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Old 24 March 2003, 10:18 PM
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Not sure if this is right place to post this question but I'm thinking of doing a kit car next year (a 40th birthday present to myself) and wondered if anyone knows of a scooby-based kit car?

Seems like a perfect combination, 4 wheel drive, 200+bhp, lightweight kit car, should show the Caterham boys a thing or two.
Old 24 March 2003, 10:22 PM
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http://www.adamanda.org/cars/delfino/
Old 24 March 2003, 10:23 PM
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clicky!

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Old 24 March 2003, 10:25 PM
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**** me £39,950 on the road.....may aswell buy a readybuilt "real" supercar

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Old 24 March 2003, 10:27 PM
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Thanks mate. I remember reading about the Delfino in EVO some time back, but something about funding, finance, blah blah blah. £40K seems a bit steep though. Was thinking of spending £5k on a kit and £5k on a stolen/recovered/write-off to act as a donor.

Old 24 March 2003, 10:54 PM
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I know of a guy that is trying to shoehorn the running gear of an Impreza into a Fisher Fury. Speak to Mark Fisher and see what he says - www.fishersportscars.co.uk
I am not sure if he's managed it - he has a dozen projects on the go at once I think.

I seem to remember the main problem is the width of the engine. Kits like caterhams/westfields are very small indeed compared to real fullsize cars and their engine bays quite narrow.
A friend of mine is re-building a cossie turbo westfield and the pipework and intercooler are major problems.

Marc
Old 24 March 2003, 11:01 PM
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Might want to consider kits that use VW engines as donors? There used to be kits around that used Alfa power too, which presumably means boxers.
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Think it was the Minari that used the Alfa Boxer engine.

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