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Already had a pair! They helped but its still one hell of a noise when you sneeze on the loud pedal!

Yeah should be there or there abouts once I take all the tools out Managed 500+ miles in it on the Wales trip and despite an oil leak, dodgy wipers and instability at 60mph on the bumpy country roads its all good! Just need to decide what to do about the exhausts....my ears are still ringing this morning! Thanks just need to refurb them and decide if I keep the blue or go a different colour. I kinda like the contrast though

Big thanks again to Richy and Jackie for organising this yet again! Despite using around 6 litres of oil, the car still plodded on and made it home on its own! Got a few things to spanner check and sort out but its all still in one piece for now! Looking forward to next weekend and hopefully in another years time I'll not have any fears of it suddenly breaking down

1x Beef & Ale Pie 1x Lasagne 2x Profiteroles Please and thank you!

Indeed, up from 113bhp and 96lb-ft and can already feel it with a basic map. Yeah 164bhp from factory....20 years ago lol. Never did a side by side so no clue if it was already down 50bhp or not. Eitherway, easily more to come as it was very restricted towards the top end, most likely from the thrown together intake manifold. If I decide to head back on to individual throttle bodies and get them done right, I should be looking closer to 200bhp. But for now, this gets me going and I can ease into the new found power...but more importantly, double the torque

As some of you may have already seen, the Mazda Zero V6 made it to a rolling road session in a dash to get it ready for the Annual Wales trip. Well, in short, after a variety of issues and numerous bodges, it now works! And supposedly on all 6 cylinders this time! Anyway, here is the video of one of the runs: And if you have a bit more time, watch the video theDuck put together for his YouTube Channel! The important bit....the results: 156bhp 188lb-ft Its not astronomical nor the end product however its a starting point for me to stick some mileage on the car. It also allows me to make the most of the remaining summer with a healthy list of winter mods to do as funds rebuild and takes away the pressure of having a sizeable paperweight in the garage. I'll be looking to update my blog with more info soon however even that has fallen very far behind.... Onwards to summer.....or whats left at least!

Solid plan, more people makes pushing my car easier!

I believe kit cars still fall under the under/over 1549cc tax bracket as they don't have Co2 g/km figures. https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables/rates-for-cars-and-light-goods-vehicles-registered-before-1-march-2001

Simplify it down to a hypothetical scenario, lets pretend its a Registered Zero that the chassis has rusted away on. You can all GBS and get a brand new, like for like replacement chassis to swap as per the link Duck has posted: "A rebuilt vehicle can keep its original registration number if you can prove you’ve used: a new chassis or monocoque bodyshell of the same specification as the original (car or light van)" This would not need an IVA. However, if you were to approach Westfield Sportscars for a new chassis, and rebuild it using that, then yes, it would need an IVA with the Zero as a single vehicle donor and hence an age related plate would be awarded after IVA. Now back to your situation, can you prove the new 2b chassis is brand new and unused? Any receipts from Robin Hood etc? But then who would check them.....? Equally for consideration as suggested, is just buying a new car with insurance money if that route has been used for the damage. Personally I'd go with the 2b chassis.....

To be fair, "cheap" and "done right" aren't mutually exclusive. If you play it right, and have patience, you can still pick up decent stuff cheaply or put that extra effort in yourself to save £££. Equally, ff you choose a well trodden path, you will find most the issues have already been ironed out and you can get away with "simply bolting on" as these bolt ons have been proven to work. I know my 20 year old driveline will happily sustain my V6, despite being bolted to a car with half the power and torque #japoverengineering. So I didn't need to do any maths. Furthermore, I know my old MX5 engine I could bolt on a specific turbo etc, drop in a specific ECU and associated map and I'm off to a good start. Bolt on kit basically with a bit of fine tuning. And it would have cost less than my V6 swap - however this is what I wanted, the concept was proven and so are further modifications to up the power again if I so desire - as this is also proven. Point is, speak to those who have done what you want and there is no shame in following them, like I said, plenty of people will share their experiences, saving you the cost or effort of finding it yourself. If your aim is to reach 200bhp with as little spent as possible on your pinto, theDuck is your man End of the day you put your money where you want it and I think we can all agree these cars make us happy and we will irresponsibly throw more and more money at them for the exact same result - a bloody huge grin! Our threshold and routes for that result are different.

