Hello all!

**CptKaos** · 25-09-2014 05:08 PM

Gday people,

My name is Alex, I'm 48 years young, and I'm soon to start a kit car build.
My driveline of choice is the B18C7 and S80 with LSD. Due to having to conform to a whole bunch of ADR regs, I'll have to use a fair bit of the donor car wrt fuelling and emission etc, so will probably be asking some rather unusual questions, so please bare with me.
And forgive me now for what I'm about to do to a AUDM ITR, but trust me, it'll be worth it in the end.

Peace
Alex

**EKVTIR-T** · 25-09-2014 06:09 PM

welcome mate

what kind of kitcar is it?

dont worry about sacrificing an ITR,theres thousands of trashed ones on the roads anyway

**CptKaos** · 25-09-2014 06:49 PM

Cheers mate, yea I've noticed there's quite a few roughies about, but that's ok, the bits I need will be rebuilt anyway.

I'm getting a Sylva J15, currently wrapped in bubble wrap in the UK waiting to be picked up, I'm just a bit excited...

**carayan** · 25-09-2014 11:55 PM

any reason to pick the b18 over a k20 out of an ep3 or equiv?

**CptKaos** · 26-09-2014 07:25 AM

The B and H series are the only engines I can find that sit on the left hand side of the car, with the exhaust facing forward.
This will give me the best weight distribution, unfortunately the H is a bit big and from all reports about 50kg heavier for the complete drivetrain.
Finished car should be in the 550-580kg range so thats a fair chunk.
Everything else has the motor on the right and inlet facing forward on most, so yea, mostly want to use a B for packaging reasons.