Blogs about: Spire Sports Car
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Reverse Gear
This is the new reverse gear. This is another one off item produced by Paul at Spire, it consists of starter/reverse of a Harley Davidson encased in two billet machined alloy end brackets and a steel … more →
Kitcar
Reverse Gear
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kitcar wrote 1 year ago: This is the new reverse gear. This is another one off item produced by Paul at Spire, it consists of … more →
Basic loom
kitcar wrote 1 year ago: A view of the car's base loom The car wiring is in two basic parts , one is for the engine ignit … more →
Final Exhaust parts
kitcar wrote 1 year ago: Exhause for Spire Sports Car The left hand image shows the final elements of the exhaust, the can is … more →
Exhaust time
kitcar wrote 1 year ago: I have decided to have a go at making my own exhaust out of a standard zx12r system. Two reasons cos … more →
Cool Gear
kitcar wrote 1 year ago: This idea was pinched from another GT-R, I have changed it slightly as I have my handbrake just belo … more →
Air scoop
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kitcar wrote 1 year ago: The air scoop, I’ve been looking forward to sorting this, I’ve even bought myself a meta … more →
Front panel
kitcar wrote 1 year ago: Once the front panel is set and aligned I went about hinging it, my solution is two L shaped bracket … more →
power bulge
kitcar wrote 1 year ago: The picture on the left shows the rear section married up to the middle, you can make out the spoile … more →
A bit more bodywork
kitcar wrote 1 year ago: You are looking from the rear to the front at the middle section of bodywork , this is the first pan … more →
1 st Step on the body!
kitcar wrote 1 year ago: I’ve decided to fit the body at this stage as I needed to create the aluminum panels that scoo … more →
Coolant pipe work
kitcar wrote 1 year ago: This is the start of the pipe work, I have kept everything as close to the edge and the engine as po … more →
Front engine mount
kitcar wrote 1 year ago: The picture shows the two front engine mounts. I had tacked in place and gave to an engineering budd … more →
Milestone moment
kitcar wrote 1 year ago: Well having fitted the sump worked out the clutch assembly I couldn’t put it off any longer . … more →
Clutch Conversion
kitcar wrote 1 year ago: This is my version of a hydraulic clutch. I’ve used a willwood actuator which has a rose joint … more →
Men and Motors
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kitcar wrote 1 year ago: This is the engine to be! a Kawasaki ZX12R. It has about 175bhp and not bad torque characteristics a … more →
Sprocketless Engine
kitcar wrote 1 year ago: Very simple, very effective – one of the many things that attracted me to GTR was the fact tha … more →
Sprocket and Hub
kitcar wrote 1 year ago: The top left of the picture is the new hub that replaces the sprocket – the nut and brass wash … more →
