daniel mason
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| posted on 15/1/10 at 07:32 PM |
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how much to pay for a good donor?
what would you guys say is the absolute maximum to pay for a donor?
i am going down the s2000 route so i know they are not cheap,but i think i can get a very good one with rear quarter damage for just over £3k. i know
it sounds dear but after using engine,box, diff,prop,steering,dash,possibly drive shafts,and selling interior,brakes,suspension,wheels/tyres,
exhaust,body pannels, air con pump,pas pump,body and shell i would imagine its not as dear as it seems.
i now know an after-market ecu is required but if i went bec again i would need engine/box,reverse box,power commander,diff, prop,dash guages and
steering so am not sure how much more the s2k installation would cost over a bec? doee this sound realistic or not as it my first build?
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graememk
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| posted on 15/1/10 at 07:36 PM |
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might be worth joining there owners club / web forum, maybe avoid telling them that you are going to rip it to bits though.
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[Edited on 15/1/10 by graememk]
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daniel mason
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| posted on 15/1/10 at 07:37 PM |
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good idea,cheers mate!
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fesycresy
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| posted on 15/1/10 at 08:10 PM |
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Are you thinking about narrowing the footwells to pull the engine/box back, the bellhousing is very wide? The installs I've seen seem to be
biased well towards the front.
Dry sump ?
A good manifold, I've heard a poorly designed one loses BHP badly on this motor ?
Wider rear wheels tyres, thinking about the torque of an S2000 compared to a BEC.
Wouldn't you be better off going with a 7" Ford diff and Sierra shafts? This would allow you to fit a 4.4 or 4.7 ratio diff.
The S2000 diff at 4.1 would gear the car for 155 ish, surely wasted on the brick like 7 shape, you'll never get there.
Just a few things to think about that comes to mind.
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daniel mason
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| posted on 15/1/10 at 09:06 PM |
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mnr chassis can be modified to accept s2k, standard diff on 13" wheels should be fine! there is no more torque with an s2k than most other
engines so a 7" rear wheel and 205/215 tyre should be fine,road use only so dry sump not needed,as for the manifold i am not sure! there is a
very helpful guy on here called ricky with an s2k viento so i will ask him what he did! he is running 280 bhp
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austin man
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| posted on 15/1/10 at 11:18 PM |
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MK have already made a chasis to fit the S2000 engine it was at Newark Kit car show.
If youve not already bought the chasis it may be worth calling them
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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