XUD powered kit car

[Xud Missile]

Following on from my intro thread and requests for pics here's my project:

It's an MK Indy, I started building it in 2004 and got it on the road with a ford pinto engine and twin webbers. I think it was making about 130-140bhp, and in a car that weighs the square root of naff all, it could scare the arse off me.

After having it on the road a couple of years I went for an engine swap to a straight six. Somehow I managed to make it fit but due to losing too much pedal space and loads of other problems I took the lot out and sold the bits on. I started to get more and more interested in diesels, especially mechanical injection. Going back to a 4 pot is great in terms of engine bay space! So easy to work on.

I'm going to run a bare interior which doesn't matter if it gets soaked (out with the cobra leather seats, in with fibreglass ones) I'm going to use it all year round in all weathers. Rear diff is a sierra 3.62 LSD. Something I plan on doing down the line is changing to a BMW diff with a better ratio to suit the XUD. Also change from 17 to 15" wheels.











Starting the first engine mount (using land rover rubbers)



Ran out of time to do any more today, should get the second mount and gearbox mount made next time I'm up there. Then engine and box out again to sort out the tunnel (it was made bigger for the straight six, I'll be able to return it to standard now)


Couldn't resist doing a turbo access comparison




I've seen the sticky in this section about bypassing the heater. As I have no windscreen and no need for a heater, will I be able to work around this? If it means keeping a heater matrix then I can put it in the top of the passenger footwell. I'm sure i've got more XUD questions, I'll post them up when I've had a think