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I will consider packaging a little more as I don't want to make this project harder than is need to be. I'll keep it quite with the Brits. I hate to see what happens when they find out what happened to their Minis, Astons, Jaguars and Rovers.

Red Baron, I will call Dennis. Thank you for the info. Holly cow your car must scream. John H

I would like to meet some Seven owners at the Dragon but I would have to drive something other than a seven since I don't own one yet. Would that be okay? I have been searching the web for a couple of days for information about the various options to building a Sevenish car. I found this site on a link page but I don't remember where. If I do remember I will post the address here. Thanks, John

That article is pretty cool and a $2,500 outlay is also pretty cool. But I question that I could do it that cheap and end up with a nice car. I would like to get away with spending under $4,000 but I am afraid I might not possess all the skills necessary to keep cost down. The Honda VTEC engine seems ideal. What are your thoughts so far. Any reason for moving away from the VTEC and to a Miata-based car next time around? Is it because you can use more of the Miata in teh build keeping the donor parts search to a minimum and still having true spart car parts? Thanks, John

As I said in my initial post my thoughts were to use a Ford 1.6 LTR because it fit the theme of LTW and inexpensive. The 2.5 LTR BMW came in to play because I have one in a crate sitting next to the drink fridge in my garage and to be honest my wife wants to know what I plan to do with it. But over the weekend my nephew and his wife came up pregnent and I will probabply give them my GMC Safari so they have a car big enough to carry kid stuff. In return I will probably take her beat up 98 Escort. I have not looked at the car but I know it has a four cylinder and I fuigure it probably has a 1.6 or 1.8. So now I could be back to the Ford engine. Unfortunatly her car has an automatic so I will need to find a tranny. I like this plan better because I want the car to be as lite and nimble as possible. I assume I will be able to use more parts off the Escort. I'm really getting excited about this. Jerry I will be emailing you today so we can talk. Thank you everyone for the responses, John

I'm new to the forum and I made here.:cheers: John H

I just registered here and want to say hello. I currently own a 1995 BMW M3, 1988 BMW 325ic and 1976 BMW 2002. I don't own a 7 style car but I am doing the research now to determine the path I want to take in obtaining one. I hope to be here often to correspond with some of you. And I hope some of the members will share their experience of build and ownership with me. I will say to date I am leaning towards buying a kit and building one. The engine choice in another thing. I was thinking a Ford 1.6 LTR would be cheap and easy to get. But I have a BMW 2.5 LTR already sitting on a crate in the garage that would not take much work to get running. Have any of the members here installed a BMW engine in a Seven? Thank you, John