garage19
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| posted on 26/3/04 at 12:05 PM |
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Starlet, Talbot Sunbeam, Reliant Kitten??
Wanted, Toyota Starlet, Talbot Sunbeam, Reliant Kitten or any other small, cheap rear-wheel drive car you can think of!!
Brother needs vehicle for wolf in sheeps clothing, bike engined project car!
Many thanks,
Doug.
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garage19
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| posted on 26/3/04 at 07:17 PM |
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Would also consider a three door vauxhall chevette if any one has one?
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Viper
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| posted on 27/3/04 at 08:00 PM |
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if you are going to put a bike engine in it then a fiat 500 or 127 would make a real pocket rocket
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 28/3/04 at 04:48 PM |
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or a "sooty" van, there's one up road from me with an R1 motor..........
Gives the Nova boys a bit of a shock....
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Peteff
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| posted on 28/3/04 at 05:32 PM |
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R1 sooty
I've seen that at Anchor supplies, very neat. I think a Shoveit might be a bit on the hefty side for a bike engine without some serious surgery.
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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Viper
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| posted on 28/3/04 at 05:49 PM |
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tihs is probably a northern thing, but, what the hell is a sooty van?????????
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 28/3/04 at 06:52 PM |
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the kitten gots to be the one, id,e love a spin in one of those with a bike engine hidding inside, untouched outside, pull up at lights at side of a
scooby, 
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 28/3/04 at 06:52 PM |
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sooty van = bedford rascal or simular.
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ChrisW
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| posted on 28/3/04 at 07:28 PM |
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I can lay my hands on a minty Hillman Avenger if that's any good? Would be a bit heavy for a BEC but a v8 or a Cossie would push it nicely! I
pulled it out of my grandmother-in-law's garage last summer for the first time in 10 years. It's in lovely condition and ran up nicely.
Only thing I found was the rubber hose from the fuel line to the carb had perished and was pissing out fuel.
Needs to go fairly soon so and it'd be a shame to scrap it!
Chris
My gaff my rules
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 28/3/04 at 11:17 PM |
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Saw a Rover V8 powered mid-engined Fiat Panda a while back (Harewood hill climb).......
V lightweight car - probably heavier than the kitten though?
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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phelpsa
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| posted on 29/3/04 at 08:01 AM |
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There is a Blade engined reliant kitten already around, was a small feature on it in retro cars a while back. Looked very normal from outside, but
under the bonnet............
Adam
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garage19
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| posted on 29/3/04 at 12:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
I've seen that at Anchor supplies, very neat. I think a Shoveit might be a bit on the hefty side for a bike engine without some serious surgery.
Just had a bit of a search on the net and a chevette weighs 826 kg. Should be able to knock a load of that off by fitting and engine thats half the
weight of stock and throwing the gearbox in the skip. Ripping all the interior out and replacing the windows should also help! Shouldn't be too
hard to get it down to 650 kgs?
Only thing I'm worried about is the final drive ration of the stock diff. I have found two sources of info with one saying thay run 4.11:1 and
another 3.39:1.
3.39:1 would prob be ok but the other ratio would make it pretty undrivable.
Can any one help? What is the proper diff ratio for a 1256 cc chevette?
Thanks,
Doug.
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