Stuart Walker
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| posted on 5/7/04 at 05:25 PM |
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A Good Deal?
Hi, I'm new to this whole thing so if anyone could advise me on this would be much appreciated!
Went down to MAC#1 in Sheffield at the weekend, they had a Locost (1.3 X-Flow, 4-Speed, Minilites, Professionally welded Chassis) for sale at £2500,
its about £200 - 300 and a little work away from passing its SVA. Just wondered if its a good deal? Also, what will the performance be like in its
current state?
I'm only 19 so the idea was to tidy it up, run it like this for a year or so, then put a Fireblade in it  .
Cheers,
Stu
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 5/7/04 at 05:32 PM |
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without seeing the car it dont seem too OTT, get haggleing though, your rite about the fireblade bit, sooner the better............
what does it need to finish ?
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Stuart Walker
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| posted on 5/7/04 at 05:38 PM |
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Ok might be worth a drive at least, thanks.
It needs just stuff like SVA bonnet catches, all that sharp edges crap, about 2db too loud, cant remember so it cant be important!
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JoelP
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| posted on 5/7/04 at 10:10 PM |
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to get an idea of how quick it will be, work out the bhp per tonne, and compare it to other cars on the road. Then add in the superglue handling
(aided by the minilites) to make it a bit quicker and more fun. is the 1.3 xflow about 60bhp? that makes aroung 130bhp/tonne, which is around a mondeo
v6 sort of figure (170 horses in a 1300kg car). thats a ballpark figure of course...
fireblade whips it up to about 280ish bhp/tonne, which beats an M3 easily.
Beware! Bourettes is binfectious.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 6/7/04 at 07:55 AM |
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And don't forget that this car appears to have a similar spec to the ones they use in the Locost racing series.
You'll find it faster than most thing's you've driven so far, it'll FEEL far faster than anything else, and it'll corner
better than almost anything else you've travelled in!
rgds,
David
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Stuart Walker
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| posted on 6/7/04 at 05:05 PM |
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Thanks a lot everyone, hopefully it will be mine by the weekend!
"And don't forget that this car appears to have a similar spec to the ones they use in the Locost racing series. "
-- That'll be because it was built for it, just never used. Racing Car
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kingr
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| posted on 7/7/04 at 11:33 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
is the 1.3 xflow about 60bhp? that makes aroung 130bhp/tonne
Only if the car weighs 460Kgs, which with a nice iron engine and gearbox, is pretty unlikely to say the least. 100Bhp/ton is probably more likely,
which puts it directly on a par with my Polo 16v - hardly the last word in performance (10sec 0-60).
The crux of this is - stick another engine in it. A 1600 x-flow would give a healthy performance leap (90ish BHP as standard giving around 150Bhp/ton)
and should be a dead easy swap.
Kingr
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Peteff
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| posted on 7/7/04 at 01:27 PM |
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A friend of mine just bought an unfinished project on ebay, got the running gear and a chassis plus 1300 crossflow and box for £430. Doesn't
look a bad deal. edit:- Sorry it's a 2 ltr twin cam with a spare prop, spare front hubs and aluminium for bodywork. Nice alloy wheels as
well.
[Edited on 7/7/04 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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