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[superted87]

that engine i got was a sodding write off. smashed bits of piston all over the gaff and a nice sticky carbonated set of valves. chucked it but kept the ancilliaries. The gearbox was r65 so i am on the hunt for a PG1.

[superted87]

Its official - Andy has lost the bug guys im sorry but he has to of to stop building this beast. Soon we all hope it will grab him and a new flurry of the genius that is this project will surface and she will be alive and running.

Hopefully your off for xmas and it will get you back. Soon i will start my build diary labelled - Im a copy cat and im copying andys mini but a bit different. keep your eyes peeled mate.

Andy we miss you on here mate get building again pleeeeease

[Bungle]

someone take him for a drive in a mini

[Dam_Buster]

that engine i got was a sodding write off. smashed bits of piston all over the gaff and a nice sticky carbonated set of valves. chucked it but kept the ancilliaries. The gearbox was r65 so i am on the hunt for a PG1.

mate if its a 1.6 gear box it will be a R65U , which is a uprated gearbox! a very good gearbox indeed. and will put up with a lot.!

a pg1 gearbox you will need to faff around with making mounts, you have a good box there!

[kitch]

I would imagine its because hes been at uni that he aint dun nethin because i'm at warwick 2 but finished now 4 xmas so get bk on it fella!

[superted87]

Hey kitch. hope to see you driving your little beast around powpey mate. The R65U is a good box indeed however it is not set up for RWD gear change mechanism from the MGF. I need to be able to do the cable gear change thing or it will not work very well.

Ted

Get back on it Andy - I am cutting my shell this weekend.

[bigandy]

Sorry fellas, ive been really lame this holiday. I havent had any motivation to work on the car so nothings been done. Well thats a lie, i went to the scrappy and got some bolts to fit the alternator, and the starter motor, but the starter motor bolts were wrong. The exhaust is all finished tho and fully seam welded etc. and the O2 sensor boss welded in to the manifold. I bought a new O2 sensor too, and did a little bit on the wiring. In my defence i have only spent about 3 days at home where the car is kept and 2 of those days were spent out with family.

I borrowed a mates 7x13 wheel and trial fitted it on the bak. Ok so it had 185/50 tyres on, so wider than i would use, but it would still need 7" wide arches at the back :'( Can anyone suggest any mini wheels that aren't deep dish, ie have a more suitable offset. I don't want to run any metro wheels, because most of them look gash IMO. either that, or show me some pics of mini's with wheels sticking out this far and prove to me that it wont look stupid. by the way, i think i need at least 6" wide wheels as the cars gonna be looking out around 180-190bhp once its fully tuned up as i have planned.

Really cant be arsed with the car at the moment, anyone want to buy it off me?

Edited by bigandy, 31 December 2006 - 02:34 PM.

[fikus01]

thre were some team dynamics metro wheels that they used on the turbo challenge cars that looked really sweet. they mite be worth a look! otherwise i really dont know what you could use!! custom jobbies?

[fikus01]

http://www.7ent.com/...cfm?pageid=1087 have a look at these

[miniboo]

6x13 sportspacks? reall stealthy then!!

[superted87]

i will buy it off you mate. cant be arsed getting my one started. if your actually selling i will do her justice mate

ted

[rasputin22]

andy has been abducted i by the revision and uni exams monster. Andy if you are selling up then first dibs t the spandex clad teddy bear please.

[superted87]

sorry the above post is from me. i was on my mates computer and it was signed in. come on andy, get the sun on your back and get her on the road. then when i get back from the falklands i can copy you and we can be best buddys. yay!!!

[bigandy]

Lol - thanks superted!! And your right - uni exam finals at the moment

Well ive actually done something on it a couple of weeks ago - got a mate to make me some adjustbale tie bars to lock the direction of the rear hubs. Will get them fitted at some point over summer - i need to be able to push it because ive got a job in loughborough starting in september so need to move house.

Tie bars - got the track rod end for the hub end, just need to order my rosejoints for the other end

Edited by bigandy, 18 June 2007 - 02:33 PM.

[miniboo]

its quite scary that i saw this thread the other day and wondered how it was hgetting on. glad it is still going on.