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[F1 Mini]

Or Black

[Alburglar]

EVO 6 rally red paint and the white wheels!
That'd be sexy as hell.
Or BRG and the black wheels
Have you thought about paint yet?

[lewis]

what the hell! thats huge for a mini. the white ones look nice. Are you trying for 350bhp plus?

[F1 Mini]

Paint have 2 choices Candy Apple Red, or That lovly Porsche Metalic blue (similar to the Escort Cossy Blue)

Horses was going to be the 320 BHP at the wheels Holeshot kit, but Now have Motec ECU and Garret T28 roller bearing turbo, so may have Holeshot do the engine upgrades instead (pistons rods bigger studs etc). Horse power will be nearer 400 bhp now.

Ps I think I got carried away with the sunroof....

[F1 Mini]

OOPS thats blown it..... Anybody got some glue....

[F1 Mini]

Now it's time to streach the roof, it needs to be 2 1/2" longer and about 5/8" wider, so it has to be cut into 6 pieces so all the pillars line up again. Thats tomorrows job of the day.

[F1 Mini]

So that's what it will look like.

[Woody]

I have seen this done once , the bloke that did it used 2 roofs and cut each half slightly bigger so there was no need for filler strips and so only one seam instead of 2 (less distortion)
but he said if he did it again he would just tack the panels together and use filler to smooth it out and then take a mould of it in fiberglass , then cut out the steel roof panel and replace it with a nice lightweight fiberglass or carbonfiber or kevlar panel .

[F1 Mini]

Now don't give me any more Ideas........ Carbon roof HHUMMMM

[shaun of the Tamar Valley]

looks sweet
when do u plan to have it finshed?

[Dom]

i like the black wheels, how big 14"?

[lewis]

400 bhp, thats ging to be some power!! with the roof being cut up etc isnt the bodywork gona lose strength through this?

[F1 Mini]

Not when the body is attached to a full Tube chassis made from T45, I don't mean a roll cage, I mean a full chassis with the body mounted on it. Thats why the floor has been removed, as it will be a flat ally floor riveted to the chassis, and I'm going to shorten the boot as there will be a large defuser.

[F1 Mini]

Went to Houser racing today, he's the bloke that builds the ASCAR chassis. Went with a mate who needed some bits for his Barracuda, but i ended up buying some road legal Slick's. Aparently they are softest road tyre you can buy, my god they feel sticky to the touch. Mind you not cheap but no surprise there....
They will be the tryes for any speed trails etc

[lewis]

when you finished you trying the 1/4 minle? what do you want outa it