A few people have asked me how much the conversion cost. Although I have not watched every penny I can have a reasonable stab at costs.
First the good side:
| Item | Cost |
| XFlow Engine & all ancilliaries | £900 |
| Exhaust Manifold for Xflow/Striker | £50 |
| £950 |
Oh dear... here it comes....
| Area | Item | Cost | Source | Notes |
| Engine | Engine Package | £1,400 | Bike Scrappie | |
| Engine mounting bolts | £10 | Bike dealer | ||
| Voltage Regulator | £30 | Bike Scrappie | ||
| Starter Relay | £10 | Local Bike Scrappie | ||
| Engine mount rubbers | £15 | Local Car shop | Approx | |
| Xmission | Reverse box | £400 | Eurotech | |
| Propshafts | £164 | Bailey Morris | ||
| Prop drive plate & cog | £70 | DT/Fisher | Approx | |
| Rubber mat for reverser mounting | £2 | Kitcar Show | ||
| Rod ends for gear linkage | £15 | Rodend Specialist | for two! | |
| Cooling | Aluminium extension pipes | £8 | Local Metal stockists | Approx |
| Rubber bends | £10 | Local Car shop | Approx | |
| Header tank | £5 | Local car scrappie | Astra | |
| Inlet | Air filter | £35 | Burtons | |
| Carb rubbers | £10 | Bike dealer | Hold Air filter baseplate to carbs | |
| Exhaust | Gas, MIG wire, Brazing rods | £100 | Local Metal stockists | Approx |
| U-Clamp | £3 | Local Car shop | ||
| Cables | Choke cable | £12 | Kitcar Show | 3 bought till I got a good one! |
| Throttle cable | £6 | Local Bike shop | Bike cables - I bust one so this is for two | |
| Clutch Cable | £8 | Local Car shop | Escort mk3 I think | |
| Other Mods | Aeroscreen - plastic and Ali surround | £25 | Cambridge Plastics & Local Metal stockists | Plastic was £15 |
| Steering Rack Gaitors | £6 | Local Car shop | ||
| Seat Adjustment - Ali Box | £8 | Local Metal stockists | ||
| Electrical | Wire/crimps/sockets/sleeving/tie wraps | £60 | CPC and Vehicle Wiring products | Rewired whole car with separate looms |
| New Indicators | £8 | Local car scrappie | For two | |
| Revcounter | £110 | Burtons | Eliot Clubman | |
| New display bulb | £2 | Kitcar Show | ||
| Bodywork | Paints for bonnet | £50 | Discount Auto Parts, Cambridge | |
| General | Metal for engine mounts, chassis mods and other brackets | £100 | Local Metal stockists | Mild steel: strip, boxes, angle Aluminium strip and angle |
| Aluminium sheet for dash/tunnel cover etc | £20 | Local Metal stockists | ||
| Leathercloth | £8 | |||
| Nuts, bolts, washers | £15 | Total guess | ||
| Consumables | Sandpaper, grinding disks, drill bits, cellulose thinners, filler, stopper, putty, engine degreasant, latex gloves, tape | £60 | Total guess | |
| Fibreglass and resin | £8 | Local Boatyard | ||
| £2,793 |
So the cost of the conversion is about..... £1843
Call it £2000 and you wont be far off as I've probably forgot some bits.....