check the fuses

Me and a mate have got a buggy on the drawing boards using the engine + drivetrain from the reliant robin and front suspension/stearing from a mini. The engine is same as fitted in a mini, 850cc 40Bhp and only 50Kg,s the entire car should weigh bout 150Kg's which means a power to weight ratio of 266bhp/ton, with a person in its still 175bhp/ton and thats runing a standard engine. A VX2200 Turbo is bout 250bhp/ton :). If it gets off the ground it should be fun.

but it would be different ;)

Probably better off with a bike engine, car engines are way too bulky for a 1 man kart.

Will have to see, main problem is carriage charges as no other means of transport :(

gona have a few words with a m8, as he was looking into something like this too & can get alu-box tubes to make a chassis & frame for next-to-nothin!

I might be converting mine to a 1.4 soon, will have a 1.2 8v going spare if you want it ;) for that Kart

my bad, couldnt remember either 200 or 250!

yeah scrapped mine, it was a bit feked! Gearbox was only thing worth keepin from it (wasn't broke) and the alternator & starter went to adam as they were still ok aswell!

still have the ECU & enine loom tho, duno why I kept them :look:

I was debating making adam an offer on his old engine & have a mad blast at making some mental-powered go-kart, but tbh don't think I can be arsed :lol: I really need to get some work done on my corsa!

[Edited on 01-04-2004 by PaulW]

Its £200 Paul. Did you scrap your old one?

Havce a word with Adam-D off here, he's got his old 1.4 8v engine with all bitties for sale for around £250 i think, not much of an increase in performance, but should keep insurance down and be quite cheap & easy enough to swap over!

[Edited on 01-04-2004 by PaulW]

yeah i'm very interested

also any further help :$

who you with drunkenfool?

£1300 on a 1 litre?! Id shop around mate! Im paying £650 on a 1.4 SRi @ 19 with 2yrs NCD.

ttt please

:p

yeh please mate...

jamie_k_84@hotmail.com if you could please

so is it the throttle baskstop screw or gearbox mounted speed sensor

mine did that, it was the gearbox mounted speed sensor. piece off piss to fit, have pics if u need them! get the part from vaux, bout £40 inc VAT

it was serviced and had a few new bits, starter engine battery back breaks etc...

current milage is about 52k

tomas sounds good to me but what do i do lol? anywhere i could get a little more info about this?

Thanks

J

What did you pay £250 for?

adjust the throttle backstop screw. You'll need a small torx bit and need to take the inlet off but its all just torx and real easy. Cured my low revs - mine kept dropping EVERY time i'd come off the gas and go so low that it nearly stalled!

what's the millage on your current engine?

prob just a dodgy ICV or something i dunno :|?

i'd be looking at somewhere in the region of £500 for a 1.2 engine thats down around 50k... that includes fitting.

i have almost had enough of my bloody car...!

i've had it about 2 months and i wanna torch it lol!

took it to a service centre and they just charged me £250
to put right what they could but its still fooked!

wasn't too bad but the rev counter keeps going down, then it stalls
this happened when i was doing 20 mph coming to the lights and it just dies

its a 1.0 T-reg and it did have a crash some time before i got it
i think its damaged the engine but i can't really say cos i dunno

should i just bung a new engine in it? what would fit in it?

i'm 19 and my insurance is already £1300 on a 1.0 so i'm guessing
that a 2.0 might not be the best idea for insurance?

maybe a 1.2 or a 1.4?

what sort of price might i be expecting?

J