[pookie]

I was wondering if any one had ventured out and built a Lotus 7 replica? There are tons of ads for them in magazines, but when you start looking at cost, the ones I saw were something like $4995 for the frame and body panels. You have to supply all the other parts, motor, trans, suspension etc. There is another one I saw that uses a Miata as your donor car, wouldn't be bad for the cost of the car, I am sure you can find one that runs for cheap, but the cost of the kit is around $9000. I thought it would be an interesting way to start racing, but $9000 + doesn't sound to good. I did see one on autotrader that had a motorcycle engine as its powerplant. So know were talking what at least 100 hp if it was out of a liter bike, in a 7 style package. That would be cool. Anyways, I was wondering if anyone had any experience or thoughts and if so if they wouldn't mind sharing.

Thanks in advance