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[thelegg]

Updates ?

[SukiDawg]

Patience is a virtue....

Quite a bit of design work recently, nothing outside as its been too cold and I've been busy in the house. Back end has changed (removed 10kg approximately)...

Might stick some pics up at the weekend....

[SukiDawg]

Changes to the rear... I have added a floor and simplified the roll structure





Can you see the double skinned cross member at the rear of the floor? Which is a new feature.. Prop and exhaust pass through this - which I can't help thinking is a bit brave but we will see how it goes!







Have started to lay in the intake system yesterday..

[Mad Max]

Just read this whole thread am am loving the attention to detail. Can't wait to see the fabrication. Awesome work keep it up.

[Alan Carruthers]

Loving the swaged sills!

Agree attention to detail is superb, all the best.

Al

[thelegg]

The more you post the more i jsut want to see more and more of it, love the way your planning everything out before hand :) keep the updates coming.

[DaveJH]

Wow, this is an incredible thread, as soon as I have some spare time I'm going to go back and read the other 9 pages I had to skip to get here and write a comment.

[SukiDawg]

Thanks for the comments.....

3 and a half years into this now, so I guess getting to 14 pages isn't too bad.. Hardly started the actual build yet, but I feel it should be quite quick once I've finished the design - ultimately its just swinging tools about after that! Yes - i'm sure I'll regret those words.... Haha.

[CobraV8]

Awesome work there. I have just found your thread and read it all. Looking forward to seeing it all in practice.

[SukiDawg]

This weekend will be mosty spent tidying up the front subframe and engine compartment....





All I've got to fit in there are.. front suspenson mountings, rocker mountings, engine mountings, charge pipe, exhaust pipe, cold air pipe, air cleaner, charge cooler, radiator, cooling fan, top hose, bottom hose, bypass hose, header tank, gearchange linkage (maybe cable), thermostat housing, wastegate actuator, secondary air valve (for anti-lag ), hmmm and loads of stuff I can't think of at the minute!

[SukiDawg]

Oh yeh.... one more thing... the engine.

[thelegg]

Im sure with your experteese you will be able to squeez it all in :)

[Sean12]

havent been on here for ages, but just read through your updates, looking sweet as always, will be sweet when built.

[cptkirk]

Hey Dave, as always top design work there. Gives me inspiration to start the design development on my next one, no way I can afford to build it yet but the designing is half the fun - if your brain works that way.......

As for the swingin tools about comment, ha ha, yes you may well regret that........

Good luck with the rest of it.

[lager.and.pretzels]

First post here. Hi everybody!

I like the project. Very huge commitment to actually cad all of this.

I saw the trumpeted intake manifold. How are you planning to fabricate that? Also, why did you choose front-rear instead of mid-rear?

I'm currently shopping for a mini in the USA to start a minibusa myself. :)