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Not Locost, but a Heck of a Kit!
scootz - 2/11/09 at 09:54 AM

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I spoke to the guy and he'd deal at £7k for the whole lot... not bad when you consider it's only done 16 hours or so running and the new cost was in the region of £17k!

I've thought about it as that's the box I'd like to run with the Audi V8 (when the buggers ready!) and I'd rather not pay Quaife £7k for a new one, but I just don't have the spondoolicks!!!


55ant - 2/11/09 at 11:13 AM

if you buy it ill do you a favour and get that engine out of the way for you, i wouldnt even ask for petrol money.


blakep82 - 2/11/09 at 11:27 AM

ooh £7k for that box from quaife? wouldn't mind one myself, but i think i might need to sell ALL my organs to buy one


hobbsy - 2/11/09 at 11:37 AM

Turbo a 1litre bike engine and you'll see similar power on a standard engine and you get a 6 speed sequential for free. And plenty of change from 7 grand. (and I reckon the torque figures would be similar and the weight is going to be less).

That's my plan anyway

Gotta love sequential boxes anyway you look at it though.


Agriv8 - 2/11/09 at 11:54 AM

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I have been a very good boy this year and .......

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Agriv8


scootz - 2/11/09 at 12:13 PM

£4100 already!

Any guesses what it will make?


oldtimer - 2/11/09 at 12:30 PM

This was up before but he pulled it just before the end. Sounds nice but £7K is a lot more than my entire locost build budget. 16 hours running could be quite a lot depending on what he was doing for those 16 hours, if you consider that the 200hp Judd K2000 Rover engine is good for 3,000 miles before needing a full rebuild.


scootz - 2/11/09 at 12:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by oldtimer
if you consider that the 200hp Judd K2000 Rover engine is good for 3,000 miles before needing a full rebuild.


Ah, but that's a Krazy-K-Series... any Caterham / Lotus owner with a VHPD engine (190bhp) will tell you they are a bit 'fragile'. If Judd are kicking 250bhp out of them, then I can understand it's low life expectancy!

I'd hope for a little more from a 250bhp Duratec!


blakep82 - 2/11/09 at 01:06 PM

i'd guess the duratec is quite happy at 250bhp for a long time.


flak monkey - 2/11/09 at 01:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
i'd guess the duratec is quite happy at 250bhp for a long time.


Yep, all day every day and all it takes is throttle bodies and cams.

David