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[johny:)]

well this put a smile on my face today contacted a guy on ebay about a crx drive shaft as i still need one drive shaft pot but tipical honda changed it on the crx. Well got talking to this guy and it turnes out heys a specialist in honda convershions told him i needed crx clocks ect ect for my loom he told me then they do custom looms for honda engines so i asked him what will they cost he said i can drop the car off wen its ready and have it fitted for £150 realy happy with that only thing is heys about an houre and a half away but i can take the car there and pick it up running so this has realy motavated me to get the car ready and i means i shouldnt have any wiring ishues :).

[Neildanks]

well this put a smile on my face today contacted a guy on ebay about a crx drive shaft as i still need one drive shaft pot but tipical honda changed it on the crx. Well got talking to this guy and it turnes out heys a specialist in honda convershions told him i needed crx clocks ect ect for my loom he told me then they do custom looms for honda engines so i asked him what will they cost he said i can drop the car off wen its ready and have it fitted for £150 realy happy with that only thing is heys about an houre and a half away but i can take the car there and pick it up running so this has realy motavated me to get the car ready and i means i shouldnt have any wiring ishues :).

Wheres this guy based

[johny:)]

heys based in wiltshire (trowbridge)

[paul190181]

Hi Johny . I'm hoping to start getting on with my build later this year , their is bits be ing done at the moment tho , got a load of custom alloy bits being made up at the minute . Then 1ce their all done and I've moved house il be getting Kieran of the 16v mini forum to finish it off . Main aim will be mini in the park next year .

[johny:)]

cant wate to see some progress paul how ent you finishing it you done such a good job so far had my exhaust today from toyosport and i hade to give it a test fit it fits but it is super tight how much flex will these honda mounts have as there is mm clearance



this is the down pipe by the subfame would like abit more clearance but dont think theres allot i can do the exhaust is realy good for £90 goot steel and well made realy happy with that and its making my mini look abit more of a car

this is my bad now wateing on a radiator at the minit should be hear soon i also had my rocker cover powder coated at work as that was making me sick looking at it half rubed down and paint flaking off it started looking at fitting a front end back on it thats allot harder than choping the old one off im not worryed if the wing dont fit tight to the scuttle panel just want it to look good and not like the wing is hanging off lol so i nearly got the drivers side wing on and lined up with the bonnet

abit more fideling to do with that and i will start to mount the front panel then progress is cuming on just dont want to be down the garage in this nice weather lol

[johny:)]

was just looking at pedal boxes for a mini pedal box its £435 for a racing one with the cylinders inside and thats with out reservoirs so total would come close to £500 deliverd i nearly had a heart attack no way can i affort that on top of every thing els so i had a look at his other iterm he sells a floor mounted pedal box for £230 with reservoirs didnt realy want a flooe mounted one but if it saves me nerly £300 i will tack it this is what i found should be ok i want to use the car for track and raceing any way just dont think it will be any thing like a mini inside tho

[Jamie_hail]

Can you get me contact details for the guy mate? Cheers!

[Neildanks]

well this put a smile on my face today contacted a guy on ebay about a crx drive shaft as i still need one drive shaft pot but tipical honda changed it on the crx. Well got talking to this guy and it turnes out heys a specialist in honda convershions told him i needed crx clocks ect ect for my loom he told me then they do custom looms for honda engines so i asked him what will they cost he said i can drop the car off wen its ready and have it fitted for £150 realy happy with that only thing is heys about an houre and a half away but i can take the car there and pick it up running so this has realy motavated me to get the car ready and i means i shouldnt have any wiring ishues :).

I wish he would come and do mine for me im in west bromwich so its a distance to travel

[johny:)]

well this put a smile on my face today contacted a guy on ebay about a crx drive shaft as i still need one drive shaft pot but tipical honda changed it on the crx. Well got talking to this guy and it turnes out heys a specialist in honda convershions told him i needed crx clocks ect ect for my loom he told me then they do custom looms for honda engines so i asked him what will they cost he said i can drop the car off wen its ready and have it fitted for £150 realy happy with that only thing is heys about an houre and a half away but i can take the car there and pick it up running so this has realy motavated me to get the car ready and i means i shouldnt have any wiring ishues :).

