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[mad mk1]

It's the internal gear linkage mate.

[mk1leg]

WOW thats a fantastic mk1 mini.......love all the weight savind idears...........so impressed.....well done............

[yeti21586]

I've just been admiring your engine bay, ( you posted a link in another thread) and I have to say you attention to detail is impeccable and I was just saying to my self I would love to see this some day then I noticed you live in Woking and I'm in Guildford, so you never no we might bump into each other


YetI

[mad mk1]

Thanks lads, it's more like OCD lol.

Yes I am on the Guildford side of Woking lol.

A little update from today's work.

Today I made these.


Then I drilled this.


Then I ended up getting jiggy.



Thanks simon.

[Spaceibiza]

Lovely mini you have there. Keep up the good work!

[benjy_18]

New manifold on the way?

Also if those manifold flanges are going spare (the ones on the bench) give me a text, I'll happily buy them

Edited by benjy_18, 01 January 2014 - 10:05 AM.

[mad mk1]

Thanks spaceibiza !


That's the gear linkage done with a nice little weight saving by swapping the rods to alloy.



Than I made these lighter, starting to get the hang of this lathe.


Some more light weight bits.


That's it for a bit now as works getting in the way.

[mad mk1]

I have been away on a little trip away with work so there has been no work done on the mk1.

I got in the cave this afternoon, and got some more bits done

Some more speed holes!


Then I started on this little lot.




Not a bad afternoon really

Simon.

[jt19]

Fantastic work as usual Simon :) your mini is one of my favourites!

[mad mk1]

Thanks jt 19

Well the weight save is still going well

Here's some pics of my efforts.










That's a new lighter Ti bracket.




Some more Ti fixings





Thanks for looking simon.

[alex-95]

Excellent work as always, will it be at the riviera run this year?

[mad mk1]

I am not sure mate, as I think work may get in the way :-/

[alex-95]

I am not sure mate, as I think work may get in the way :-/

ah right. There can't be many more bits you can drills holes into now

[mad mk1]

I still have some bits I need to look over also I have a full light weight loom yet to make, when I work out what I am doing with my dash.

[miniman24]

Excellent work, I love the little things like the lightened wiper motor internals! Loom wise, this may be a bit extreme for your car, but the current WRC cars use only non-colored white wiring in the looms to save weight over coloured looms - seems incredible but they do do it!