clubstylus

Looks like a great day. Lots of lovely photos too...

Thanks guys, that sounds very sensible. I like the idea of upgradability...one of the things that attracts me to the Duratec is the availability of 'bits' for it, not to mention the ~£700 price tag for a recon engine. The 4A-GE looks like a nice little mill as well...and at €1600 it isn't overly pri...

I thought that might be the case ;) The reason i'm asking such general questions is because I'm trying to get to grips with the basics of this stuff first... Right now I'm in no position to build a Stylus anyway...I have neither the space, nor the money - just as well cos i'm totally clueless about ...

You do lose some of the exhaust howl though, compared with true straight pipes. Good point on the exhaust though, hadn't thought of that :) Did have a casual look at the Murtaya (Scooby based), but the Stylus is a much nices looking thing. Those of you who've tuned your engines, what does it do to t...

That's another thing that appeals to me about a turbo engined car...you can turn it down when you're just cruising or whatever. What axle are you using? Can you have such a high output engine on a standard axle? The Duratec is lighter though...gah this is complicated! Would love to have an Alfa V6 i...

Thanks for all the replies chaps :) There's a buildup article of that particular Dax on their site...I seem to remember 420hp or something like that! That's probably a power to weight ratio exceeding 600bhp/tonne lol. Wonder what the service interval is on it though :lol: I appreciate the wise words...

Sorry if this may seem an obvious question, but how much power is deemed to be 'enough'? I've been scratching my head about this for a fair while now...can't really figure it out. Just been idley pricing up how much it would cost to build my 'dream car', and i'm a bit stuck when it comes to engine c...

Thanks for that :D 12k for the RT does seem pricy, but i suppose you know you've got pretty much everything you need and that the parts are all in top notch condition, so i guess it's extra piece of mind for during the build then. Would i be right in thinking that this completeness makes the Stylus/...

Hi all, Just making an irritating 'I'm new!!!' post :D Mainly here on a kind of quest for some info at the moment...It's been an ambition of mine for quite a while to build a kit car (the closest i've got is about 1:8th of the size :(), and recently i've been looking into it in a lot more detail, an...