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[tieclubbyestate]

did you do the whole conversion yourself? if so then i want to meet you and personally shake your hand:D but yeah get some vids up

mmmm that right there is PORN!

[Minibar72]

did you do the whole conversion yourself? if so then i want to meet you and personally shake your hand:D but yeah get some vids up

Yup...all done by me. Time, effort and a little bit of money is all it takes...and a serious amount of hours cruisin' the web to learn stuff and find inspiration!

[Minibar72]

Had the first drive after winther today...and almost had to change underwear
The car is fast! Live video is still a couple of weeks away, but have patience! IT WILL COME...

[danbmini]

You are not mistaken...
From this:


To this:


The next step is in front of me....
Couple of months work, and it will reappear with a vengance

is it possible to see the first pic??

[Minibar72]

You are not mistaken...
From this:


To this:


The next step is in front of me....
Couple of months work, and it will reappear with a vengance

is it possible to see the first pic??

No..it has gone to file-heaven...
But this is how it once looked: Mean back then as weill! Giallofly behind the steering wheel!

[Pitcrew6464]

great project get those vids up!!

[MINI-TURBO]

WOW! that looks awesome!

[Minibar72]

Had the car at the tracks this weekend, to tweak the suspension, and do some testing. Had problems with the FD leading coil messing up at high boost when warm, so it was mostly cruising and short pulls. Managed to outdrive a couple of 911 GT3s on the straight a couple of times...FUN for me, but they was a bit upset...and surprised!
Going to do a Dyno-session tomorrow to figure out the ignition problems (now FC coil) and do a power-test...will post the numbers!
Made some LIVE footage as requested, but it looks a bit lame because of the problems we encountered, combined with slicks and cold tarmac... The car is faster than the video makes it look, but you get an idea:

VIDEO:

[minidream94]

WOW that thing is truely amazing id love to have a go in that is it a road car and track car or just track car?

[Minibar72]

WOW that thing is truely amazing id love to have a go in that is it a road car and track car or just track car?

Just a track car...used on the roads at special occations!

Had the car on the Dyno today, found the ignition-bug, tweaked the ECU a bit and made some pulls...
RESULT: 365 bhp and 417 Nm measured at the wheels!!!! That'll do....

[oli8925]

God this thing is magic. Need more video's and if possible a fairly in depth build thread. I'd love to know how it's all put together.

You should also post it on RetroRides, would probs get quite a bit of attention on there and there's a guy doing a 12a powered Viva HB in New Zealand too.

[Minibar72]

Got a video from the Dyno-session for those who are interested...
Didn't get the final and best pull, but U get the picture...:egrin:

[Perkomate]

Long time visitor, but few posts... Located in Norway
The car was until may 2009 a turboed A-series, but after yet another breakdown, I started this conversion.
One of the ideas behind it is cost. It is a budget-build, and TOTAL convertion is about 6K.
The engine is from a RX-7 FD 1995. Originally a twin-turbo engine, but now singel-turboed.
Water/methanol injected for cooling, MS injected, and "some" custom sollutions. Hopefully it will turn out about 300bhp, but my engine-guy wants to fuel it with E85 ( 85% alcohol 15% petrol) and don't think he can make it to run less than 350-370bhp...Time will tell.
Prop-shaft is custom-made, and will cope with upto 1000bhp, and the gearbox is covered by a kevlar-mat...both is dragracing-spec for safety.
Rear axel is from a Volvo, suspension is Spax coilovers, and it is all connected with 4link and panhard from a Ford RS2000, suspended in the roll-cage...sort of space framed. Rear brakes are a combo of BMW and Audi.
Front subframe are still Mini, but modified to suspend the engine. Front suspension is also Spax.
Everything, apart from ECU, water-injection and turbo-parts are things U might find at your local breaker, to keep the cost down.
The bulge in the bonnet IS nessecary to cover everything! We will use 2010 to sort out everything, and make it work,
and the plan for the 2011 season is to modify the intake and lower all the aux, so that a smaller bonnet can be used.
Again...BUDGET!
The car is not done, so the finnish is not great, but we'll have it up and running soon.
Track-ready-deadline is set to april...

how did you do the rear subframe? I'm thinking of doing the rotary swap except with the Renesis outta the RX8 and into a Mini Van.

[Wuldo]

i want that sooooooo bad
but my lottery ticket hasnt come up these part 2 night so i'll have to wait for something like this haha

[greenlaner1]

these are going on top of my katy perry pictures

I love it, massive credit to you sir!

GL1