okay,I think Im definaatley going to go for a gtr, But I don't know if I should fit a turbo bike engine or a chevy,What do you think????

I think a bike engine would suit a project like that much better, but having said that go for whichever one appeals to you most - after all, you're the one who's going to be driving it

Pete

i would go V8, for the sound

Nice looking car Zilspeed. Bit rough around the edges though.

What about an Audi set up.

N

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I would think that with about 3 tons of chevy in the back it should handle nearly as well as a VW Beetle!

what about a bi-turbo v6?

Do we know the owner of that MK GT1?

andys going to tell him off for not joining the owners club lol

looks like agtr to me,im sure there is apicture of it on spire's website.

Bike engine power is the way to go. By the time you add a transaxle, gearbox to the engine you are adding a lot of weight to the car. Westfield tried it with the XTR4 using an audi turbo. It was still slower than the bike engined XTR2.
Dave

ditch a high rpm V8 in there with a lot of power, or a biggish bike engine!

so ITB'd 1uz toyota on 7500rpm or a busa/zx12 etc etc

a 180degrees exhaust system on the toyota engine would sound VERY mean!

grtz thomas

It's definitely a GTR and it definitely needs a bike engine. The only way to fly..........

Phil

I'd go bike engine as the chassis is starting to get marginal when a big V8 is fitted. Spire seemed a bit dubious about fitting a Chevy when I asked them about it. Also the chassis is designed around a bike engine being fitted (or was when I last saw one) as the engine bay would need a few tubes moving about, as it's a bit offset to counter the drivers weight. With a bit of extra triangulation and so on, a V8 would go in though, but I'd still go turbo'd bik, as you'll miss the 11+krpm.