I'll follow you then Jez.....maybe... still 50/50 til next weekend lol. Love the last minute i do!

Cheap and easy - turbo Expensive and hard - engine swap. Ask me how I know lol

Yeah I won't be ready by 10am lol, maybe Sunday...I will try venture out then and break something else......

Just read that hybrids are going to be exempt....so basically every car will get an F1 style KERS button suddenly this electrickery stuff doesn't sound so bad!

Sounds like the basis for many projects! How hard can it be?! What could go wrong?! Lol, crack on I say!

Anyone else for Carvery? I'm going to pig out at 6ish

Children will be put to work on giant hamster wheels. This not only produces electricity but also reduces childhood obesity. Win-win, no?

Thats all I see GBS doing. Flat floor, load of batteries, either a motor through a gearbox so conventional rear end or just motor in the rear and batteries filling the engine bay. Not £2million worth of work needed

True, task a private enterprise, they aim to hike profits, government tax said company. No cost but all the money! How many times have you electrocuted yourself Richard? lol. I've done that more than I've doused myself in petrol and caught fire haha. There already is, Westfield/Potenza Sports cars made an electric version a good 6/7 years ago and also in collaboration with Warwick University, made a hybrid too back in 2010: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/mediacentre/wmgnews/?newsItem=094d43cd295b02f701298d2008965d6f GBS are way behind the times lol. Shame neither really took off though, hence I feel this is going to be more a publicity stunt for GBS rather than added kit line up....

Far too many questions and lack of detail. Who pays for homecharging? It is part of the car purchase or will then become standard equipment in houses? What about the places without a parking space, or street parking is the only option and highly contested? What are the government going to do about the infrastructure? To me, its a ridiculous statement. None of those in power in government are likely to still be there when 2040 comes around so who cares about detail? Kit market/amateur build will be killed off when amateur builders burn their house down or fry themselves playing with electric vehicles. There's a reason JLR send you on a EV awareness course before you're even allowed within 5 metres of one! lol

I've not got enough space in the car lol

I'll be there....one way or another....

You'll be ok with me, the AA van can only tow those narrow lanes at an average of 5mph

The test drive will seal a deal that is already made lol, the question comes down to how much ££££ do you want to put into it? Either route, new or used, will result in a lot of man hours, but those are free hours, its the cost of getting the parts and having a professional refurb on items for that new reg. Honest question though - what is it that attracts you to the new reg? The reg number or the new engine? For me when I started my build 4 years ago, the Zetec crate engine was about 700 quid. That didn't involve a gearbox or ECU. Got my MX5 for 750, ragged it around for 3 months then took it apart and broke even (including tax/insurance) whilst keeping all the bits I needed for the Zero. How much does the Ford donor pack and engine and ECU etc cost? No brainer for me tbh, espeically now seeing an old new zetec engine is £1070!! Can buy 4 MX5 engines for that and rebuild them! They're basically disposable but never break lol.

My honest advice....New plate will cost more and you have to meet a lot more criteria for that fabled new reg, which of course GBS can help with but as many find, this comes at a cost. Using a donor vehicle you get pretty much all the major parts you need, can break even/make profit selling unneeded bits and by getting a donor you can verify everything works already by ragging an MX5 through some country lanes for a month or two beforehand. You equally get to know the parts well by cleaning them up and giving them a refresh with a lick of paint. Plus, none of this grey area with a refurbished part (not collection of). Any refurb then is done at your own desire and if needed (hint, MX5 engines are bulletproof, mine had 120k on it and still took a thrashing and wanted more) Plus, MX5 and parts are generally cheaper/easier to find than Ford nowadays. (Felt there was a lack of support for the donor route in this thread lol) To summarise, new will be more expensive but reduces elbow grease, donor will be cheaper but requires more of your time. And the cost difference is well into 4 figures. Don't think that means less quality though, that's down to you lol