long after the memory of how long it took to do has faded. A rushed job always looks just like
that.
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RazMan
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:33 PM |
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Always think carefully after you've designed something, then sleep on it, ask advice on here, come back to it again, redesign it, repeat a
couple more times ..... then build it the way you first designed it, come back and eat humble pie on here, then go away and do it how you should have
done it in the first place!
Worked for me
p.s. Learn to weld properly
[Edited on 27-3-08 by RazMan]
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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froggy
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:41 PM |
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finishing the build is just the start of getting the thing to behave and go round corners properly i do a track day once a month to try different
suspension setups as you cant really do much testing on the road
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rayward
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:42 PM |
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Do it right first time, will save time and money later on
Ray
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mookaloid
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:43 PM |
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Have a really good think about what you are going to use it for and build accordingly
Mainly road use - car engine
Mainly track days - Bike engine
Competition use - do your research and be prepared to spend lots of money
Mark
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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ReMan
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:43 PM |
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Act in haste, repent at leisure. Amen.
ie Take your time, plan ahead, measure twice cut once, make a small hole bigger etc etc.
Great post BTW 
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ReMan
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:46 PM |
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Accept it will never be finished.
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NeilP
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 10:59 PM |
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Takes lots of photos as you go, write it all up and post it on here for others to learn from...
If you pay peanuts...
Mentale, yar? Yar, mentale!
Drive it like you stole it!
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ReMan
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 11:08 PM |
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Take some photo's of yourself and hand them out to your close family
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matt.c
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 11:17 PM |
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Make sure you have an understanding wife/girlfriend as you will be spending alot of time in the garage and not with her which normally causes
arguments...
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nick205
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 11:17 PM |
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Know when to walk away and leave it for a while. Sometimes you need a break to refresh on enthusiasm, cash, parts, patience, ideas and knowledge.
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D Beddows
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 11:27 PM |
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'Having the most complex multi adjustable high tech suspension you can think off and 30 million horsepowers hardly ever means you have the
best/fastest kit car it just means you probably have the most expensive.........'
Oh and 'K.I.S.S. applies to you as well you know.......'
'newbies' rarely listen/believe you though - I know I didn't - so all this type of advice usually gets you is a flaming
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iank
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 11:55 PM |
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Never answer a request for one piece of advice when 3 or 4 can be squeezed in 
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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