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[sonikk4]

Nice fab work Tupers, how about either a stainless steel grille or a blacked out mesh grille??

[grahama]

It was all going so well Tuppers, till the square headlights appeared, lol !!! Each to thier own I suppose, but I will reserve the right to change my mind when you have them in and it looks cool !!!

Graham

[_mini1000_]

really like the look of the quad headlights! very mean looking :)
will you be painting the headlight surrounds body colour?

[Tupers]

Nice fab work Tupers, how about either a stainless steel grille or a blacked out mesh grille??

I quite like the idea of something like this.

really like the look of the quad headlights! very mean looking :)
will you be painting the headlight surrounds body colour?

They'll be body colour what ever that ends up being or maybe one of those new chrome spray finishes.

[sonikk4]

I think that would be a good look and different as well. It may take a bit of forming to get right but should look cool especially in body colour.

[benjy_18]

big fan of the headlights tupers!

deffinitly not keen on the ronals though, lets be honest, how good would this look on split slotmags???

[Tupers]

I've a actually been making some enquiries into getting a Rostyle centre put into a 6x10 hoop allowing me to pick the perfect offset for the car.

That said I am still rather attached to my 5x10 magnesium wheels.

[Tupers]

My sort of shinny Maestro plenum turned up today. It'll need a bit of modification but I think it should look good on the back of a throttle body.

[Tupers]

Another day at the grind stone, I got the plenum bolted up to my inlet manifold and used the centre of a HIF44 to stand in for the throttle body.


Then I decided I needed a mock up engine in the car to check fitment of a few things. This is where working at a Mini specialist comes in handy.


With the engine lifted in it seems I should be fine with the new plenum.


I also lent a Metro radiator in, this wont be the exact type I'm using but it'll do for now.


After nailing a few pieces of wood together as an impromptu mount I got the SC sat fairly close to where it'll end up.




The inlet to the plenum will need a little working to clear the clutch master cylinder but that's no problem.


The belt set-up should be fairly simple as well, the pulley nailed to the wood represents where the alternator will sit.


Ground clearance is one thing I'll be lacking, that's a AA battery.

[JustSteve]

Tupers, I am following your work, but never have anything to say! I think your work's great, although I'm not a fan of those ronal wheels... as you say, they make the side look as flat a s a pancake!

I'm not sure on the headlights either, but I'm sure they will look better in paint


Anyway, just wanted to say, keep it up!




Edit: is there any chance you would be able to measure the ground clearance from floorpan/gearbox/front panel.

I've got no front panel to measure from and I have an idea.. but that's a secret

Edited by JustSteve, 17 May 2012 - 06:07 PM.

[Tupers]

Thanks Steve I'll get those measurements for you tomorrow, I hope your super secret front panel idea isn't the same as mine.

[JustSteve]

Oh oh! Judging from what I've read from you in other posts, I think we may be building pretty much the same car! Give us a clue.. What're you thinking?

[grahama]

The lights are growing on me, but not yet convinced !!

Right, what on earth is a plenum ??? Looks fab but just don't understand lol !!!

Graham

[benjy_18]

Just another word or an airbox graham, they do however differ slightly as they are usually for pieced induction use

Tupers, have you looked at the plenum to see if you nee to add a restrictive ring? I'm sure I read some of the guys on TM having problems with plenums without restrictor rings, unless your not using a carb and running some kind of throttle body? In which case, ignore me completely

[Tupers]

Oh oh! Judging from what I've read from you in other posts, I think we may be building pretty much the same car! Give us a clue.. What're you thinking?

I'm thinking of something a little like this.

The lights are growing on me, but not yet convinced !!

Right, what on earth is a plenum ??? Looks fab but just don't understand lol !!!

Don't doubt the lights they're amazing. A plenum is basically something that holds air at a positive pressure, in this case the high pressure air from my charger.

Tupers, have you looked at the plenum to see if you nee to add a restrictive ring? I'm sure I read some of the guys on TM having problems with plenums without restrictor rings, unless your not using a carb and running some kind of throttle body? In which case, ignore me completely

If I can stop blowing my wages at the start of every month I'll be running the Specialist Components 5 port engine management set-up, because I'm a tart.