Anyone got a saxo-busa?

[VTRlaa]

Being into old mini's I found out about a company in the north east called Z cars Ltd - they convert small cars into fire breathing sheep in wolfs clothing type cars such as the old minis and funnily enough the saxo by ripping out the standard engines, and half the back of the car and plonking either a 2 Litre honda VTEC lump or even better a suzuki hyabusa motorbike engine. Wondered if anyone here has one? is thinking of one? or knows someone who has one?

link:
http://www.zcars.org.uk/saxo/index.htm

[OLLYVTS]

I dont think anyone has on here from z-cars.

Have you had a look at the videos on youtube?

[Predator_R32]

the conversion is too expensive probablies explains why nobody has one or there re a very few that dont come on here etc

[VTRlaa]

yeah cost looks to be about £6k without the engine?! So, take one saxo VTR say £1500, one build kit from z cars £6000, and a hybusa engine turbo poss £2-2500, thats £10,000 to create a 400 BHP, 0-60 in 3 secs road legal car.

To me that sounds worth it - if you had 10,000 to spend of course

[smiith]

aye it is rather expensive so you wont see one around here im afraid.

looks like fun though :P

[mikey362vtr]

was thinking of gettin one of the minis done but decided it wouldnt be a mini with out the a-series plus theres loads u can do with the a series. i wouldnt want to drive a z-car everyday lol

[VTRlaa]

No defo not an everyday car, would have thought it be very easy to find yourself in someones bumper driving in traffic. You wouldnt have a boot or rear seats either. But still its an idea for the future

[mikey362vtr]

yeah would be nice as a track car, im opting for a turbo on mine once its sprayed and finished building my 1380. what done/ got planned for yours??

[VTRlaa]

for the mini? or saxo?

[craigy_87]

also seen this on the site

Reverse system available for £340 + vat

[mikey362vtr]

ment the mini but both lol

[VTRlaa]

The mini, just the usual stage 1 intake/exhaust, ported head, SW5 cam, Hi-los and a big twin DTM exhaust nothing major like a turbo! Saxo is staying as it is because I dont think Im allowed to modify it as its on a finance agreement. Might want to put some black oz wheels on it though anyway. that a standard mayfair you got?

[VTRlaa]

also seen this on the site

ha ha yeah you have to pay that little extra just to go backwards

[mikey362vtr]

the mayfair, its not standard by along way lol, at the moment its stage 1 kitted, sw5 cam and stage 3 headed. but its all stripped out at the mo ready for its re-spray in tartan red with a black roof. got a set of black revo's to go over the re-furbed mg turbo calipers. and the saxo well i need a new exhaust coz its meltin the back bumper lol and other than that nowt much at the mo

[OLLYVTS]

I would love to have that rwd saxo which is powered by the type r engine.hmmm

[VTRlaa]

Still 1 litre? or you got a 1275 in it? or is that the 1380 you were on about?

[VTRlaa]

I would love to have that rwd saxo which is powered by the type r engine.hmmm

Imagine the burnouts - and the noise!! and the confusion you'd cause to those drug-dealer subaru types

[mikey362vtr]

still a 1ltr at the moment, the 1380 is still in the process of being built to take the turbo.

imagin trying to drift with the short wheel base lol

[craig180]

Friend of mine had a 1420 mini turbo prepped by Z cars. Went like stink the first time he took it out until his bonnet flipped open at 70ish

[mikey362vtr]

lol can imagin he would have shat himself lol

theres a vid on youtube of a z-cars hybusa mini against corvett at a drag strip some where the mini just destroys it quality vid lol

[kial]

what about a reverse gear? how would you go about that? starter motor?

[shooorn94]

in the latest PFC there is a Cossie engined 106 that is pushing out a monster 400bhp, and that has reverse, plus rear seats and a boot ;)

Cant be bothered to search for it so take a look at the september issue of PFC.:y:

[nazz1]

theres an old mini around here with a type-r engine in

it flies,

most of the work was done by himself too, real sense of achievement when you do it yourself

[djrem]

Theres a mini with a cosworth lump near us
The thing wheelies. its insane.

[craig180]

theres an old mini around here with a type-r engine in

it flies,

most of the work was done by himself too, real sense of achievement when you do it yourself

Popular conversion now. MiniWorld do a full subframe conversion kit to bolt straight in!

[VTRlaa]

saw a turbo'd 3 litre 300ZX engine mini in minimag few months ago - thye engine was even in the front. So much modified that it just wasnt really a mini any more

[mikey362vtr]

see as much as id love a z-car unless its got the A-series engine its not a mini

[tobomoto]

i found out about a z-cars saxo conversion a while ago. for 15k they will do a type r conversion with a supercharger, putting out about 400 bhp without any internal mods and also able to take a 150 shot of nitrous. new pants every drive, i think.

[HardcoreSax]

As far as I know Z-Cars have only built one bike engined Saxo or at least they designed and built part of a kit for JMA, and I think they built at least one bike engined grass track 106.

I'm building a Zcars Vtec engined Saxo at the moment, and as far as I know its the second of three. First was for Swatspeed, then mine and they've just about finished a 106.

Link to my build thread on SSC: http://www.saxosportsclub.com/ForumsPro/viewtopic/t=19474.html

[Jonalong]

none of the pics work on that thread?

[Giggz]

Same would be nice to see some pics of the progress.

[Sophia_Bush]

bike engine with a turbo

[hutchiee]

That kind of power in a saxo, which we all know has the safety aspects of a prawn cracker. :wacko: