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That was probably the weakest "hurricane" that I was in. How did everyone else fair? We lost power for about 5mins in PG county maryland, other than that just a lot of wind and leaves in my yard as well as a jar full of 4.5" of rain water.

Any pictures? Your two links don't work correctly.

Car looks good. Love the color scheme you picked. How come you didn't go with the 3.90 Subaru diff (very easy to replace compared to the Sierra diff)? Also are those 15in wheels?

It is a whole lotta car. I like it and the only thing I would change would probably be the engine to a Duratec motor. $28-$33K is too my for me but it will be interesting.

No affiliation, surfing and found on Ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MODERN-VERSION-LOTUS-7-/290595052762?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item43a8d09cda#ht_1596wt_1167

Such a good price for this...if I wasn't in the process of planning a basement renovation, I would be all over this.

Is this your dyno run?

I remember watching videos of this car. If only I had the extra money.

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/11/caterham-announces-race-based-supersport/

The miatabusa is a good concept but I don't see it working very well.

I've seen that site before. If I was getting a Miata then I would put a V8 in it.

How heavy was it? I figured it would be cheaper since those cars are plentiful. I guess it is nice that I'm not married yet.

Not a bad idea.

Interesting...I wonder if they could do that for the Megabusa. It would be awesome if I could get the Miata kit from Westfield (I know Miata's like the back of my hand) and use the Hayabusa engine in it. :devil: I know it adds up but to explain to the GF why I want to spend that kind of money upfront would be hard to justify. Spending it over time isn't an issue though. I look forward to it.

This isn't very reassuring especially since I am going to track this vehicle for most of the year. Definitely a plus in my book. Why talk to the local dealers first? Definitely a plus. It is hard to justify $20k to the girlfriend for a toy. It was a little worse but definitely good information. Thanks for your time and help.

After a busy year for me and my girlfriend, it seems like I might be in the possible position to finally purchase a BEC powered 7. I have only two requirements for this vehicle. It must have a full approved rollcage and it must be able to accept the hayabusa engine. After looking at all the makers and their kits available, I can't come to a conclusion to which one would be the most reasonable customer service and parts wise (I would like parts readily available just in case). The kits I've look at so far are as followed: -Westfield Megabusa -MK Indy "R" (uses Miata running gear) -MNR I was wondering if any one had any pros and cons of each they could provide. Thanks in advance! Geran from MD

I would have loved to talk to both of them but we had a couple issues with the car I was crewing for (blew the motor during qualifying) so I was busy with that.

Also saw this car there as well... http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Carisma84/cars/6e0483fa.jpg I didn't get his name or get to talk to him.

Michael, I saw you at Hyperfest yesterday. Car looked good on track. Also saw another Lotus 7/replica as well but didn't see where he parked to ask him about his car. Do you know who it was? ~Geran

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Sexy!

Sent you a PM.

Good point! That would be a little weird. HAHA! I agree.

Too funny...I currently have one of his pictures as my desktop background. This one: http://www.hanksmegabusa.com/images/032710/08.jpg