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Old 16th September 2013, 02:41 PM
Davidbolam Davidbolam is offline
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Originally Posted by jason 82 View Post
Just bought a bonnet, scuttle & nose cone from Gillham online. They appear to be a really good company, with good principles after offering exchange kits to nts customers. I will keep you all posted on the quality & quality of fitment. I may just make everything else myself now, ally side panels, rear tub & grp arches to keep the build cost down a bit. Just need to make sure my 1.8 mx5 lump clears the bonnet now.
The 1.8 lump should fit. The main problem is the height of the inlet manifold on the 1.6 engine.

David
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Build cost.... seems to be spending more on tools than car bits at the moment! (they will be handy in the future though).
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