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[HARBER07]

Solid lifters:



(hydraulic lifters on left)


Subframe:
(hacked apart with plasma cutter)








Thought I'd try this (half expecting it not to work at all)





Welds came out OK, seeing as i made no effort to clean the metal.

So here is what i ended up with:






Obviously I've still got a long way to go but its the same principal as this:

http://www.16vminicl...cs/DSCF1116.JPG

Hopefully will allow me to get the engine back far enough to get it under a standard roundnose.

[Tomf]

Looks good mate, iv never seen it done like that before.


What do you plan to do with the top arms?

[HARBER07]

Top arms will be a similar design to the bottom arms. Will use a shortened bottom arm turned upside down on the opposite side with another tie rod. All adjustable. Obviously running coilovers as well.

Edited by HARBER07, 29 November 2009 - 07:13 PM.

[Shifty]

What did you do before you bought that plasma cutter eh??!!

Looks good there dude!!

[mighty mini jack]

Thanks for texting me about the update

Looks pretty mad though mate, top work to be honest!

[HARBER07]

Cheers guys. Still a LOT more work to do on the frame though. Hopefully it will be worth it.

Dunno what i would do without it shifty . Did get the grinder out but only had 1 disc left . Anyways the cutter is much more fun

[RacingGreen]

Looks great tom. Im looking forward to seeing how you get on trying to fit it under the roundnose. I presume you'll be trying to do it without a bonnet bulge like fbm-spec's car?

[HARBER07]

Ideally I'd like to fit it without any bulges yeah. But if i have to stick one in it won't be the end of the world - the main one is to get it under a standard length front as I'm not a fan of extended fronts or clubman fronts on an original roundnose!!

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Sounds good Tom. LOL

[HARBER07]

?????

[HARBER07]

Been in the garage today - Mainly as Jack wanted to see how i was gonna bolt the towers to the body. Basically it goes something like this:

[RacingGreen]

Looks like your progress is faster than mine. You'll be finished before me at this rate.

Are you planning on bracing the top mount down to the frame in some way?

[HARBER07]

Doubt that Mike . Still got a Minus to rebuild at some point!!


Yeah, will definitely be braced down to the frame with a big bit of box section cut at an angle. - Just wanted to show then general idea.

[mighty mini jack]

Exactly how i thought it was going to be done!

Nice work Tom!

[HARBER07]

Cheers man