Newbie from Northern Ireland

[byd1380]

Hi All,

Just a brief introduction. I'm 38and live 20 miles outside Belfast, Northern Ireland. I have an interest in anything with wheels, steel road bicycles, mountain bikes, motorbikes and even electric mopeds. I've always had a mad interest in cars and generally can't leave anything alone, usually the weirder the better. I have owned and built various stuff over the years.

1972 MG Midget with Toyota 1600cc 20valve on ITB's

GTM kit car with 1380cc A series split webers

Various minis

Audi S6 2.2 Turbo 350bhp on LPG

Currently have a VW Mk2 Golf with 1.9tdi 250bhp and 375lb/ft

I'm just back from a trip to the Nurbergring and had planned to take the golf, I'm having problem with the turbo so bought a mk1 Mx5, it was a friends car used for lanes rallies autotests etc, scruffy but it completed 1260 miles in 5 days and 8 laps of the Nurburgring without missing a beat.

I was at the Autosport Show at the NEC in January this year and instantly loved the Replicar, so the that's the plan really and just getting information at the minute.  I have a notion for a supercharged one, but will see, I have a set of throttles bodies of a Toyota engine kicking about.

Ivan

[scooby1929]

Great to see somebody else from Northern Ireland. I am an Exocet owner from Bangor and there is also a Rocket owner from Bangor plus I see you are interested in the Replicar. There is a guy in Banbridge who has built and IVA'd one

[R2S]

A replicar has already been built in Northern Ireland see spudmobile build thread page 2 of replicar section.

[casesensitive]

Tim Kerr has an IVA'd Rocket near Bangor, and ecowindman's Exocet and my ST170 with ITBs Rocket are down the M1 a bit.