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[minimk1]

picture of my 99p tie bars, brand new never fitted, they were for a project that he sold bargiiiiiiinnnnn 

 

Edited by minimk1, 02 September 2013 - 10:07 PM.

[Archived4]

They're £30 normally!! What a bargain!

[minimk1]

i know i placed a bid of £4.50 just incase they ended and nobody bid so i won them for 99p, i have missed many things for 99p, cosmic alloy wheels,twin carbs and a remote gearbox selector, speaking of which i have won that for £25 thanks to my dad and it is on its way along with two new lower arm pins and nuts and also a 650 peice bolt kit ohh i love mr posty

[Archived4]

Haha, I got a 5l tub of paint in the post today When do you reckon it'll be a rolling shell?

[minimk1]

pretty sooon i plan to get the underneath painted within the next month and will be building up my subframes as soon as there back from the powder coaters which should be next week and then the bad boy  shall roll!!

Edited by minimk1, 03 September 2013 - 02:18 PM.

[minimk1]

so im doing abit of weight saving on my mini to try to compensate for the heavy roll cage i have put in here are the weights so far

 

kerb weight

 Mk 3 Saloon Mini 1000cc (Manual Transmission): 638 kg

 

added weight so far ( + )

 

roll cage + 35kg                         

roll cage plates + 2kg

roll cage bolts + 0.5 kg 

mk1 door hinge a pannel plates + 0.5 kg

 

but then to save weight ( - )

 

converted mk1 doors from 16kg to 6kg each 

 

doors - 20kg

flywheel - 5kg

Bonnet Hook Safety Catch - 0.051 kg

no rear bumper - 1.650 kg

no dash Bottom Rail Cover Mk3 - 0.413 kg

no Parcel Shelf Card - 0.721 kg

no Rear Companion Bins - 1.8 kg 
no Rear Companion Bin Trims - 0.2 kg

no Rear Seat Cushion - 2.225 kg

 

 

 

 

 

 

also i plan to change all the glass to perspex or similar except the front windscreen does anyone know how much weight this will save, im trying to loose weight off the car without being to radical, as long as it is lighter than standard then i am happy  also im making a chart of the weight of my car and the things i remove 

Edited by minimk1, 03 September 2013 - 05:07 PM.

[Archived4]

I think a rear opening window with perspex weighs 1.1kg and a glass opening rear window is 2.5kg. So you could probably use that as a base calculation to work out the others.

[minimk1]

thanks yeah ill work something out  , dad just put the rubbish in the bin and nearly threw out the 650 piece nut and bolt set i had ordered  lets say i wouldn't have been happy, so far roughly i worked out that my kerb weight would be around 615kg ideally i would like it under 600 with 60 bhp so should go alright the standard weight was around 638kg so I'm in a loss already but I'm not finished yet  do you know how much they weigh on there own as i am going to run them fixed in place 

Edited by minimk1, 03 September 2013 - 08:28 PM.

[minimk1]

got my cocacola tin for my lottery funds ! 

 

 

also went to pound land today for some tool box separators for my 650 piece bolt set 

 

[Archived4]

Tidy bits pile. I think the chrome frame is only about 150g per side. And 100bhp ish per ton isn't bad! Should keep up with a few hot hatches

[minimk1]

yeah should do !!! show the pimped out corsa"s a thing or too

[elpedro]

Great thread keep up the good work

[minimk1]

Great thread keep up the good work

thanks , ill have to push myself with when i go out to do my car now as i am doing my a levels i will have to make sure i have set times/days where i can do my car as i only have a year left now !

[minimk1]

so i have finished bolting in one side of the roll cage completely now and i can safely say i am not looking foward to the other side as drilling through 4mm"s of metal takes its time especially as you have to pilot drill it then go up and size and then up a size again !! o well so i am going to leace that side for about an hour as i think i will go insane drilling out another 11 holes so i shall start to lighten my rear numberplate holder ! such fun 

 

 

all the welding heat took my loverly stone chip off   not that it matters as i have another 4 litres of the stuff to throw onto the bottom.

[minimk1]

so i have just lightened my mk1 rear number plate holder from 500g down to 240g so over half the weight saved i know it may seem petty but when you combine this with other lighter parts then it all makes a difference also forgot to put pictures up of the remote gear selector my dad won for me and its ridiculously short gar stick haha and also forgot to mention that my dads mini is 100% completed and is going in for its mot soon!!! 

 

 

 

 

 

the holes still need to be finished so take no notice to the unfinished edges

Edited by minimk1, 07 September 2013 - 10:18 PM.