Leaderboard

regretably for sale: siew chassis mt75 tunnel, pro comp floor mounted pedal set, biased brake. front upper/lower wishbones westfield fabricated uprights alloy hubs n discs calipers mudguard brackets braided hoses steering rack upper n lower steering column x2 master cylinders 0.75 x2 light brackets x2 headlight units zetec loom and fixings 2.0 16v blacktop zetec 80k removed from mondeo estate by me. so i know its a good one. 7" lsd 4x4 drive shafts alloy rear uprights upper n lower rear wishbones rear hubs n discs rear calipers rac welded rollbar quick shift type 9 extension handbrake lever single grp seat build stands all of this needs building from bare chassis. there is prob stuff i have forgotten but mostly there. 80% of stuff new.best bit is i have v5 in my name so no iva required once finished!! just build ad you want to and mot!! not going to brake want gone in one lot.... located in cheltenham. £3800.00

I'd also think about a screen + wind deflectors. Contrary to popular opinion, it's a good combination.

cheers Filfan and thanks to Tigger for his time…. i've got no nails left…..

In 2005 mine jacked her Job to come to the USA to drive 4000miles in 3 weeks coast to coast, I think it's safe to say she's a fan and that's why I married her

I had a really high spec XE, in a car I'd spent nearly ten years developing. I sold it all on to start again with the Honda Mega S2000 kit. The kit has gone together like a dream so far, my only major issues were some delays in a small number of parts early on, which meant by the time I'd got them, it was the start of the summer and a mix of personal, club and work commitments meant I didn't have so much time free. (Oh and an easily resolved gearbox issue caused in transit - easily avoided if I'd collected it myself) As far as ease of building goes though, the Mega car is at least as easy, if not easier than a Zetec or Duratec. Why easier? Because you've got an engine and box designed to bolt together and be used in a rear wheel drive car, unlike the Zetec and Duratec installs where you're converting front wheel drive engines to rear drive use, take a look at the posts on water rails and pluming, along with clutch combinations, to make the set up work. Don't misunderstand me, both the Zetec and Duratec engines make fantastic cars, and all the extra work needed to use them in a rear drive set up has been done a thousand times before, so parts are available. But the Honda just fits, and works, simple. Oh and to get the performance level of the Honda will take some expensive engine mods and engine rebuilds with either Ford option. Don't forget, once you get away from the engine bay, the builds going to be virtually the same whatever engine choice you make anyway.

I've often thought about what engine I'd use if (when?) my XE goes awol - though hopefully not for a while yet. I've looked at all the threads on here and other build blogs, and although the Ford Duratec would make a nice choice with the likes of Cosworth and Burtons offering lots of tuning goodies, I've had a drive in the S2000 and the engine was just the sweetest thing I've ever driven.... So I suspect I'd ditch my standard type9 setup and go for the S2000 engine / gearbox combination and enjoy some Japanese engineering (ok, the Duratec may be part Masda but it still has a Ford badge on it). Honda for me next time...... But that engine from Troy looks very tempting if I had nearly £5.5k to spend

Glyn, The s2000 engine is really sweet. Don't discount it too early in your plans. Honda have a firm reputation for building bullet-proof engines and sourcing a really good second hand s2000 shouldn't be too difficult. Just my view......

Looks like the crane attack position out of the karate kid but without the legs LOL Terry

Well done to Tim Nunn for kicking my A*** both days!

looks smart that…..