Padstar
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| posted on 15/7/12 at 10:56 AM |
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Ok so maybe the engine and transition could be an easier option as they would be relatively straightforward to change post registration.
Would the engine plus gearbox cut it as I had planned on upgrading the diff to a newer model as my donor has the older viscous diff which I have been
told is not that great?
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chillis
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| posted on 15/7/12 at 12:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Padstar
3k all in - wow. I have always had the idea of new parts giving a new plate but thought the £ would prevent it. Are u only allowed 1 refurbished
part?
Surely the engine, gearbox, breaks and springs would eat a long way into 3k if purchased new??
For a new reg. you must use all new parts except for one which must be fully recond. and all recepts to prove.
The cost of the new parts is the killer and a westfield would be the best route here.
Build a haynes using a used donor will be much cheaper. though you would have to be lucky to do it for 3k, I guess you'd have to make absolutly
everything. AshG's build cost of 6k seems more realistic especially if you buy in the bodywork. Not sure who's still doing bodywork for
the haynes though as Saturn/NTS have stopped.
Have you considered the MEV exocet?
[Edited on 15/7/12 by chillis]
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britishtrident
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| posted on 15/7/12 at 12:49 PM |
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The best financial option by far is to buy something somebody else has already built (by that I mean a Westie or an MK) just make sure you buy
the best you can find.
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Padstar
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| posted on 15/7/12 at 05:53 PM |
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If I changed the dif for a later model would it be blatant and picked up easily by the inspectors? Even if I kept with a MX5 model. Do they have the
vin on the dif
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