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[JetBLICK]

Chars for the larvley comments, makes me feel warm and fuzzy - or that just could be because its been bloody hot today

Craigs mini should be back, im sure he'll tell you bout it, but he had some head work done and changed the gearbox, so it should all be sorted now. Its suppose to be coming back to cov, so fingers crossed.

I love ollies minis they always look so mint! the red one he had at school was perfections as well. He must have all the skill and time to do em all himself because i dunno how he could afford to do it otherwise!!

Soz yea, i was up late today (pendulum@breeez last nite - woop woop! ), came online quickly to ave a gander, then back in the garage. Started carving the expanding foam today for the dash, and painted the rest of what i could of the front subby. The engine needs to come out to finish it still. Also started my new wiring loom, which is surprisingly therapeutic, i think its because i've got reels of new wire, which is all the correct colours and stuff, and its a job which doesnt involve clambering around in the car (much) Also got some of the proper badass crimpers, which are amazing, so the connections dont just fall off

There have been many questions on the front, so, i dont want to sound rude but i found some of the threads where i've already answered questions about it, if theres anything else left to ask then just send me a PM All the links are in my siggy...

Dan

[mad4mins]

but he had some head work done and changed the gearbox

thank god for that!! i thought the cake mixing action was a bit dodgy!! lol

the red one he had at school was perfections

yeah until he crashed it!! LMAO!

good to see you sorting those wires out!! lol.

well done chief.. wont be too long before its back terrorising the streets of Cov!! lol

[Pie]

*AHEM* AND worcester

[JetBLICK]

Well, not so much an update as a rant Heres my story.......

I had it all planned out - i found a 970 crank, and 73.5mm cosworth pistons. Then i did some research and found u can fit a cooper s crank in a non-'S' block by just skimming 16thou off the thrust washers. Toped off with a nice big valve head and some split weber 45's i saw on the 'bay, and some whining straight cut drops, with my close ratio 'box. Power would have come frome the lairest cam i could get my greasy mits on. This ebay special of an engine was gonna be another budget screamer, but the best bit was that it would have been 1050cc!! same cc as Pies, tho completly different internaly. It would have been a screamer, but it depended on one thing.... con rods. I looked about before hand and found minispeed where selling them at £100 for a SET!! i was baffled and called them up immediately to check that it was correct. The friendly chap on the phone confirmed that was the price for a set of 4. That was it i'd made my mind up, this engine is MINE!!

I e-mailed the guy with the crank to say i wanted it and waited....... and waited....... and waited......

Meanwhile my i told my mate and he couldnt believe the price of the rods, so, i looked em up again on the minispeed site and was shocked with what i saw............ THEY'D CHANGED THE PRICES!! the rods have now changed to £91 EACH - 'each' now being in big letters

So now my life is over well... not quite lol, but im absolutely gutted, I'm not paying £400 for a set of conrods. So unless i find a set of 970 rods very soon, its back to looking for that all important 1071 - gutted!!

Soz, i just had to let it out.....

On a different subject, any locals going to the redditch moc party at detroitwich rugby ground on june 30th? its only, like £4, for camping, could be a rite laff - and its only a mile or so down my road, so i'm sure the mini could get ther without breaking down (having said that, it never made it to malvern before ) Or if the mini aint done i mite even walk it haha

Dan

[mad4mins]

ahh thats unfair chief! ... keep the faith im sure some conrods will turn up!! doesnt mean you still cant buy the engine! lol..

[Pie]

Gutted mate, i feel your pain. Meanwhile Mr.Pie is busy at WORK (something you might not be familliar with being a STUUUUUDENT lol: lol:) and even managed to get onto internet, and found a VERY VERY VERY SMINTIN gearbox, just waiting to hear abuot it now

As for conrods, send GW aPM or THE STIG, they usually have thigs lying abuot

Pie

[Dog]

I'd love a 1071 crank - I almost got my mitts on a Mint 970 engine, till he said he wanted £500 for it

I think it would of been a monster with 73.5mm pistons...

[JetBLICK]

£500 for a mint 970 - and u refused! - are u mad! as a part on its own, a mint cooper s block will go for £400-500!! crank £300 for a minter, not to mention the rods, head, gearbox and carbs if it was a complete unit - u a crazy fool

[Dog]

Well all I wanted was the crank n rods... I didn't want the rest... but eventually, he sold the lot (complete engine) for £700

[CanadianMiniFan]

engines seem cheap over there mate...i'm paying around 3000 bucks (CDN) so likek 1300 pounds, and it's a 1098, twin carbs, new pistons, reground cam, cleaned up crank, all ancillaries, and i did most of the work....it includes rebuilt tranny though....and i'm in canada...

[JetBLICK]

Been a good weekends progress me thinks. First off i got me an aldon red dizzy which should help the motor run much much better. The advance curve on the standard one couldn't keep with the engine, but this aldon jobbie is perfect of high reving engines, so should unleash a few more horses
Then i unwraped my next prezzy, 2 metres of red rubber from plastics4performance to make my mudflaps... a few minutes later... i'd cut up me flaps They aint bolted up or anythin yet, i need to wait till the cars finished and the suspension has settled and i've worked out a nice ride hight - i want the flaps to be just scraping the floor when she's done

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oooooo yea!.... flaps on the healboard
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Then got back to work on the dash... did this a few weeks back, forgot to show you... carved it out and layed up some fibre glass


Then pulled the fibre glass off the expanding foam and took all the foam out... just to see if it still fits
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Then i layed up some more fibreglass on the dash pods, and in the meantime, fitted the cage to measure up the doorbars which needed cutting
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Its a good job i did fit the 'cage when i did, because then i realised the pods wern't gonna fit behind the front bars... so... i brought the whole pod forward to see what its like... here i've just got it taped into a position to see what its like, i think its pretty good, so thats what i've decided im doing now
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Just testing the driving position... bit frustrating, my comfortable driving position is quite high, relatively speaking. I tried it lower down, but my feet didnt feel comfortable on the pedals and i found moving my feet from the accelerator to the brake was a pain, and heal 'n' toe'in' would be hard. So the seats quite high, and the 'wheels gonna have to be brought forward because at the mo its on my knees and my arms are a bit stretched. Might also get a snap off boss kit, because at the moment i can barely get out, i ave to squeeze my legs between the 'wheel and seat whilst trying to negotiate the door bars its all part of the fun!
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Just another pic of one of the pods as i left it on sunday, now with a fair few layers on it, its well solid, im gettin pretty good at this fibreglassin malarky
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Dan x

Edited by JetBLICK, 30 April 2007 - 03:14 PM.

[Pie]

Looks good mate, im just gonna buy the dash pods lol.

[johnbot429]

hey mate iv got pictures on my computer of it a few weeks ago before you put the cage in..... and iv got to admit its imo the nicest mini iv seen!!! i want it!!!!!!!!!! id change a couple of things myself, but thats why i like minis so much everyone like different things about them. keep up the great work! all the best

[Pie]

and iv got to admit its imo the nicest mini iv seen!!!

Keep an eye on my project too then mate, i think these worcester boys know a thing or two abuot styling, if i DO say so myself

As for changing a few things, i couldnt agree more, stick with a SMALL BORE ENGINE *cough* with a single DCOE40 *cough* and stick it on 10s *cough again*

DO IT DAN!! lol

[JetBLICK]

you want to see what i've got my eye on at the moment pie, u'll weep in the sight of it, i'll show u later dont want to say on here, in case i dont get it, but i'm willing to do a lot to get this 'thing' and u'll see why very soon