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[paul190181]

Looking good Paul

Whats up with the coilovers then? are they not playing ball?

HI mate , yeah the coilovers wernt playing ball but what i realised was on the minitec site they run the coilovers upside down , so turned them over and their working fine now ,

[Kam]

So does that make them overcoils now rather than coilovers?

Ignore me

[paul190181]

Had a spare few hours earlier so done a little more , fitted the new throttle bodie fixed the alternator properly and fited the coilovers .

[ZKruly87]

absolutely gorgeous build. Let me know how the wiring goes

[Keoman]

So does that make them overcoils now rather than coilovers?

Ignore me

Haha They are now "coilunders"

paul! you give me hope man. Great work.

WHAT KIND OF SHOCKS DID YOU USE??

~keo

[paul190181]

So does that make them overcoils now rather than coilovers?

Ignore me

Haha They are now "coilunders"

paul! you give me hope man. Great work.

WHAT KIND OF SHOCKS DID YOU USE??

~keo

Hi they were gaz shocks .

[paul190181]

Made a little more progress today got the mini on the wheels drive shafts in etc . now need to sort the gear linkage and a few hoses , then the job i keep puting off the dreaded wiring .

[Jamie_hail]

Sat at my kitchen table reading your build thread on my iPhone, with small pictures and everything, it's really worried me and has made it evident how much work I still have to do! Oh good god!

Kam, my engine is hoseless atm, will need your help roughly the end of october, me being a noob and all that!

Back to the Op - this is a truly gorgeous car, would kill for mine to look even half as good as this! Will keep up to date on this! Given me a lot of motivatiom to get mine done!
Three bikers, and three vtec minis... I like you guys!

[MR-SKIMMED]

Just read the thread through, loving the build...any updates?

[crazirob]

Am i right in saying that if you get the inlet cut and shut that you dont need bulk head mods ???


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[Kam]

Am i right in saying that if you get the inlet cut and shut that you dont need bulk head mods ???

Basically yes, the aftermarket inlet that Paul is using has runners that are alot straighter than say the original honda one in which the outer two runners taper which makes it alot more harder work to cut n shut so you need someone who's good at what they do, the guy Paul used has done a fantastic job, really neat and professional work

Thing is, you need to work out how much of an angle you need when you got the engine in there on whatever frame your using, get the angle right then yep no bulkhead mods

[crazirob]

B....e.....a.....utiful !!!!! cheers kam, your like a honda/mini encyclopedia

[Kam]

Not really, I'm just jumping in to save Paul typing it as he's probably busy watching Emmerdale or something

[TheOriginalMiniator]

Kam - ive scanned through all the pages, but its not jumping out at me as to which aftermarket inlet he's using. can you enlighten me?

Any more updates by the way - frustrating that theres nothing since september, dying to see how its progressing!!!

[Kam]

If you look at the top picture on page 8 you can see its an Edelbrock victor X he's got