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[Guess-Works.com]

Put up details of the event, you may get some supporters.... as there's nt much else to do during the winter

[Mini Mad Rich]

Very nice, how heavy would your Mini be now with all that fibreglass etc?

Cheers

Rich

Edited by Mini Mad Rich, 19 September 2006 - 07:36 PM.

[GraemeC]

Long time since I've had much to update on this project but the car has done a few events now and I'm slowly getting to grips with it!

Still need to get it on a weighbridge though, would be interesting to see how much weight hasbeen saved.

Anyway - a short video of the car in action at a local club event:
http://s74.photobuck...nt=07020601.flv

[clubminiflip]

greaemec would you PM some details about autotesting, i'm quite interested in this, i went to ragley hall a few times & found it superb to watch but was amazed at the prep of the cars, some had the electric power steering from citreon saxo's fitted,

my daily driver is completely & utterly stripped ie rear bins& seat-pan,soundproofing,rearvalance,grp bonnet&boot, FIA rollcage among other stuff & i'm looking at ways to make it lighter with the standard components all the time, i'd like to get into a bit of autotesting, a great driving skill for sure,

you have a really nice car there, good driving too!

[enneaitch]

love this its a very clean build very nice.

[E.L.M.O]

I really love that colour. it looks stunning.

if anyone (god forbid) crashes into you and claims they didnt see you I think you would have grounds to smack them and demand they get an eye test!

[Racer_Pete]

I really love that colour. it looks stunning.

if anyone (god forbid) crashes into you and claims they didnt see you I think you would have grounds to smack them and demand they get an eye test!

Lol, hmm yeh love that colour, very nice

[samwell]

sexy

[JC T ONE]

Hi and I thought I was crazy about weight loss on a MINI ? have you had it on a scale ? who makes those gear boxes ? would it be of use for me in my 1380 Hillclimb car ? Nice finish on things good work. What year is your GT ?

[GraemeC]

Nope still not got it weighed - its a ballache as I'd have to load it up onto a trailer etc specially when there was somewhere open. I will get it done one day though.

Gearboxes are home modified jobs - welding the reverse and fourth gear selector together and then rmoving fourth and blocking up the gate into where reverse normally is. Reverse is then where 4th is and 3rd & 4th don't exist. Its a fiar bit of work and fannying around so I don't think it would be worthwhile in a hill climb car as you are not looking for fast changes into reverse like I am.

The GT was a 1980 I think, just took the last parts off it to resign it to the scrap yard I do now have a '72 GT though

[damiend]

Nope still not got it weighed - its a ballache as I'd have to load it up onto a trailer etc specially when there was somewhere open. I will get it done one day though.

Gearboxes are home modified jobs - welding the reverse and fourth gear selector together and then rmoving fourth and blocking up the gate into where reverse normally is. Reverse is then where 4th is and 3rd & 4th don't exist. Its a fiar bit of work and fannying around so I don't think it would be worthwhile in a hill climb car as you are not looking for fast changes into reverse like I am.

The GT was a 1980 I think, just took the last parts off it to resign it to the scrap yard I do now have a '72 GT though

Hi Graeme,

Im planning on modifing my gearbox so that reverse is where second normally is. Can you give me anymore information or advice on how its done?

Thanks.
Damien

Edited by damiend, 28 October 2009 - 03:11 PM.

[jordie 08]

thats dam nice,i would have liked it as aclubby more but who cares

[JC T ONE]

( I do now have a '72 GT though
[/quote] Thanks for the info I have now bought a JKD Dogbox on Ebay, brand new, so next time the engine is out of the car, I will fit this, I will just have to check which ratio I bought? I saw on JKDs website that they make 4 different ratios? I also have a 1275GT, its from 1973, but not for race, as its a Wood & Pickett built thingie too heavy-but very quiet to drive. Here is a picci of them

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[Down&Out]

ahh that was in a mag. very nice mini!

[MGMT]

Nice Mini, I bet you get some good times in that

Wish I had one like that as an autotester

Not jealous...much!