84 replies to this topic

[northern_monkey]

The guy with a TT engine in his Lupo is Richard from Venom Motorsport, he lives just up the road and is a mate of a mate.

I wouldnt say it handled badly, even with the weight of the engine up front, but traction is a problem. He's supposed to be building something even more special this year.

[grey54321]

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah go for it . . .

Would be good to see how the project goes !



Cheers
Dan

[1 litre screamer]

Have you weighed the car since you modded it? 400kg sounds extremely light to me! Just interested to know how realistic a figure it is. Cheers.

I had the car on scales to set the corner weights around a month ago, it weighed 503kg, it really is stripped to a bare shell with just rolling gear!

I hope i can get to 400kg, that is my target so i wont stop until i get there!! The ali engine does help but the heavy gearbox then counter acts it. Once the chassis is cut out and the spaceframe fitted i'll get it back on the scale to see how close i am to 400.

Thanks for all of the replies guys, i'll keep you updated but i wont congest your site with it.

Daz

[1 litre screamer]

I have just collected the new engine, kawasaki ZX12R, looks very clean on the outside so i just hope its as good on the inside! I really hope all of my drawings and plans are correct and this will fit in the car without huge problems, time will telll i suppose!!

[R1minimagic]

Looks like a wicked project, but i will be amazed if you can get it down to 400Kg!!!

Has it got a cage in it?

[1 litre screamer]

Looks like a wicked project, but i will be amazed if you can get it down to 400Kg!!!

Has it got a cage in it?

400kg is my target, i wont sleep until i get it there!! its got an OMP cage in there which will be highly moddified and used as part of the spaceframe for the new rear end assembly.

[Mincento]

hey daz glad you clicked on my link as youve probably already noticed theres loads of the bike engined cars about on here to help and i get to follow the progress on here as well as club lupo

good luck mate and ignore anyone who tells you to take it off the site theres many foreign engines on here in different cars so the lupo should fit right in with the minis

wayne

[paulrockliffe]

I had the car on scales to set the corner weights around a month ago, it weighed 503kg

OK, coolio, sounds a bit more realistic now! Good luck with it and keep us updated.

[retrodan]

i quite like the look of these lupo thingy's!!!! with bike engine in should be pretty cool!!! good luck, still kick ur arse in me mini though!!!!

[1 litre screamer]

i quite like the look of these lupo thingy's!!!! with bike engine in should be pretty cool!!! good luck, still kick ur arse in me mini though!!!!

hehehe, sounds like a gauntlet been thrown to the ground! I'll be saving it's aggression for the trackdays, the roads will only get the daily drive to work and the occassional blast to beat the idiots in impreza's, no offence to the sensible impreza drivers.

[Mincento]

Update taken from club lupo so daz doesnt have to

A quick update, things have started to take shape this weekend, the VW engine is out along with lots other little pieces. The plastic windows have arrived and weigh next to nothing which is very good! The next task is to seal the front end from the weather so i have some kind of dry area for the fuel tank.










A day of hard work has left the lupo as a bare shell, everything is off and the car is now ready to start having the cutter thrown into it!
Its so nice working on new cars,everything unfastens so easily. To the people that have changed the pedal box with the dash in I doff my cap, what a sod that must have been to do, it was hard enough with no dash.

just a few of the pictures from todays events!





and the part weve all been waiting for

The day has come, after 2 grinders and over 35 cutting discs the back end of the car is finally out.
Now its time to start welding new tubes in to make the space frame for the engine and new suspension assembly.









In a few of the pictures you can see a red sheet, this is where the bulkhead will be fitted, making the car alot smaller in the front but hopefully keeping some of the noise down.




enjoy

Wayne

[biggav]

Fur Canal!!!!!!!! good luck

[ryan69]

Nice.. I really think I'm going to get a Lupo GTi (one day), but with all the toys I've seen them for £8k.

Good luck with this project, could really scare some guys out on the track

['Schooee']

This is going to be good when finished! Yer i'm thinking of gettin the lupo gti next aswel! I think only 500 were brought into the country tho :'( i want a black 1 with euro wheels! hehe

[ryan69]

Yeah something like 500, they really should have brought over a few more.

I think I'm going buy the one round the corner from me, (black gti, leather interior, mint condition - although now someone has lopped the drivers side mirror casing off, nutter drivers eh!)