dilley
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 08:18 PM |
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spire gtr
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????
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 08:23 PM |
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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
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blakep82
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 08:25 PM |
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i would go V8, for the sound
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cryoman1965
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 09:02 PM |
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Nice looking car Zilspeed. Bit rough around the edges though.
What about an Audi set up.
N
[Edited on 16/4/07 by cryoman1965]
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russbost
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 09:20 PM |
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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! 
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AlphaX
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 09:42 PM |
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what about a bi-turbo v6?
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ASH3
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 10:01 PM |
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Do we know the owner of that MK GT1?
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graememk
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 10:05 PM |
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andys going to tell him off for not joining the owners club lol
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dilley
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 10:07 PM |
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looks like agtr to me,im sure there is apicture of it on spire's website.
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wheezy
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| posted on 17/4/07 at 10:11 AM |
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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
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thomas4age
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| posted on 17/4/07 at 04:54 PM |
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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
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Hellfire
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| posted on 17/4/07 at 05:09 PM |
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It's definitely a GTR and it definitely needs a bike engine. The only way to fly..........
Phil
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DIY Si
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| posted on 17/4/07 at 06:17 PM |
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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.
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