Drafting the order

12th-22nd August 2007

After spending 100's of hours trawling through websites, talking to Petolheads and talking to Sue at Tiger Racing I was getting close to what I wanted. The next job was to create the bill of parts.

I drafted the breakdown of parts, some of which were higher spec options, and Sue priced it up for me. It was a staggering £10k for 3/4 of a kit!!! I had a chat with her and was advised that was the most expensive way of building a kitcar. I was advised to buy either a 'Major Kit' or a 'Full Kit' to get better value for money, but I didn't want a load of standard parts I didn't want. Likewise I didn't want to buy all the parts from Tiger Racing when I could source alot of parts elsewhere for less money.

With a couple of iterations and a few 'upgrades' I agreed on a 'Major Kit' with and all-aluminium radiator, powder coated suspension and chassis, poly bushes, Zetec option, Short Sump, Remanufactured Diff & Halfshafts, Electronic Speedo and a heated screen. This came in at a staggering £7k and I still need a few extra parts, engine, gearbox and fuelling & management!