greggors84
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| posted on 30/12/06 at 02:00 AM |
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Originally posted by Hellfire
Once you have completed your Degree you'll be moving abroad then. That's where most (read: all) Automotive is heading... Good Luck with
it.
Steve
If you stick with motorsport the UK is probably the best place to be. But its not the easiest industry to get a job in (understatement of the year)
but a good percentage of people I know graduating last year have jobs in motorsport if not F1 so it can happen. Experience is the key, get yourself
some experience with a race team, then using that get some experience in a design office or R&D. By the time you graduate you will have a good
chance of landing one.
Now back to the Indy....
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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mark_mcd
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| posted on 30/12/06 at 06:23 PM |
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whats harder to build in peoples opinion? bec or cec?
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 30/12/06 at 07:21 PM |
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neither
apart from if your in good shape you can pick the bike engine up yourself
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TimC
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| posted on 31/12/06 at 11:35 AM |
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Having had a road registered BEC, I just wouldn't do it again - I'd have something that I could drive to Le Mans and the Nurburgring
without going def and getting tinitus.
However, for track days, the BEC takes some beating (I'd suggest that you'd have to spend a LOT on a CEC to stay with most BECs.) Hence,
I'm building a BEC track-car.
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 31/12/06 at 01:07 PM |
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see this is where it gets confusing for him Id buzz of driving my old car like I did every day
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mark_mcd
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| posted on 31/12/06 at 02:47 PM |
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well the performance of the bike engined cars look awesome and i love the idea of the engine being easier to fit. the only thing that would hold me
back is cost really. the car would just be used for the occasional blast on some b roads.
what sort of performance does a pinto engine give you? rough 0-60, etc? how much roughly would each car and bike engine weigh kerb weight. i
presume either would be a good bit faster than my dads skoda octavia vrs? i appreciate speed isn't everything.
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scotlad
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| posted on 31/12/06 at 03:28 PM |
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I've got a chipped octy vrs. Pinto a bit faster, based on a robin hood a mates got, bike engine lots faster!!!
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 31/12/06 at 03:31 PM |
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I sold my car for the reason of our shite weather 10k sitting in the garage was getting to me
so now Im building another for half that and itll look just as good
zx9r full engine kit 500 quid
forget the pinto unless your on a tight budget which I appreciate
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mark_mcd
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| posted on 31/12/06 at 06:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by zxrlocost
I sold my car for the reason of our shite weather 10k sitting in the garage was getting to me
so now Im building another for half that and itll look just as good
zx9r full engine kit 500 quid
forget the pinto unless your on a tight budget which I appreciate
is that £500 all bits included to go straight in (i presume thats what you mean by kit)? who supplied it and what condition is the engine in?
im only saying £4500 as the article i read on the car (in ppc magazine) said you can easily build a decent spec one for £4500 and £3000 if your
skimpy?
scotlad - so even the pintos pretty fast then 
[Edited on 31/12/06 by mark_mcd]
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 31/12/06 at 08:37 PM |
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you dont get exhaust but you get all other bits to bolt in
youll need a sprocket adpator £50
but yes thats everything
asking questions like the condition of the bike engine is pointless as most have already been took out the bikes
youll just have to be satisfied that when you start it up itll sound great!!!
aim for the 4.5k and youll be ok
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Taz Surfleet
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| posted on 4/1/07 at 12:10 AM |
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if your dead set on a bec you dont have to use the latest engines, theres plenty of slightly older 1000+cc engines out there that will give u more
than enough bang for ya buck.
[Edited on 4/1/07 by Taz Surfleet]
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mark_mcd
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| posted on 7/1/07 at 03:30 PM |
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how many miles can one expect a bike engine to live? i appreciate a car engine will in most instances easily do 100k+ but do bike engines last even
half that? how long for a zx9r in particular
zxrlocost - does mk supply the engine kit you speak of?
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 7/1/07 at 04:08 PM |
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hi all kit car comanies can sort you an engine
Id look for one on ebay or give malc a call of here
bec can be built for 4.5k
dont worry about mileage theyll go on long enough for you
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mad dad
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| posted on 7/1/07 at 04:26 PM |
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Out of interest how driveable do you find the bec compared to cec for normal trips down the road on a weekend...for these is the cec a better bet???
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 7/1/07 at 04:30 PM |
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dont know because I liked going to the shop at 12,000rpm
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mark_mcd
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| posted on 9/1/07 at 06:16 PM |
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is anyone in the process of building a car with the new chassis i hear of? i presume there is a different version for bec and cec? the website does
not seem to tell you much!
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matt.c
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| posted on 9/1/07 at 10:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mark_mcd
is anyone in the process of building a car with the new chassis i hear of? i presume there is a different version for bec and cec? the website does
not seem to tell you much!
Me very interested too
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 9/1/07 at 10:35 PM |
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ME
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mark_mcd
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| posted on 10/1/07 at 03:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by PAUL FISHER
ME
care to elaborate?
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 10/1/07 at 04:23 PM |
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I am just in the process of building a MK with the new spec-R chassis,it has a 2006 ZX-10R,turbocharged,there are a few more pictures of the build,to
date in my archive. (WinCE).jpg)
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 10/1/07 at 05:20 PM |
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Me too! Haven't got very far though, floor isn't even on yet. As far as I can tell the differences between BEC and CEC chassis are about
the same as they are on the 'old' chassis, with the exception that the bulkhead has to shuffle back a wee bit for a car engine. Mine is
upside down at the mo waiting for it's floor, i'll try and remember to take a couple of pics of the engine bay area once it's back
the right way up to compare to a BEC chassis
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 01:46 AM |
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Yours must have been chassis number 6 then,there's the 2 MK demo cars,1 chassis went to Sweden,and there's a guy in Doncaster building the
other,and me and you,there's another one being built this month,to be raced in the 750mc,now that the chassis been registered.
The good news is for anyone thinking of building the new spec-R car it is as easy to build as the original MK INDY,although there's a lot more
work for MK in the manufacture of the kit.
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 11:20 AM |
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When I was chatting to Baz when I ordered he said they had about 10 chassis to build before they got to mine, but thinking about it he was probably
talking about total orders (indy and spec-R) they had stacked up, not just the new chassis. Number 6 eh? I imagine the other 5 are all going to be BEC
as well?
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Kelvin
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 11:42 AM |
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Is there a price for the new chassis yet? Couldn't see it on the website, but probably being a blind git!
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 11/1/07 at 02:02 PM |
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The new chassis kit price is +£600,so just add this to either the starter kit price,or the delux kit price.
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