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#391 Steve220

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Posted 08 January 2016 - 05:03 PM

Great update! I bloody loved the Falklands when I went.



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Posted 08 January 2016 - 10:48 PM

Great update! I bloody loved the Falklands when I went.


I would not say I loved it! It was just getting cold and wet in a different part of the world, best part about being down there is the 55p cans of beer in the mess.

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Posted 09 January 2016 - 08:06 AM

Nice work do love this mk1 :)



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Posted 09 January 2016 - 08:52 AM

Thank you mate, but it's a skip at the min lol.

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Posted 12 January 2016 - 09:46 AM


 

That's quite a weight saving on the box!
A bit surprised you haven't changed to a bike engine or other for more weight saving!

No that would be no fun, plus I like being the fastest 5 port mini lol
 
Ooooo, that's fighting talk!  :lol:

I get it completely :)

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Posted 23 February 2016 - 03:38 AM

Excited to see the water injection kit fitted and working. I'm planning something similar.



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Posted 05 March 2016 - 11:26 PM

Oooo I see what you mean now pad ! The Challenge is laid then lol should be 20-30kgs lighter buy the time all the titanium on and the gunk gone !

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Posted 05 March 2016 - 11:40 PM

Oooo I see what you mean now pad ! The Challenge is laid then lol should be 20-30kgs lighter buy the time all the titanium on and the gunk gone !


Only 20 kg lol, trust me there is lots of wheels in motion at the min and lots of very smart super light weight one off bits building up in boxes at the min.

the car has taken a very back seat, as I have been super sick with some skin eating disease.

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Posted 06 March 2016 - 07:56 AM

Oooo I see what you mean now pad ! The Challenge is laid then lol should be 20-30kgs lighter buy the time all the titanium on and the gunk gone !

Only 20 kg lol, trust me there is lots of wheels in motion at the min and lots of very smart super light weight one off bits building up in boxes at the min.

the car has taken a very back seat, as I have been super sick with some skin eating disease.


Yummy ! The custom bits that is, not the skin eating nastiness lol I'm not a cannibal. Looks like you got another surest oration on the go ! Good luck, I'm looking forward to seeing the result will this extra lose of weight
Get you to the under 12's ?

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Posted 06 March 2016 - 11:55 AM

I would not mind getting into the 12s as its sooooooooo close lol,

I am looking at losing around 50kg if I get it right.

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Posted 19 April 2016 - 09:20 PM

Some pics of the progress that's been happening to the mk1 turbo.

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Posted 19 April 2016 - 09:23 PM



First up I have been doing some small bits at nights on the lathe...

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And then that leads me on to the carb :-)

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All rebuilt, and lots of weight saved from it, also a new heat shield made.

Next up was a little task more to see if I could so I think I will go for it..
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Normal one on the left and my alloy one on the right.

Fits well.
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This started at 375g
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Most of this is remade 😀
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Just as a benchmark a standard ish engine.
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The airfix mk1 turnned up last week 😄😄
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And then today I loaded it all up and moved it on...
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That's all at the min that I would like to show 😜😜😜😜

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Posted 19 April 2016 - 09:35 PM

Some More pics of what I have been up to..

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Posted 19 April 2016 - 09:38 PM

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Posted 19 April 2016 - 10:01 PM

You're knurling now?! Amazing. I'm jealous.

 

Where are you getting all these aluminum parts from, like the central instrument panel and door latch? You aren't making those, are you?

 

Last question - were you showing the weight of just the A-series block sans gearbox?






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