Seven - The magic number

 So - decision made. If you read my earlier posts it shouldn't be a huge surprise, but I have spoken to MK again and have ended up ordering one of their RX 5 kits basically complete from the factory. If you are interested in the same thing, start here..... So - reasons for my choice Money - it works out at about half what my spend was previously looking at. It's a bit more than the base kit price shown there as I have added a few options: Nice Wheels (like the ones on the white car in the picture rather than the standard ones off the donor car) A few things to make fitting the turbo at a later date easier and to save having to replace almost new bits, including: upgraded radiator with intercooler, shortened sump with oil return, strengthened diff. MK are going to strip a donor car for me - saves me having a broken car on the drive which my neighbours would not be happy with Upgraded billet pedal box and better harnesses Floor and copper brake and fuel lines already installed fo...

  So - a short one today. For transparency - I have had to have a bit of a rethink. When I first looked at starting this, you will remember I shelved it because the Caterham costs were way too much. Over the last few days I have done the numbers on the Raptor a load of times and come to the realisation that again, it was coming out much too high. It was basically going to eat a lot of savings for a while and that's not something I was comfortable with - it's not all about me! (To be clear - that's not Raptor's fault, I was basically just overreaching myself). So - I have cancelled my order with Raptor - Andy was awesome about it and really understanding, and I really appreciate it. I'm a bit gutted - and in the future I DEFINITELY want to go back to Raptor and have a scottish made car with a really (read crazily) powerful engine so I will be keeping a really close eye on their progress.  I'm also super interested in the V8 kit they are developing - go take a loo...