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Thread: Any Locost/Lotus 7 owner on here?

  1. 06-23-2009, 01:23 PM #1
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    Default Any Locost/Lotus 7 owner on here?

    Anyone else own or is building a Lotus 7 on here? or I'm I the only one?
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  2. 06-25-2009, 10:54 PM #2
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    I know a guy that built a locost but im not sure if he is on here.
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  3. 06-28-2009, 08:22 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by 91ma70
    I know a guy that built a locost but im not sure if he is on here.
    cool, any spec on what he is building?
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  4. 06-28-2009, 08:34 PM #4
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  5. 06-28-2009, 09:10 PM #5
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    love wish i had the time to put one together, where is a good place to pick up a kit?
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  6. 06-28-2009, 09:21 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by eraser4g63
    love wish i had the time to put one together, where is a good place to pick up a kit?
    A few good places to pick up a kit are:
    Deman Motorsport
    Westfield Miatas
    kineticvehicles.com

    stay away from Coveland.

    or look on ebay, people are selling their projects from a good price and that how i got mine.
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  7. 06-28-2009, 09:49 PM #7
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    What motor do you have in yours? I was thinking about going with a rotary.
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  8. 06-28-2009, 09:55 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by eraser4g63
    What motor do you have in yours? I was thinking about going with a rotary.
    12a rotary with a rx4 4 speed transmission . The rotary engine is one of the best engine for a lotus bc of the power to weight ratio. Some people also you engines from a motorcycle.
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  9. 06-28-2009, 09:59 PM #9
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    I was thinking about a 13bt. How hard is it to put together from a kit and what about getting them registered for street use?
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  10. 06-28-2009, 10:33 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by eraser4g63
    I was thinking about a 13bt. How hard is it to put together from a kit and what about getting them registered for street use?
    It all depends on the kit. For example the Westfield kit uses a miata for donor part. I have not got mine registered yet, but what I read and hear, it pretty easy. In a few weeks I should have mine road legal. Then I will try to make a write up of how to do it.
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  11. 06-28-2009, 10:35 PM #11
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    Thanks man, its something I am looking at doing once my wife and I pay off off her student loans.
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  12. 06-28-2009, 11:05 PM #12
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    You can get a hayabusa for around $2,500.
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