stu da rude
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| posted on 29/10/05 at 11:18 PM |
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BEC Mk indy for £5k?
Not got a winter project yet, ive set myself a budget of £5k for the next one. i really fancy a BEC Mk indy, just a quick question really to see just
how much the BEC's you guys have built have cost? Am i being realistic? i know a lot depends on engine choice, im thinking FZR 1100 or blade at
the mo, simply for the ease of fittting. Im an engineer by trade, have use of my dads garage, (not that he knows yet... and once my resto's
finished...) so whaddaya you guys think? It would be purely a second car, so it aint gotta be remotely sensible.. ;-)
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OX
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| posted on 29/10/05 at 11:51 PM |
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i built an R1 powered mk indy for £6000 ,you could do it for less by shopping around more 
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stu da rude
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 12:26 AM |
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R1 power would be nice, if a little outside of my budget perhaps? has anyone done a blade engined 1 for around the 5K mark? or any other bike engined
variant for that matter? i wanna build something that scares me....
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Hellfire
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 12:37 AM |
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We built a blade for £6,000 but we never scrimped on anything and planned for a £6K build.
It would be difficult - but you could do it but only just if you do exhaust yourself and recondition most parts yourself. Blade engines have come down
a lot in price. Wheels/tyres are always an expensive choice, it depends what you want ATEOTD.
Stick as near as you can to the donor... therefore you would want the cheapest Sierra 1.6L no power steering (for rack and column) no lsd, no rear
calipers front uprights/hubs etc loom and as much as anything else you can. I reckon you could do it... but as I say, just!
HTH
[Edited on 30-10-05 by Hellfire]
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stu da rude
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 01:13 AM |
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looks like upping my budget then, i dont wanna have to penny pinch, i fancied a disk all round, lsd equiped, blade powered mk, ill probably recon the
bits myself anyway, but farm out bits like the exhaust and other mods to pros, just for peace of mind that when i come to fit them they will do just
that! its gonna be primarily a track car, whats the opinion on lsd's with BEC's?
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stu da rude
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 01:41 AM |
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bec
just a quick thought, should this be in the BEC section?
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Hellfire
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 03:40 AM |
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If you scrimp a bit you may manage £5K if you're lucky 
If you want to do a few trackdays, I think you're gonna want an LSD. 
[Edited on 30-10-05 by Hellfire]
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Avoneer
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 08:35 AM |
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I should be on the Road for under £4k with my blade locost - but it's involved a lot of work building and re-engineering a lot of bits from
scratch.
And not to mention calling in all my favours from all my friends!
I probably would do the MK indy route unless you fancy a load of hard head scratching work.
It's also a case of living on the net and ebay and being in the right place at the right time for the bargains.
£6k would see you a nicely finished MK blade if you don't get too extravagant.
Pat...
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welderman
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| posted on 30/10/05 at 10:11 AM |
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Built my MK Blade for just under 5k, alot of hard work and it helps if you know the people in the know, you know.
Thank's, Joe
I don't stalk people
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/23/viewthread.php?tid=172301
Back on with the Fisher Fury R1
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andy_mullin
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| posted on 31/10/05 at 03:00 PM |
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Hi,
I have a MK Indy with a Fazer 1000 fitted, engine supplied by Martin. MK built the chassis for the engine. The chassis has a full roll cage and is
powder coated.
The back end has a LSD fitted, new alloy tank with new shocks and springs as well as new calipers and disks all round.
The front has a quick rack fitted and a new rad. The Dash is fitted with a Digi Dash. The seats are MK's with new harnesses, but I have some new
Westfield seats available at an extra cost.
The exhaust is also new and in SS again supplied by MK.
This car needs nothing extra to complete it. Everything was bought from MK or Mac 1.
I will take £5k so grab yourself a bargain, no offers.
It is all but finished, I do not have the time to spend on it at the moment.
I will post some pic's as soon as I can.
Andy
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stu da rude
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| posted on 31/10/05 at 09:42 PM |
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sounds like a well specced car mate, i just really fancied building one myself! get some photos up, sounds ace, best of luck with the sale.
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Peteff
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| posted on 31/10/05 at 09:58 PM |
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Easy solution.
Buy it, take it apart and rebuild it. If you do get round to doing one you'll be struggling to find the parts on offer for a similar outlay and
you'll have the hassle of sourcing them and the expense of collecting them.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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greggors84
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| posted on 1/11/05 at 11:47 AM |
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Like Pete said, spend the winter stripping the car down and learning how it all goes back together. It will be ready in time for spring then as you
probably won't get much time in it over the winter.
Most of the time spent building is working out how everything is going to go together but if its all been together once it should be easy. It means
you can mod little things too if you want to change bits.
I don't think you will build to that spec for 5k so its a very good option.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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peanutjb
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| posted on 1/11/05 at 01:54 PM |
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Im currently looking further into building a bike engined indy during my year in placement. If I can build one to a reasonable spec for 5-6K then im
going to do it.
Im looking at a similar kind of spec to you, i.e. R1/blade engine, quick rack, lsd, discs all round, race seats & harnesses, and some stuff to be
piked off our old formula student cars, paddle shift and some other engine goodies (turbo anyone?).
I want something to do during my year out, and whats better for learning how to design cars than building one!!
Good luck with the build/budget. Let me know how it goes.
Cheers
peter
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 1/11/05 at 03:00 PM |
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first of all to build I have done nothing different to anyone else
and have got some good prices along the way
most parts have been replaced new
MY R1 INDY £1100 for engine and loom
with new 16" pro race wheels toyo tyre £560
new callipers and discs all round £450
and generally everything else is the general costs from mk
I figure my car complete will cost 7.5k
I reckon by going fireblade and using 20 quid headlights and cheaper otherstuff etc
you could get this down to 6k
stu - where do you live in the west mids mate
chris
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 1/11/05 at 03:05 PM |
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Im talking shite again my car I meant 6.5k and a fireblade budget build under 5.5k
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stu da rude
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| posted on 1/11/05 at 04:57 PM |
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zxr locost: im near dudley, in tipton mate, u local? thanks for all the replies people, im just finishing off a resto project at the mo so bringing
something else home to build would not go down well with the folks! im aiming to be done for the new year...
peanutjb: good idea! whatever i decide to do ill keep everyone posted! same goes for you mate, keep us informed!
[Edited on 1/11/05 by stu da rude]
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 09:31 AM |
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hi mate I live in cannock
if your still on the forum in about 4 weeks time give us a shout and ill take you for a thrash.
sideways round longford island
then down the straight at coming on 400bhp per ton
chris
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stu da rude
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 12:17 PM |
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cheers chris! sounds like it's well worth an afternoon!
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 12:59 PM |
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Ha! Im glad I didnt say that to the person who first took me out in a BEC "worth an afternoon"
I was officially shitting myself after about 2.5 minutes. then I remember after that I saw a big bend that was so sharp I couldnt see out of it then
looked at the speedo which was just on its way down from 100mph with no intention of braking
after that I closed my eyes and thought I was going to die!
The driver was very talented though
But pulling back into MK's premises was the most reliefed moment of my life
I will never be a passenger again!
chris
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