My shock was how long it takes to fettle everything. Its soul destroying taking things off and on a hundred times to make sure everything fits properly. Making a chassis was easy and quick compared to other jobs.
I did mine as a true self build. Aluminum panels, my own exhaust and inlet manifolds, my own dash, wiring, engine choice etc. I'd never do it again. Its just a lot of work to design something from scratch. I'd buy as much as I could on my next build.
Oh and use an engine someone else has done before. As far as I know I'm the only guy with a RS2000 16V engine and I've no one to ask for advice
