Technical new build

[OllieC123]

okay i got it. If i can get hold of a T jet lump that'd be a good place to start i have experience in the motor trade but whenever a job gets to the intreresting stage, it gets sent away to specialists :/

 

[Liquid Knight]

Do you have a platform yet?

Three or five door would the first place to start. A five door will have more weight over the back wheels so depending on your engine choice this may be better for chassis dynamics. If you're sticking to low capacity a heavy five door my not be ideal.

Good luck getting a T-jet for less than £1,000 with the loom and ancillaries you'll need to get it running.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ENGINE-1-...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3a8a3e3b7d

Depending on your budget a complete donor car would be ideal as you can sell off the parts you don't use to recover some of the initial investment.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIAT-GRAN...4486023?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4adcf2e607

Apart from being unique, what do you want the car to do exactly? Racing, trackdays, rallying, just posing?

 

[fingers99]

The Punto GT would certainly be a cheaper starting point -- it's an extremely tough old boot of an engine -- but will be getting very old by now. EFI is olde school Bosch. Many have been boogered about with by spotty oiks.

 

[Liquid Knight]

under the hood its gotta be mint! obviously its gotta look reasonable though.

The GenII 128 engine in my Punto takes performance 128 and X1/9 cam's. It was one of the first things I looked into.

 

[blu73]

the GT engine is not to be sniffed at at all. Seen many making a reliable 230-250bhp and even right upto 300+ which is mental for a 1.4 8v engine really.

But if you did that the only reason to do it would be cause you have a really really really clean mk1 shell, otherwise just get a GT and go through it with a fine tooth comb and sort everything out.