| A few years ago, a friend and I decided to try making our own sports car, following the book "How to build your own sports car for £250" by Ron Champion. The type of car is generally called a Locost (low-cost, geddit?) and we christened ours "T7". Needless to say, it cost a bit more than £250, however it was great fun to make and drive! During the time it's been on the road, I've taken a fair few photos of the car, that you can see below... |
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More pictures further down...
In its first incarnation, the car was powered by a Ford 1.6 engine that came out of our donor car, a Mk2 Escort. This served well, including a trip to watch a couple of WRC stages in Germany, and to perform a few laps of the Nurburgring, however on the way home it started to get a bit smokey, and we ended up replacing it with a Toyota 4AGE engine. This is a more modern and more powerful design, but of course, required a fair few changes. These included:
new gearbox
new propshaft
custom bellhousing
re-wiring the engine bay, including finding a home for the ECU
re-plumbing the cooling system
new 2-pump fuel system, including new high pressure hoses
You're probably asking why we didn't do that in the first place. To which
I'd reply "yes, quite"...
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More recently, Steve replaced the rusty steel floor with a nice lightweight and corrosion free aluminium one. Pictures below...
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