I wish he would come and do mine for me im in west bromwich so its a distance to travel

if you have a full honda loom you can send it to him he will chop it up and send it back to you then he said there will be about 6,7 wires left lives earths petrol pump ect ect i will inbox you his number he is realy helpfull

[johny:)]

Can you get me contact details for the guy mate? Cheers!

will inbox you now

[Kam]

if you have a full honda loom you can send it to him he will chop it up and send it back to you then he said there will be about 6,7 wires left lives earths petrol pump ect ect i will inbox you his number he is realy helpfull

Only thing is johny won't he need to know what dials etc you plan to use, also more importantly what length to cut the loom for you, I'm pretty sure a honda loom in honda clothes will be good for a honda dash and all its placements, but in a mini? I reckon he will need the actual car and your dash plans

[johny:)]

if you have a full honda loom you can send it to him he will chop it up and send it back to you then he said there will be about 6,7 wires left lives earths petrol pump ect ect i will inbox you his number he is realy helpfull

Only thing is johny won't he need to know what dials etc you plan to use, also more importantly what length to cut the loom for you, I'm pretty sure a honda loom in honda clothes will be good for a honda dash and all its placements, but in a mini? I reckon he will need the actual car and your dash plans

that is a good point Kam suppose he could sort some thing out mabie he could send his clocks up with the loom so it could all be wired in about the lenth i dont realy now mabie there could be abit of extra wire behind the dash lol im takeing my car to him wen its ready its about a 2 houre drive buy should be worth it s it can all the done there

[Kam]

Yeah dropping the car off (like you) would be easier, especially when you think what your getting at the end of it so its gotta be worth the effort. Its just looms are built around the space of the dash and everyone has different ideas for there dash and where the gauges will be and where the loom will be fed around based on there bulkhead etc

Saying all that though, the main legwork of the loom would've been done, so you could cut it down further to fit? just make sure he leaves labels on the ends!

[johny:)]

been realy bisy this week with the car had a few more parts come in its mad how much all the little bits cost but every one said it wouldnt be cheap lol had all the parts in one day so i went down the garage and was deciding what to do so i thout i will fit the bump stops nice easy job


These are the few bits that came some rubber fuel pipe was still wating for the metal pipe to arrive at this point new bump stops, new braided brake lines, new boalt set for the rear subframe, and new camber arms and radiator


so as i said ill fit the bump stops and get rid of a few parts.


Put them on they look lovely they took me a hole 2 minits to fir so i had to decide where to go next as i have came to a stand still. Abit of thinking and i decide its time that engine comes back out to hade a new cluch as the one in there was dead hopefully now the next time the engine is in its there to stay for abit about 20 minits later and the engine is on the floor i can finish the bulk head now and run the fuel lines with out the engine in the way as well


The car looks bare now its mad what is left lol the engine bay will be sealed up now painted and sound proofed before the engine is back in so wen the engine is on the floor thout i would sort the altinator out as i have never had it fitted properly so i boalt that on as i have plenty of room on the floor and meashure the size i need with some wire



so a quick trip down the the car shop i came back with a new belt and made it all fit lovely thats one less job to tgink about hopefully


The altinator seems to be out ferther than the bottom pully but runs smooth wen i turn the engine over dont now why that is unless my bottom pully is wrong will try it any way if the betlt flys off i now its wrong lol so as im cant order a cluch untill late next neek now decided to fit my new subframe to the back and get the car back on 4 wheels so i can clean my garage out


its not a new subframe but new to my build lol my old one was welded and mabit twisted so decided to use this one as it was free any way lol put my new brake lines on befrore i fitted it they look lovely

thats all fitted now but not finished will get some more piks up wen i get chance to do some more

[Kam]

Put them on they look lovely they took me a hole 2 minits to fir so i had to decide where to go next as i have came to a stand still

Bump stops on and you come to a standstill! man you really wanted to throw yourself into it this week didn't you!

The altinator seems to be out ferther than the bottom pully but runs smooth wen i turn the engine over dont now why that is unless my bottom pully is wrong will try it any way if the betlt flys off i now its wrong lol

You need to use the outer (smaller third wheel) with that alternator bracket, it looks to me like your third wheel is a v-groove type and not ribbed like the other two? you need ribbed on all three