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[johny:)]

Ok so the good news is my new gear box is LSD i can see strate through the hole thanks Kam for that web site link.
The bad news is that my engine has to come back out grrrrrr i just put it back in and did all the boalts up tight this time its all good tho because it should be worth it two wheels spinning now just 1 i have been told that it should help with torque steer and cornering and thats what this car is all about so it should be a nice upgrade

No pin going through the diff so its lsd i have also took a few piks of how my altinator sits in the engine bay its a standerd honda altinator on a mini tec bracket no modifications just choped abit more of the body away

Sorry for the crap photo this is from the side i dont have a belt yet as i need a 3 ribed pully wich i will pinch of the b18

one from the top

and one from the side
I now need a b16a1 map sensor to get the engine running correctly should have one of them soon i have also been told i need tha altinator runnig as the ecu piks up a signal from it so hopefully it should all be running sweet soon

[johny:)]

I have been trying to upload the video of my car running cant seem to get it up on hear hear is a link of my car running



sorry it is a poor video i will make a better one next time its running i was to exited and forgot my camra so i had to use my phone instead

[Kam]

Cracking work mate, its nice to read its been started up but even better to actually see it

Getting that loom done was a nice move

[johny:)]

just a quick video of my mini running this one is much better than the last i will get a good update soon as i have now bout a full carbon fiber front end and will be removing the engine for the new gear box soon time to crack on

[johny:)]

And another quick one i actualy drove the car out of the garage and onto the street it was hard as im geting over throw on the cluch so i will have to sort that out i also need a seat and brakes but im happy it moved under it own steam :)

[johny:)]

sorry i uploaded the same video twice my mistake

[johny:)]

Cracking work mate, its nice to read its been started up but even better to actually see it

Getting that loom done was a nice move

thanks kam its got to be the best part of the build seeing it come to life i realy wont it on the road now abit of hard work through the winter and we should be out in the summer

[Kam]

You could always try the bolt-through-the-floor-method to restrict your clutch pedal, chuck a couple of nylocs either end with some washers and adjustable here we come!

[johny:)]

I have looked through your build a seen that I was going to do it your way it's a good idea

[mrthumb]

looking good mate, hope the radiator works out ok for ya :)

[johny:)]

Well engine will be going back in through the week then I will do an up date with all the piks of it thanks for your help

[johny:)]

Ok so i got abit of a post to do i will start off where i left off the car was running sweet as a nut bu the engine needed to come back out so i could upgrade the gear box to my s9b lsd box so out came the engine as there was now was i was attempting to do this in the car evan though it could be possible to do
A quick pick of the car befor i started


and then around one houre or so later



The engine came out easy well i done it loads of times now i could do it in my sleep lol as castle coomb mini day was cuming up i thoutht i would leav the engine out for a few days and pick up a sill when im there so i got a sill and a load of other goodies at castle coomb what a good day out i cant wate to take my mini there

new sill it was like a patch work under there so i thouth this will neaten under the car up

[johny:)]

Laptop decides to play every time I try to do a post will try to finish this tommorow

[thelegg]

might be a dumb question but what is clutch overthrow ???

[johny:)]

might be a dumb question but what is clutch overthrow ???

Hi its not a silly question i did not now what it was un till i read through Kams build clutch over throw happens because the slave cylinder is pushing the clutch past its working point so its basicly engaged when it should not be the problem i had was it would not go into gear with the clutch fully down and if i tried jaming it into gear the car would start moving once agane with the clutch fully down it i took my foot off the clutch and re engaged it but just pushing it down 40mm max it would go into all gear sweet and the car would still be at a stand still hope this answers your question im not 100% shure on it my self but thats how i think it worked