MadaboutKitcars

Hello all,

I have a few questions about car vs bike engined kits if anyone can offer some advice. Ideally from anyone who has owned/driven both car and bike caterham style kits.

I will explain my position. I am planning on purchasing my first kit car, but want to try to make the right decision. I know it will be a caterham style replica like an MK. However I can not decide to go for a bike engine or car engined kit.

1) What has been your experience with a bike engine and car engine, any problems or extra maintenance that a car engined kit would not require?

2) Have you ever driven a kit with a car engine or bike engine, what have been your comparisons of the two types?

3) What has your experience been with no roof or weather proofing?

4) How easy are bike engined car to drive on the road, parking, speed humps, etc?

5) Any other advice you have in helping me to make my decisions between car or bike engine will be helpful thanks?

Thank-you very much

Kitfresh2009

Hi,
I have an exi and my brother recently sold his bike engined striker.

I drove the striker and it was fast.

Bike Engine + points:-

Sound great, quick throttle response, sequential gearboxes are great , lightweight engine = faster car


Bike Engine - points:-

Noisey for long periods of time, vibration can be annoying after 1 hr, difficult to live with as a daily driver, but great fun as an occasional car.

Rich

your need to keep her under 500kg with a bike engine or will be slow. as above will vibrate may have to watch for frame harmonicks with bike engine go for a big twin bag's of torque.