Liam
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| posted on 14/3/10 at 02:21 PM |
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Bit of a myth that bike-engined-cars can't be sedate and relaxing, if you ask me. Once you get used to the lightness of the clutch you can
pootle around town all day effortlessly. 30mph in 6th gear, engine no louder than any other car. You never have to use 12,000rpm. If
you're used to cruising sedately on a bike, it's just like that, only you're sitting in a nice comfy car seat.
If it's too slow for you, you can always add a turbo.
Liam
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Hellfire
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| posted on 14/3/10 at 02:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ben lambert
............anyone using a bike motor popped in the front? how have you driven the back?...........
That's the usual configuration in a seven inspired sportscar. The sprocket on the bike engine is removed and an adaptor fitted to enable it to
run a propsahft to a differential at the rear. Have a read of our build & rebuild diaries, it should give you some idea of how a BEC goes
together. Six speed sequential shift & 12,000rpm as standard.
Got to agree with Liam as well, a BEC can be driven sedately around town if you want to do that sort of thing.......
Phil
[Edited on 14-3-10 by Hellfire]
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ben lambert
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| posted on 15/3/10 at 10:55 AM |
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I am warming to the idea quite a bit, I think it'll be cheaper to build and maintain and I know my way round a bike engine. gonna look into the
matter now on some other pages as you say.
My wife.... She say YES!!! so i shall create
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 15/3/10 at 11:23 AM |
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I like BECs and CECs in equal measure but if theres one thing BECs are not, its "cheaper to build and maintain" 
[Edited on 15/3/10 by cd.thomson]
Craig
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apsion
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 09:17 AM |
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For anyone thinking about putting the F20C in a locost then please take note that the bell-housing on the F20C gearbox is big and if you buy the
chassis the engine and gearbox won't fit.
I thought about a BEC too but was put off by the maintenance and the need for being able to reverse if putting the car on the road.
Here is a picture of my work in progress and notice the elevated part of the chassis near the bell-housing. (also remember you need it high enough to
get the engine unless you're prepared to always split the box from the engine to do this, in which case it will be difficult to put it back on
in place).
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apsion
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 09:22 AM |
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sorry.. i'll try again. If I fail could anyone tell me how you put a picture on this thing?? I'm new.
 
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apsion
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 09:27 AM |
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it worked! I'm playing now to learn how to get a more suitably sized picture, so here's a picture that shows more clearly the taller part of
the chassis for the bell-housing and the foot-well is slightly narrower.
 
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 09:30 AM |
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Download PIXRESIZER and use that simple program to resize your pictures so that they'd fit on most
people's screens. And if you're struggling to upload them again, then try uploading the photo's into your photo storage on this
site...
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easisatman
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 10:17 AM |
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Hi Ben
welcome to the mad house!!
I have a bec with an R1 engine great fun but can be quite frantic but is very quick. The make of the 7 I have is raw/sylva striker. Raw specialise
in Toyota engines out of the mr2 16 valve and 20 valve these engines easily rev to 8000rpm and can give great bhp specially if you add there super
charger have a look at there website
regards
Paul
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apsion
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| posted on 8/6/10 at 09:32 AM |
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thanks steve, i'll use that for future photos
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