Anyone have any direct experience of the bike engined Riot kit?

No.

But obviously you should buy one.

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Is this a good time to remind you that V8kid has managed to cram a V8 in the back of his ?

If only you had a spare V8 lying around...

Aye, okay... I'll buy two!

there was a great article in kit car mag a whie back. it got a great write up with R1 power. there is a part built one for sale on p/h atm

had mine 4 years now what do you want to know?

V8 Sylva Riot
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Cheers Daniel... that is a really nice one on PH - pricey, but nice!

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V8 Sylva Riot

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Originally posted by KJK
had mine 4 years now what do you want to know?

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scott. the mag said the balance was absolutely perfect and that altough it was one of the early 5jj carbed R1's (140 bhp) it was out pacing 911's and the like on track. not totally sure but thnk it weighed less than 400 kg's
if it were me i would probably plonk a civic type r motor in the back! 200 horses and pretty much bullet proof!

There was a race spec one for sale Stoneleigh with a ZZR1400 engine. Looked ok too.

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Originally posted by daniel mason
if it were me i would probably plonk a civic type r motor in the back! 200 horses and pretty much bullet proof!

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Before I turbo's my blade engine I was hacking around Lydden Hill, a R1 engined one left me for dead on the bends, think he had slicks but he shot by on the corners and roared away up the hill.... did not have a chance.

Really nice neat package I thought when looking at it in the paddock, it was a fantastic build up.

Regards Mark

Cheers guys... developing a 'thing' for the Sylva kits!

Absolutely love the J15, but would want a bit more oomph than the Sigma engine can put out (I won't be building another car, so will have to be complete - not up to modding chassis to accept another power-plant either).

they do a car and bike chassis. both are supposed to have excellent balance, with the weight being mostly central!

that j15 is a k series motor!

Just that particular car?

The kits are engineered for the Sigma (Zetec-SE) engine.

I think the J15 takes whatever engine you fancy, too. There was a picture in CKC of a chassis being built with a Hayabusa lump. Riot and J15 chassis is effectively the same, so both can take bike engines. Although the J15 is prettier, it is also heavier and slightly more expensive. On the flip side, I can imagine it is more "slippery" so probably has a higher top speed... but this is just a guess...
Go for it, I like these cars!
Gergely

Yes they can do K series cars now, but Jeremy Phillips has been known to do engine mounts for pretty much whatever you want assuming it fits in the space. Honda VTEC fits where a K series in an Elise came from ...

[Edited on 4/5/10 by iank]