ace-card
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 08:57 PM |
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Hi all!
I'm new here and just wanted to say hi to everyone (hope I'm posting in the correct section!). I've been lurking on this site for a
while as I've been interested in building a car for years.......
I've teamed up with a couple like-minded mates, and after a few months of prep, we are now ready! We've managed to acquire a standard size
garage (gonna be a real tight squeeze!), a pre-welded chassis, and as of yesterday, a 1990 2L Ford Sierra estate doner (12 hrs worth of driving to get
it home!). The plan is a to stick a powerful bike engine in the front (obvious choices are the R1, GSXR, Fireblades etc), however, first thing on the
list is to strip the doner. We are all studying Motorsport Engineering at uni, and this is the perfect side project to compliment our degrees. Hoping
to pick the brains of you experts on this site and will hopefully have a damn impressive car to show for it at the end! 
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daniel mason
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 09:02 PM |
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good luck mate! and welcome.
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eddie99
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 09:10 PM |
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Where are you doing motorsport? im doing motorsport eng at coventry  Good luck btw
http://www.elitemotorsporteng.co.uk/
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blakep82
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 09:15 PM |
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12 hours to drive it home?! where did you get it from? Thurso? 
good luck building is the best part thats what i keep telling myself 7 years in
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RichardK
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 09:33 PM |
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Welcome to the nuthouse.
Hopefully you'll have access to to tooling at uni which should make life a little easier.
Take it easy and enjoy.
Cheers
Rich
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Xtreme Kermit
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 09:48 PM |
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Welcome! But why bother with a scooter lump?? 
Put a car engine in - you know it make sense...
[gets coat and runs]
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ReMan
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 10:01 PM |
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Yes your definitley in the right section
Tip.
If you are tight for space, resist the urge to put it on it's wheels in week 1.
Do the whole body-tub build on a dolly or stand. Engine, wiring, plumbing body everything, until its 90% finished then add the suspension and wings
in the last week.
www.plusnine.co.uk
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 1/6/11 at 10:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Xtreme Kermit
Welcome! But why bother with a scooter lump??
Put a car engine in - you know it make sense...
[gets coat and runs]
Motorsport engineering, not agricultural engineering.
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eddbaz
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 posted on 2/6/11 at 07:13 AM |
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or marine engineering
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lotusmadandy
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| posted on 3/6/11 at 07:00 AM |
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I can see where this is going.....
I'll put the kettle on
Oh and welcome to the forum.
Andy
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ace-card
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| posted on 6/6/11 at 01:23 PM |
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Not quite there with the banter yet, but I'm sure I'll get there
Thanks for the welcome, and ReMan, thanks for the tip!....can see how that'll save us a good 3 feet! Wasn't as easy a task as I thought
getting hold of a donor as the old Sierras are getting rare, and any that are about are going for a fair bit. Ended up in North Yorkshire picking up
ours.....500 mile round trip @ 50-60mph in a fuel-guzzling Transit car-transporter! NOT FUN, especially on your lonesome!
Can't wait get down to business on it.....we're all a bit busy this week, but next week that car is coming apart!!
Eddie, would be interesting to know what you think of your course at Coventry.....we're studying at Uni of the West of England and I feel it
could be better tbh......are you involved with Formula Student as well??
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eddie99
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| posted on 6/6/11 at 01:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ace-card
Eddie, would be interesting to know what you think of your course at Coventry.....we're studying at Uni of the West of England and I feel it
could be better tbh......are you involved with Formula Student as well??
Well i've just finished first year but impressed with it, I looked at UWE Bristol and just felt that coventry had the edge on the actual course
itself. People have been trying to get me involved with Formula Student this year but i have too many projects of my own. However i am sure ill get
involved somehow next year.
http://www.elitemotorsporteng.co.uk/
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ace-card
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| posted on 8/6/11 at 08:56 PM |
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Think you made the right choice there mate! I just finished my first year too....was really keen to get involved with the Formula Student, but at the
minute, the UWE team is a joke! Myself and some mates signed up and then got asked to design posters for it!!! "No thanks, think we'll
build our own car! Cheers anyway!"
[Edited on 8-6-11 by ace-card]
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