what do you ------s think off this?
10-25-2006, 09:17 AM
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Re: what do you ------s think off this?
Uber lightness. ~900lbs(!) all up weight powered by a tweaked ZX12R motor 
I had a 2wd Rover V8 powered one but never finished it. House buying sucks ***
EDIT: it's called a Dax Rush - http://www.daxcars.co.uk/
I had a 2wd Rover V8 powered one but never finished it. House buying sucks ***
EDIT: it's called a Dax Rush - http://www.daxcars.co.uk/
10-25-2006, 11:03 AM
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Re: what do you ------s think off this?
Originally Posted by V8 Dave
Nah, get yourself one of these.
The euro boys have been rocking bike engines in cars since the late 90s. Big craze on the kit car scene over here. We even have a company that will will fit a turbocharged busa engine into a Smart car 
The euro boys have been rocking bike engines in cars since the late 90s. Big craze on the kit car scene over here. We even have a company that will will fit a turbocharged busa engine into a Smart car
10-25-2006, 11:52 AM
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Re: what do you ------s think off this?
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
Correction, it's called a Lotus Seven clone. 900 lbs I'm not buying, maybe 1100.
That car *is* 900lbs in stripped form (without passenger seat or windscreen), as I know the owner (he works for Dax Cars). The whole bike engined cars scene has been obsessed with weight saving since inception. A good friend of mine has a car engined Caterham that he's managed to get down to 1000lbs on the nose with savings still to be made. A full road trim car engined Rush is closer to 1500lbs.
I think the record currently stands at just under 800lbs in a Fireblade powered Caterham, but we're not talking a car with much in the way of *anything* attached to it. bicycle computer for a speedo, Stack dash for revs and all auxiliary instrumentation. One seat, no trim etc.
As for the drive line in them, they're mounted transverse using an adapter for the gearbox to hook up to a normal prop. Power is then fed to a normal 7" Ford Sierra diff (like found under the **** end of a Merkur XR4Ti).
Here's a few pics under the skin http://www.daxcars.co.uk/rush/reviews/index.htm and a quick Google image search shows plenty more from a factory open day, including these
Chassis
Busa turbo install
More Busa turbo
10-25-2006, 12:06 PM
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Re: what do you ------s think off this?
I think I like this better
http://www.zcars.org.uk/videos/winmedia/black.wmv
hyabusa in the back of a mini
http://www.zcars.org.uk/videos/winmedia/black.wmv
hyabusa in the back of a mini
10-25-2006, 12:11 PM
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Re: what do you ------s think off this?
Ya theres a guy who lives across the street from my sis that has a zx 13 motor in a subaru brat (on rims---LOL)..... It sounded crazy as hell leaving his house the first time i heard it... So i walked over to ask what it had in it and laughed my *** off when he told me..... Havent gone for a ride in it yet, but it sounds like it rips... Ill try and remember to go snap some pics of it.....
