Hi - I'm thinking of building a Aries Motorsport Locoblade, but the access I have to the garage is limited. Therefore it would be much appreciated if someone out there could advise me of the maximum width this particular BEC is.

Also how much knowledge do you require to build one of these kits, as I have no knowledge of bike engines?

Any other advise would be greatly received!

i happily stripped and built mine in a single attached garage.

had to push it outside occasionally but no real problem for me

mine in the garage prior to painting



back car

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widest point without the rear wings if i remember right is 1050 (ish). Its not a big car at all.

As Ben will testify, mine isn't the largest garage but I managed.

Come on now Richard you can at least go and measure the car

If you can resist the natural temptation to put it on wheels at day 2 of the build (Day 1 being putting he floor on), then you can build the whole car 2 feet narrower untill the final days where you bolt on the suspension, wheels and wings the fit the lights.
A' la moi

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Originally posted by 001Ben
Come on now Richard you can at least go and measure the car

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Speak to Steve @ Aries, he'll give you all the info you need

top guy too.
cant recommend highly enough. he even tackled my vindicator!

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Originally posted by ReMan
If you can resist the natural temptation to put it on wheels at day 2 of the build (Day 1 being putting he floor on), then you can build the whole car 2 feet narrower untill the final days where you bolt on the suspension, wheels and wings the fit the lights.
A' la moi

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Originally posted by nick205
Sound advice indeed, but in practice it's really very very difficult to resist getting it on it's wheels ASAP, climbing aboard and making engine noises (usually on your own)

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Originally posted by cd.thomson

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Originally posted by nick205
Sound advice indeed, but in practice it's really very very difficult to resist getting it on it's wheels ASAP, climbing aboard and making engine noises (usually on your own)

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Dad caught me doing that on sunday.. now im only allowed in the garage if the doors open or hes in there too

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Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated.



How easy is it to build one of these, as I have no knowledge of bike engines? Hopefully I can tackle the machanical side of things, but only time will tell!

You can do it - most start with little or no experience and succeed.

Also, I've not seen a problem yet that can't be solved or removed with help from this forum

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Originally posted by nick205
Sound advice indeed, but in practice it's really very very difficult to resist getting it on it's wheels ASAP, climbing aboard and making engine noises (usually on your own)

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Dad caught me doing that on sunday.. now im only allowed in the garage if the doors open or hes in there too

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I'm currently building a locoblade in a single garage it's cosey but not too bad.
I built a nice trestle on wheels out of 2" box, it lets me wheel it about and outside if I need more space. Like others have said leave the wheels off and on trestles as long as possible I'm finding it hard to do right now as all I want to do is get the wheels on and get it on the ground !!!
Talk to Steve at aries very helpful and friendly bloke. There's nothing stopping you now go for it !!!