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 Post subject: MEVabusa
PostPosted: March 3, 2012, 3:32 am 
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5 wheels, 2 seats, 1 purpose, pure adrenaline. Coming soon, the ultimate MEV kit car, the MEVABUSA. Suzuki Hayabusa powered for the ultimate in performance!!! 180BHP, 398kgs and on sale at the Stoneleigh Kit Car Show in the UK - May 2012.



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 Post subject: Re: MEVabusa
PostPosted: March 7, 2012, 8:14 pm 
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Going to have a functional roll bar that won't kill the occupants like the At-om will?


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 Post subject: Re: MEVabusa
PostPosted: March 22, 2012, 9:42 pm 
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sonic7 wrote:
5 wheels, 2 seats, 1 purpose, pure adrenaline. Coming soon, the ultimate MEV kit car, the MEVABUSA. Suzuki Hayabusa powered for the ultimate in performance!!! 180BHP, 398kgs and on sale at the Stoneleigh Kit Car Show in the UK - May 2012.



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 Post subject: Re: MEVabusa
PostPosted: March 23, 2012, 9:55 am 
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I'm guessing here, but 4 wheels + steering wheel.


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 Post subject: Re: MEVabusa
PostPosted: March 23, 2012, 1:07 pm 
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dilbert wrote:
I'm guessing here, but 4 wheels + steering wheel.


That works... Or four "on the ground" and a spare... Who knows?!?!?!? :mrgreen:

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 Post subject: Re: MEVabusa
PostPosted: May 7, 2012, 2:20 am 
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Stoneleigh 2012 Kit Car Show (UK) - First Pictures of the New MEVabusa :D

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 Post subject: Re: MEVabusa
PostPosted: May 7, 2012, 8:23 pm 
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Yep same useless roll bar with nothing to support the legs,I can see the feet getting punched down and the "style" bar pivoting off the rear braces and right into your head.


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PostPosted: May 17, 2012, 12:13 pm 
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I think you're wrong, you're not going to bend that roll bar in a hurry, it's nothing like the unbraced Sonic roll bar for example.

Which is a shame cause I like the Sonic (but not this one).


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 Post subject: Re: MEVabusa
PostPosted: May 18, 2012, 6:42 pm 
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At 1st glance I thought the side tubes tied into providing vertical support,one of the rear views shows its inboard of the tubes and supported inboard of the main frame rail on a thin pc of rectangular stock along with one small weld to the top rail which is completely unbraced where they cross).I wouldn't volunteer to test it out,I don't mind being wrong btw cuase I'm wrong lots but even I wouldn't build that.


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 Post subject: Re: MEVabusa
PostPosted: May 18, 2012, 11:54 pm 
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I wouldn't want to flip a Sonic and I wouldn't even get into an Atomic but this one looks safe enough even with it's lack of central support .. I don't like this 'signature' roll bar overall though.


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