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A Megablade is a Westfield 2 seater sportscar powered by a Honda CBR900RR Fireblade motorcycle engine. Westfield produce kits styled after the Lotus 7 originally designed by Colin Chapman.
The finished article should weigh in at less than 500kg with about 130bhp pushing it along. And an 11,000 rpm redline means it should sound pretty good too.
My current car, the Mitsubishi Evo VII, is awesome, and goes very well on track. Trouble is it weighs in at over 1500kg, and the laws of physics dictate that no matter how well it handles a lighter car will be more nimble round the corners. Which is where it counts to have fun. The weight also means it eats tyres and brakes, making trackdays pretty expensive. And then there's the risk of dinging it ...
I considered a few options. I've always fancied building a kitcar. Caterhams are great but a bit overpriced and I simply couldn't justify the cost for a 'toy' car. The Wesfield was the next step down, and had the advantage of offering a full kit, meaning no grubbing round scrapyards or fabricating bits. I could have saved money by going the Locost route, but didn't want that much of a challenge!
Which engine to use was the next decision. As an ex-biker it was a bit of a no brainer. So I decided on the Westfield Megablade and started looking for an engine. My brother Andy knew a breaker from a few years ago and within a week or so a '92 Fireblade engine had my name on it.
Build Diary: Engine | Collecting the kit | Chassis [1] | Chassis [2] | Body
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