adhawkins Posted March 6, 2003 Posted March 6, 2003 Then you need to phone an insurance company and tell them that. Generally Westy's are used for weekend blats, with the odd drive to work. Most people have a tintop for their regular run-of-the-mill driving Andy Quote
hilux Posted March 6, 2003 Posted March 6, 2003 Ahem..... 16v Vx engine.............................. ...........................you know it makes sense Quote
BobM Posted March 6, 2003 Posted March 6, 2003 Ahem ... no-one seems to have mentioned the bike engined variants to you yet Graham. You probably won't find one in your 5k price bracket but if you're after serious acceleration look no further. Cheapest option is a Honda Fireblade 893cc engined jobbie. 430kg, 130+ bhp, 12000 rpm, 6 speed sequential box, 0-60 in about 4 seconds. Not really fun at all Quote
king_tut Posted March 7, 2003 Author Posted March 7, 2003 Bike engine ey? Sounds interesting. I assume parts for these japo engines are well £££ tho, not like getting a dirty old Ford part from a scrapper! BUT, 12000rpm is eye wateringly tempting. What £££ bracket do you need for this? Jebus... 4secs is darn quick! I assume this is what you have Mr Bob? Quote
peterrosey Posted March 7, 2003 Posted March 7, 2003 In terms of Performance per pound the Fireblade-powered cars are amazingly good value and you can get the Blade engines for aorund the £800 - £1,000 mark (or less if you know where to look). Or you can spend £150 on some wheezy, heavy old iron-block Ford unit and spend several thousand tuning it to get reasonable performance... You can pick up a Blade for under £10K and I've even seem Busas advertised for around £13K (I run the latter it's an awesome bit of kit). Downside to BECs is that they're more track-orientated and a bit extreme for road use (but fun!. Oh and the Westfield reverse system is a bit fragile... Quote
Warren E Smith Posted March 7, 2003 Posted March 7, 2003 check this concurrent thread http://wscc.ggr.net/cgi-bin....7;st=15 HTH Quote
BobM Posted March 8, 2003 Posted March 8, 2003 I assume parts for these japo engines are well £££ tho, not like getting a dirty old Ford part from a scrapper! Hmmm, my engine cost me £500, and according to my spreadsheet I spent £164 on gaskets etc for a rebuild (included oil filler plug, spark plugs etc). Once I got it on the road the clutch was slipping so that cost me £70 for a set of Kevlar plates with heavy duty springs. If anything major goes I'll just get another engine - mine's a '94 to avoid having a catalytic converter but now it's road legal I can put a newer engine in. Quote
mb893 Posted March 8, 2003 Posted March 8, 2003 Downside to BECs is that they're more track-orientated and a bit extreme for road use (but fun!. Oh and the Westfield reverse system is a bit fragile... Waddaya mean? Took my old Megablade to Spain year before last... Quote
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