project car!!

[Dancliovalver]

am thinking of having a project car to spend my spare time and money on, have been lookin at a few 5s and also the starlet turbo, but i also like the mk1/2 escorts

does anybody else have any suggestions, it will also give me experience in the body work section, was going to do a night corse on it but to be honest im usually better teaching myslef!

gimme some ideas guys and gals

:wink:

[Rich]

get a mini mate just to play with, plenty of parts, cheap, small and if you cant be arsed to finish it someone will deffo buy it!

[lewis_willy2]

sounds like a plan all 3 models wud be the ones id go for, but y not a rear wheel drive? eg 200sx? drifting action, turbo, cheap iirc?

if not it wud have to be 90's spec escort

[Enid]

106 Ralley, thats what i'd get for a project car, there pretty cheap to buy as well.

[Dancliovalver]

well an AX GT crossed my mind with a VTS engine, that would be a good conversion, also the uno turbo!!
would love to have something rear wheel drive but its things like affording insurance on some of them and so forth!!
i could spend a bit of money and time on the clio but i feel that at the minute its nice to drive and reliable with the mods already done so am gonna keep that as the road car!!

[2 live]

get a mini....and rear wheel drive it....pretty easy once the welding has been learnt......just throw a fwd engine and runnin gear in the back. hehe

[Dancliovalver]

well i did like the look of that red mini with the MR2 turbo engine in the bak dunno wether you saw the vid but it was struggling to keep the nose on the floor

[2 live]

seen minis with most engines in em tbh mate.either front or rear mounted


v8s , v6s, lancia twin cams, vtecs, vaux valvers, k series etc etc etc .


never seen one with a williams/valver engine in tho ...........yet!!...hehe


btw if u do get a mini and need any help/advice on em.....il be only too happy to help

[Dancliovalver]

awsome cheers matey


what do u all think to the mazda 323 turbo? :lol:

[2 live]

awesome little car


1.8 4wd. 180 bhp iirc....very quick

[Flan]

106 Rallye with a Hyabusa In the boot....

Now that would be fun.... Peice of piss if you can weld.... Have a look
at

http://www.zcars.org.uk/saxo/index.htm

..

[Purple]

seen minis with most engines in em tbh mate.either front or rear mounted

Sorry, slight hijack here.

2live,
What sort of mods would you recommend for a fairly reliable yet powerful front-engined mini? Used to play with minis back in the eighties. Just wondering what's new in the game. Stealth mods, where possible. Cheers.

[Dancliovalver]

hijack away mate, mini definatly sounds good and i do love the 106s, ill see how much money i have and see what happens

[2 live]

well its been a good 10 years or so that i was playing with the minis in a big way tbh mate.....but the omega or hepolite pistons were always good, couple with a bit of headwok 286 cam 1.5:1 roller rockers etc.

not sure how todays stuff compares tho tbh.


the last build i did, think it was bout £300 for pistons over bore was bout £60...manifold was £70......mega expensive at the time, errrrr cant really think of much else off top of me head.....still have a shitload of reciepts somewhere lol

[Dancliovalver]

kool sounds good, i know that if u spend alot of time on a mini it will be mint and can be fast!!!

id love a blue euro style mini!!

[Purple]

I like minis for the sheer amount of things you can do to it. Mine was a '78 Clubman with extractor, oversized SUs (can't remember the size) and zero suspension! :D Didn't know that I had completely seized suspension until I sold the car. I simply thought that all minis had exteremely harsh ride. Oh, to be young again with an undamaged backbone :) Will probably get one for my boy when he's of driving age (with better suspension, of course).

[2 live]

lol..........i love minis....the original point and squirt machine lol


done all sorts to mine over the years, 1275s, 1300s, 1340s, and the 1 1430...mg turbod etc...can be rapid rapid mahines.the motors of choice were scort xr3i s at the time..never had trouble with most of em, had more probs with the tweeked xr3s, the carbed variety.

iv got the 1 im doing now, and another in storage still lol....but the lad will def be gettin one to go mini stox/grass trackin in when hes old enuff. jus gotta wait for him to turn 6 now then he can start racing is peewee too.he cant wait lol

[Purple]

[Note to self: must drop by 2live's home garage, if I am back in blighty again]

OK, Dancliovalver back to you. End of hijack.

[Dancliovalver]

cheers matey, what bout a renault 5 engine in the bak of a mini???

that hyabusa engine in that minis insane i love it!!

[2 live]

lol....ud be more than welcome mate

[Dancliovalver]

i just want something different, i one of those people!
i wana do something different to the clio as ive had 3 now and dont wana get bored of em, im striping it out next month and installing a nice new set of buckets seats but im not sure if id rather spend taht money on another car!!

[Purple]

How about an old RWD Toyota Starlet with a Honda Type-R engine? Weighing about 780kg, it should be fun to drive. This guy in NZ is doing it with a 200bhp engine.

http://www.billzilla.org/starlet.htm