mcerd1
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| posted on 10/2/09 at 03:01 PM |
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Ninehigh - a few basic questions about your build to help narrow it down (based on the above and some of your other posts)
* which chassis are you going to use ?
custom (your own design)
old haynes book - Ron Champion (for £250.....)
new haynes book - Chris Gibbs (on a budget)
or a variation of one of the book designs
*what engine do you want to use / are you using ?
*is it mostly for road or track use ?
[Edited on 10/2/09 by mcerd1]
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 10/2/09 at 04:39 PM |
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Ok, I'm basing it on the new book, but I'm space and cash restricted so my plan is instead of having a donor rotting in the way for a few
years while I'm saving up for some new part I planned on scrapping the whole donor thing and buying bits as and when I can. The setup is pretty
much as the book only with a new zetec engine and it'll be pretty much exclusively for road use.
Hope that's better
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mcerd1
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| posted on 10/2/09 at 05:12 PM |
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could you not get a donor, strip it over a week or two then get rid of the shell ?
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 10/2/09 at 05:35 PM |
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Not really, knowing me that week or two will extend into months... Also I'm after as new as possible parts because the main problem I've
had with fixing cars is rusted parts
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 10/2/09 at 06:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
Ok, I'm basing it on the new book, but I'm space and cash restricted so my plan is instead of having a donor rotting in the way for a few
years while I'm saving up for some new part I planned on scrapping the whole donor thing and buying bits as and when I can.
This is a very expensive way of building a car though, and there are all sorts of useful odds and ends that you'd get from a donor that are
difficult to buy.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 10/2/09 at 06:54 PM |
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In that case how important is the shell itself? I gather I can recycle a good chunk of the panels I'm just thinking can I slice it to bits?
Plus the other side of that idea is that yeah it's more expensive in the long run but having £600-1500 for a car now is a LOT of money
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Meeerrrk
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| posted on 10/2/09 at 08:54 PM |
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personal preferance would be toward mx5 i think
For Sale : 2008 Aries/Stuart Taylor Motorsport Locoblade (954 Blade)
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 11/2/09 at 08:12 AM |
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Yeah mx5 is smaller, plus I could nick the roof off it 
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