Fine people of RTOC, I find myself in a dilemma.
I sold my old Raider in 2007 to a mate who ran it for a while before taking it off the road to do some stuff to.. It's been sat there ever since.
While it was off the road he had all the kit off, it's been painted (again) from bare shell and is now a rolling chassis with engine out etc. It has had a pair of wings, no rot on it, although it may have been welded in the past. Usual areas are good. Could do with a pair of Jacking points and needs undersealing.
He has accumulated a lot of spare parts including engine, box, dash, doors etc..etc..
Anyway, he is never going to put it back together and has offered it to me, along with all the bits he has bought and accumulated among which are:
Everything from the car before it was removed, minus some bits & pieces but mainly
Complete engine from car, as it was when removed, gearbox, etc.
But he has amassed a large selection of nice goodies and a spare split engine ready for a build:
Split engine ready for
Wossner Pistons
Steel Liners
K Tec stage 3 head
K TecGrille mount I/C
Grp A Carb
Piper 285 Cam & Pulley
etc.
My reckoning is I will need to build the engine the following parts:
Bottom End Gasket Set
Head Gasket Set (Uprated)
Head Bolts
Studs
Nuts
Big End Bearings
Mains
Thrust Washers
Water Pump
Oil Pump
Alloy Rad
Timing Chain
Tensioner
H/O Starter
Plugs
Leads
Dis/Cap
Full Set of Silicone Hoses
Turbo T2/T25
Tubular Manifold
1 Piece Downpipe
Clutch & Cable
Refurb Gearbox
So a rough guesstimate of about £3k in engine parts for potentially something quite special?
Plus I would have to rebuild it from pretty much scratch. It needs a pair of front seats, black carpet and probably various trims, clips, nuts, bolts, washers, etc...
There are some pics of the car on my profile when I had it. It had some nice stuff done to it.
His dad has offered to build the engine for me
I believe he is more than competent at this, so no worries there really. There is also a local race specialist with a dyno cell (engine cell) who can offer a lot of advice on various things.
The problem is when I bought it around 2006 for about £1500 I never bothered hpi checking it and it has since turned out it is on the register from 1992. It's a '90 G plate.
So potentially it could be an awesome car, as said the shell is completely bare at the moment and it's way too good to scrap.
There is over £2.5k's worth of new bits let alone the complete car that is now a jigsaw puzzle plus the boxes and boxes of spares
I really like the idea of it but I feel the project may be too big for me and could spiral out of control and more importantly budget
Thought, idea's & suggestions welcome please
Or if anyone wants to come put it together for me I can supply lots of tea and biccies