159 replies to this topic

[jim4eva]

crikey mate, that looks great.
a lesser man would have opted for taking it to a breakers
well done!

[AndyMiniMad.]

Cut the arch trims back to just before the bend in the arch and leave it at that. It will look miles better. Nice result overall with the rebuild. great work.

[Artful Dodger]

new sticker

this is the most appropriate sticker i have seen on any mini yet:D good job,

and by the way, when you were spraying the primer to the repairs, you didn't have to mask it up into neat little squares, because you would have to smooth it out so the paint to get a nice Finish, you just needed to maybe mask up the surrounding panels and bright work,
this would have seemed less relevant here because you roller painted yours (many congratulations on the Finish, by the way:D) and the paint was applied thicker, but if it was a pro job you would have seen the squares a mile off;)

Edited by MiniclubmanGT, 22 May 2011 - 01:58 PM.

[Foxy10]

Cheers for the complements guys!!

for the hard to reach bits i used little foam brushes off ebay and yeh i realised about the square thing half way through the project lol

[Foxy10]

phew!! what a day! me and a friend have changed both front wheel bearings and both front ball joints (upper and lower)and no more helicopter noise it all seems to have gone well at the moment!

[Foxy10]

Its been ages since i have updated this so i thought i would let you all know what i have been up to :)
im planning on building a 998 turbo engine with a spec that will hopefully look something like this:
-A+ block, crank and rods (purchased)
-Flat top pistons (purchased)
-Garrett T2 turbo from a renault 5 turbo (purchased)
-Mirage stainless manifold (no bulkhead cutting) (purchased)
-Hif44 (already had just needs a rebuild)
-Metro turbo plenum (purchased)
-S2 cosworth intercooler
-Megajolt
-MPI tank
-Metro turbo fuel regulator
-Standard gearbox (already have) with central pickup and x-pin diff

Probably missed lots off but it gives you an idea. I have never rebuilt an engine on my own before so iv jumped in at the deep end a bit but it should be a good learning exercise. My car is off the road at the moment as im just waiting for some welding to be done on it before i can mot it but it shouldnt be too long before i have it back :) i have missed it lol.
Here are some pictures of the engine stuff







cheers
Iain

Edited by Foxy10, 11 February 2012 - 05:37 PM.

[miniman92]

Looking good matey

[kingbenvolio]

I have just read the entire topic..!
Its a very inspiring project!
Half looking forward to mine rusting away now ;)

[Foxy10]

Cheers :)

very small update
spent tonight cleaning up the block with brake cleaner


not sure if the pictures will do it justice

;)

[Foxy10]

Just thought i would let you know what i have been up to latey.
Mainly been playing with carbon fibre vinyl.







also bought a new drivers seat, still waiting to find a matching passenger one.

and a new steering wheel (just waiting for the boss to come before i can fit it.)


cheers
Iain

Edited by Foxy10, 01 April 2012 - 07:52 PM.

[miniman92]

All the carbon wrap stuff looks ace mate, you've done a really good job with those arches, fancy doing mine lol.

How's the engine coming along?

[Foxy10]

Cheers ash, yeh its come out much better than i thought.

Engine wise, iv not really done much, iv bought a hif44 because i found out the carb that i did have was a hif38. iv fully stripped down my spare engine and you should see the no1 piston that came out. the rings were in pieces and the the slots that the rings sit in were all messed up!

[Foxy10]

Here is a picture of the arches fitted on one side :)

[HarryMini93]

How did you fit the carpets mate

[Foxy10]

Well its really simple once everything is out, they just go straight with the only cutting needed on things like the seatbelt plug holes and seat rails. You might need some adhesive on some parts like the footwell bits :)

In other news i managed to get hold of three 12g295's off ebay for £250!








Thanks
Iain