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[retroracer1380]

yeah and you oli you need to be on 10 INCH MINILITES lol

U just want me to buy your s discs!!!! LOL! Il take you out in her when its back on the road and show you that she handles fine on the jap 10s!

[JetBLICK]

are those the plastic windows in the rear frames?

Nar, what makes you think that?

[t@z]

are those the plastic windows in the rear frames?

Nar, what makes you think that?

you said you purchased some

[JetBLICK]

are those the plastic windows in the rear frames?

Nar, what makes you think that?

you said you purchased some

Where?

[t@z]

are those the plastic windows in the rear frames?

Nar, what makes you think that?

you said you purchased some

Where?

ok there are to many black minis on this place

[Pie]

yeah and you oli you need to be on 10 INCH MINILITES lol

U just want me to buy your s discs!!!! LOL! Il take you out in her when its back on the road and show you that she handles fine on the jap 10s!

Theyve gone matey!! went litterally last night. Delivered them and all lol.

Ok you can take me out in yours, then ill teach you how to drive, in mine

Should be getting petes now!! (a LOT of hassel, more than its worth id say) should be getting it next week.

[mad4mins]

Duuuuuuuuuddddeeee!!

that last shop looks the nuts!!, are you going to get that done this summer??

i vote for ollies arches and spray the carbon too..

nice one!!

Edited by mad4mins, 03 July 2007 - 11:06 AM.

[JetBLICK]

Yea, should be able to have it lookin like that soon enough. Went to dmb graphics today to get a quote, looking at about £60-something for the stickers or £80 fitted. Thats just all the side stuff, need to think bout what i want on the bonnet and boot too.

Since i moved the front pin's on the front, it don't fit as good anymore, so decided i'm gonna have to move the braketry about under the the wings, that involves putting rivets through it, so thats gonna involve a re-spray on the front, which means i'll have the arches and the bonnet and boot sprayed at the same time. Then i can sticker it up after that.

Unfortunatly at this rate the 1071 aint going to be in till i'm back at uni, i dont think i can earn enough over the holiday to do it all. But i think the 1071 will be in a few weeks after going back to uni.... and soon after... i mite get that 7 port... we'll see how it goes.

Anyways, i'm on holiday for 3 weeks as of tomorrow, so tra tra

[Pie]

Dont get that 7port, have a bit of fun with the 1071 for a bit.

Should be getting my car 2moro, and the rack at the weekend. You taking your phone on holiday? txt me to let me know, as ill send you a pic of three when its all done

Have a good time with the Merc lol

tatty ba

[mad4mins]

7port!!! on a 1071!!


MENTAL!!!

[JetBLICK]

Nice one pie, yea i will be taking my phone with me, not sure if it'll work or not.. but i'll give it a go. Cant wait to see ur motor wen im back, hopefully i'll try and bring the sun back with me if i can get it through customs, so we can ave some proper meets in some good weather

Wont be going 7 port for a while... but hoping to have it by next summer... so the car will be completely finished - but thats providing nothing goes tits up. We'll ave to see what the 1071's throwing out when its in, but if it makes its claimed 105bhp i rekon i can push it to 120 (at the fly) with the 7 port head. But as you say, gotta get used to 105bhp first...its gonna be fun, considering how frantic the 998 is with a mere 63bhp Its weird, it aint no rocket ship, its just really frantic when you floor it. Best of both worlds i guess, feels like you're going fast when really u aint



Ahh yeash, the 7 port on the 1071... its always been the dream... well acctually the dream was an 8 port, but you dont realise the cost involved with an 8 port!!

Ok so 7 ports are quite pricey from mini sport, and people say that they both work out the same... well to them i say *testicles!* I've been researching this for ages, u want to hear the breakdown...

You can get a 7 port casting for around £1000 at the moment. Then rather than buy the ready assembled heads from minisport for £somethinstupid, have it worked by slark or switftune for around £300-400. That gives you a head that is ready to bolt on for £1400.

An 8 port will cost £1600 for the head, add a few hundred quid for the special cam, some more for the exhaust, same goes for the inlet ports, and also it requires some machining on one of the con-rods i believe because of the funny cam lobes, there are also a few other bits and bob's that you need to consider too.

Then you need to take into account that because the 7 port is made from cast iron its far easier to fit bigger valves. Also, take into account that the 4 exhaust ports are largely unnecessary because the time between the exhaust ports opening on cylinders 2 and 3 are effectively 360deg apart, so there is no restricted flow occurring.

And then theres the packaging issue too, a 7 port will fit neatly under the bonnet, or if you prefer, you can have spacers so that the filter just pokes out the front, like on the britax cooper.

I'm all for the 8 port, its got good heratige and i can see why people like it, but its most likely gonna be 7 port for me

[mini93]

sounds rather nice id liek to go for a 7 port one day on my rally mini, didnt occur to me to take it to slark etc to get them to work it get better valves that way aswell

[JetBLICK]

Ent been here for a while mostly because i have no money to do anything and things have been running fairly smoothly-ish.

I narrowly avoided a badger the other week, but still managed to bend my steering arm hitting the ditch on full lock :s Pretty impressive i'd say, as i managed to bend what you'd think would be the strongest part - the solid steel rack.... thanks to retroracer1380 for the quick replacement



Managed to get all the way to santa pod and back with no problems tho, took him up the drag strip and ran a 19.0 quarter mile, which i thought went too bad, i beat a fair few 1275's and a 1380

This weekend i'm gonna give the whole car a good wash and check over, started today buy getting it up on axle stands and first covering in suds with the jet washer, then jet washed it to get all the mud and bits off, then i washed it again with hot water and a sponge and rinsed with the jet washer. Then climbed under and cleaned underneath and the engine. Happy to say my white floor idea has come up trumps because not only was it easy to wipe clean, but there are a few small bits of rust i can see starting to appear, the great thing is they appear as bright orange blemishes in the white paint - so easy to spot before its too late.

Anyways.. so its wire wheel out over the next couple of days to keep on top of the rust. Also i noticed whilst i was under there, that i've managed to catch a few big rocks... and left some big scrapes... some of which are on the brake line... so i think my next priority is to run the brake and fuel lines through braided hoses inside the car.





ANYWAYS... the real reason im updating this is because i was out playing last nite, i thought you mite like this Altho i can reach 8000rpm in 1st and 2nd, i dont like to do it too often, so last nite i set it to a sensible 7000 rpm.. which is still enough to have plenty of fun. Anyways we found out that at 7000 on the limmiter it does this... tee hee



It didn't do it so much at 8000... i think its because the engine was close to its power limmit... rather than it being cut off whilst its making good power. It doesn't do it with the launch control either.... tho it is a lovely sound... and surprises a few people at traffic lights

Oh and if you didnt see earlier i put a pic request out earlier for 10x6 GB's, mini sprocket came up trumps so i could 'shop this

[Bondbill2k2]

that really looks the mutts nuts, im dam jelous!

[ben]

hi mate, what rev limiter are you using? Is it the megajolt software or a seperate unit?

Cheers