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[mini_mad69]

Your definatly winning now.


Did you strengthen the shell afterwards?

[HARBER07]

Had a debate about this last night. After a lot of searching it was 50/50 as to whether they did anything structural. After today I noticed 50% of the spot welds didn't catch at all - so in effect they were doing bugger all!. So no, no strengthening was done, but I'm fitting a full muitipoint rollcage soon anyways!

Cheers Adcuz!

[jayare]

When I cut the bins out of a previous Mini I noticed the B-pillars didn't reach the top of the inner sills so made a triangular gusset to bridge the gap. You could always lighten the gusset with your favourite hole-saw!

JR

Oh and no smutty comments on the use of the word 'gusset', please!

[mini_mad69]

Sounds good tom.

Looks great.

[HARBER07]

When I cut the bins out of a previous Mini I noticed the B-pillars didn't reach the top of the inner sills so made a triangular gusset to bridge the gap. You could always lighten the gusset with your favourite hole-saw!

JR

Oh and no smutty comments on the use of the word 'gusset', please!

Thats exactly what I planned to do, but I was actually melting inside the car at the weekend grinding & welding, so said sod it and went inside for a beer!

Will go out again in a bit and see what else I can come up with. Been working in a factory roof void today - above the ovens!! so nothing can be as hot as that!

[alexcrosse]

shove that redtop in while your out there

[Burnard]

I tried to make you a light weight can of coke for you.
It started to leak, so i didnt bother going any further

Edited by Burnard, 29 June 2010 - 06:16 PM.

[mighty mini jack]

We don't do alloy in here Burny, so BEAT IT.

[HARBER07]

Right done some more spendage.

2X A008's
XE mains girdle
XE Z20LET oil pickup pipe
Carbon boot floor
Carbon door skins

Should all be here next week hopefully, then machining of the block

[HARBER07]

Yeah well I changed my tyres on Monday, so thats that sorted. Got me another Haynes for the XE - this one contains useful info about stripping gearboxes and general usefulness. Not very common apparently so pleased with that. Also got me some sexy carbon:













Carbon Weezel door skins and a Curley boot floor. Got them from Mike (AKA RacingGreen). I feel like I'm not allowed to touch them let alone fit them

[mighty mini jack]

Awesome, plain awesome!

[sweetser]

Awesome, plain awesome!

x256

[HARBER07]

Boot floor going in Saturday me thinks

[RacingGreen]

Carbon Weezel door skins and a Curley boot floor. Got them from Mike (AKA RacingGreen). I feel like I'm not allowed to touch them let alone fit them

It wasnt just me that thought it then. When they arrived from carbon weezal i just stared at them. I couldn't believe how good they looked. Im sure they went back to the bodyshop about 2 or 3 times for more laquer or something.

Not sure if i mentioned (not that its important ) these were the first set of seperate skins they made i think. As i didnt see them on their website and requested them specifically. Im sure they list them now though.

[Burnard]

Tom, this is a family forum, please remove the pornographic images.