Jag D-type from a MX5 ?

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:58 am

Anyone read this months Evo about the Westie that is based on the MX5 platform? 7K for kit and ~1k for the donor.
Last few lines mentioned that they shouild / could make a Westfield XI type classic on this platform with the power upgrades available from BBR.

http://www.westfield-sportscars.co.uk/c ... news_id=10

Imagine if they got the rights to reproduce the D type and put it on this platform for similar price ...

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:17 am

Hmm, D types... There is already a replica knocking about:

http://www.realm-eng.freeserve.co.uk

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:22 am

Pah no massive rear fin

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:26 am

Click on the D-Type link and stop looking at the XKSS

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:27 am

Post by **Shug** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:47 am

Sanjoy - don't be a muppet...

A D Type with a wheezy 1.8l 4 pot? I think you'd be rightly hung!

The D Type that Rich is talking about is how to do it - Jag mechanicals and a proppa straight 6 engine (related to the one in the original) Anything else would be rediculous....

The XI, on the other hand, would be a blinding idea

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:52 am

Think you hit the nail on the head, Jag mechanicals or Jap ? BBR offer 170bhp SC conversion. Granted you are then spending a wedge on a shed.

Post by **Shug** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:19 pm

Sanjoy wrote:Think you hit the nail on the head, Jag mechanicals or Jap ? BBR offer 170bhp SC conversion. Granted you are then spending a wedge on a shed.

You have no soul.......

BTW, the originals had 250bhp and a live axle - 170 for an undoubtedly heavier rep (GRP & a steel spaceframe is gotta be heavier than the original alloy monocoque) with a whiney, soulless jap lump is like having an MR2 "Ferrari" - silly

Jag mechanical bits can be pretty sturdy - it's the bodies and comedy electrics that let them down.