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[pete]

Pete

Give us the lowdown on how it went at Bruntingthorpe, did you go?? (And be honest)

Yes I went and no it didn't go well > . The vtec mini had been rushed to finish it and had a problem with the brakes locking so wasn't really a good idea to thrash it around a track. The bike engined car was the blue one that was for sale(the one that cost £32 grand, now sold for £24). This didn't have the front frame so didn't bother having a go in that.
Did manage to speak to Bill Sollis who drove both cars. He wasn't convinced that the front end on the vtec car was any better than the other one on the track.

Good news is that I did get the other Minus with it's front and rear frames and gsxr1000 engine. Also got Ade's subframe although it is missing some bits so haven't bothered trying to bolt it together yet. The shocks sit front to back same as the a-series frame.

Pete

[R1minimagic]

doesn't sound good. Was it a front or rear engined vtec?

[pete]

It was the white deseamed mini. Rear mounted 2ltr vtec. Looked very stable when Bill was throwing it around but he obviously wasn't totally happy with the set up.

[R1minimagic]

which wheels were locking, front or rear?

[pete]

All four. It wasn't using a mini master cylinder and the one that was on it was the wrong size so wasn't allowing fluid to pass back to release the pressure. Chris tried to modify it at the track but still wasn't working properly.

[R1minimagic]

Was he using mini discs on the front and sierra on the back?

[pete]

I believe it was the same set up as he uses for all his cars. It was only the master cylinder at fault though. Brakes worked fine to start with and then the pedal would go solid and lock them on. Shame because I was looking forward to having a go to compare the vtec to the bike engine.
I think Chris is giving rides around Oulton Park soon so will have to try and get there for a go.

[petie]

Hi Ade / Pete,
Spotted the pic of the 'class green machine' in mini world and checked out this site 'because of the sun visor strip...
After trawling through the whole project thread i had to register on the site to tell you guys, prob nothing ye haven't heard before, but that car is 'Truly A Work Of Art' ..... It is one of the meanest yet most beautiful sights i've seen in a long time... well done...
ps... the leaving the toll gate vid is fantastic... ( girls voice sounds irish..??)

[markrally]

I believe it was the same set up as he uses for all his cars. It was only the master cylinder at fault though. Brakes worked fine to start with and then the pedal would go solid and lock them on. Shame because I was looking forward to having a go to compare the vtec to the bike engine.
I think Chris is giving rides around Oulton Park soon so will have to try and get there for a go.

i spoke to chris at the autosport show and asked about the single master cylinder for the brake setup but as he hadnt tried the car he couldnt comment but at least we all know the outcome now.
As for oulto park it's only down the road from me so we could all meet up there???

Cheers

[Mincento]

congratulations Ade (and pete) i saw the minus in january at the bingley show and thought it was amazing and was finnished really nicely and its nice to see a car off here in minimag/miniworld

whats next then? improvements or just enjoy it? its taken 104 pages to get to this point which shows how popular the cars been

wayne

[Jammy]

Well, theres 104 pages on this project, probably about 7 of them relate to this minus, the rest are pure bogey spam!

[dougie_10 :D]

What a car!!!!! Im soo jealous lol

[pete]

Yeah what a car. Amazing. How did you manage to build that?

Oh, hang on. Wasn't there 2 cars in the article . Oh, and weren't they both built by the same person. And it wasn't Ade.


Goes back to his garage to continue building the next bike powered minus.

[pete]

Next improvement for the minus is new tubular front subframe. Currently sits in my garage awaiting fitting. Ade hasn't seen it yet.

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[ryan69]

Just walked into smiths today and I got a copy of Mini Mag and your on it, well done mate looks really good. Didn't realise you were in the mags yet so it was a nice surprise.