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New trackday toy more added ---FINISHED! 13th July
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:35 pm
by tegwin
Not GTI related, but figured some of you might appreciate this...
Bought an old formula 750 car....Along with a tuned Kawasaki zx9R engine...
The plan is to strip the car back to a bare chassis, paint it, then refit all the parts along with the engine...
A basic idea of spec:
total wet weight 250Kg
Power 140hp (rear wheels)
Paddle shift
Magnesium alloy wheels
Inboard rocker front suspension.
4 piston aloy racing callipers front and rear...
This is how she looks at the moment:
And you guys thought you were low!
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:44 pm
by bbspolo
o how cool is that !!!
What a track day tool!
If u dont mind me asking how much did it set u back!
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:35 pm
by Tim_GTi
Thats awseme mate!!! would also like to know about the price
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:06 pm
by tegwin
What you see there cost me just over 1.5k....the engine was £700...I recon I will need to spend another 8-£900 on it to bring it up to the high standard I expect...
But even at just over £3K....Thats not bad, considering it has similar power to weight as a Ferrari Enzo...
Im just lucky it was such a good buy at that price
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:29 pm
by chrisgti6n2
Always wondered what a go kart on steroids would look like
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:17 am
by Luke'sGti
ha ha superb purchase - I bet you'll have loads of fun with that.
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 3:50 pm
by Dee-vub
Aw that is sooooo dam cool
!!
I want one!!!
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:41 am
by nogwuy
awesome dude, cant wait to see its progress! (let me know if you need a hand changing gearbox oil etc
!)
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:10 am
by tegwin
Bit of progress on this...Picked up the engine last week....its a very shing 1999 Kawasaki ZX9R straight 4 with 6 speed gearbox...
All I have to do now is weld up a frame for it and get a propshaft made...hmm...
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:01 pm
by tegwin
Another update...
Wide angle of doom!
The engine is now sitting in the chassis whilst I fabricate the brackets...
Think the brakes need some cleaning!
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:12 pm
by Silky V
WOW! Looks like your having fun!
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 3:19 am
by Tim_GTi
Looking good mate! Keep us updated
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:33 pm
by LiverpoloGTi
Wow that looks like so much fun, would love to have the time, money and space to do somehting like this.
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:37 pm
by tegwin
would love to have the time, money and space to do somehting like this.
So would I!!!!
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 4:20 pm
by Tigz
Im sure thats going to be a lot of fun, but my God theres going to be much work before hand!
Cool project though!