New trackday toy more added ---FINISHED! 13th July

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:35 pm

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!

bbspolo · Post by **bbspolo** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:44 pm

o how cool is that !!!

What a track day tool!
If u dont mind me asking how much did it set u back!

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:35 pm

Thats awseme mate!!! would also like to know about the price

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:06 pm

What you see there cost me just over 1.5k....the engine was Â£700...I recon I will need to spend another 8-Â£900 on it to bring it up to the high standard I expect...

But even at just over Â£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

chrisgti6n2 · Post by **chrisgti6n2** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:29 pm

Always wondered what a go kart on steroids would look like

Luke'sGti · Post by **Luke'sGti** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:17 am

ha ha superb purchase - I bet you'll have loads of fun with that.

Dee-vub · Post by **Dee-vub** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 3:50 pm

Aw that is sooooo dam cool

!!

I want one!!!

nogwuy · Post by **nogwuy** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:41 am

awesome dude, cant wait to see its progress! (let me know if you need a hand changing gearbox oil etc

!)

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:10 am

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...

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:01 pm

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!

Silky V · Post by **Silky V** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:12 pm

WOW! Looks like your having fun!

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Thu May 01, 2008 3:19 am

Looking good mate! Keep us updated

LiverpoloGTi · Post by **LiverpoloGTi** » Thu May 01, 2008 1:33 pm

Wow that looks like so much fun, would love to have the time, money and space to do somehting like this.

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Thu May 01, 2008 1:37 pm

would love to have the time, money and space to do somehting like this.

So would I!!!!

Tigz · Post by **Tigz** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:20 pm

Im sure thats going to be a lot of fun, but my God theres going to be much work before hand!

Cool project though!