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#61 meetthespeakers

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Posted 27 August 2014 - 02:26 PM

What's the plan for the old interior, I thought it looked sweet.

 

I'm not replacing the Estate's interior, I am replacing the seats in the Trabant. I dyed the rear seat black 2 years ago, and the fronts have 80's seat covers that have splashes of green, pink, gray, etc on them. Trabant needs a fair amount of work to get it where I want it to be, but I only have a month for phase 1, and another month after that for phase 2. The Estate I just need to fix the passenger window, and tune the new hif38 I put on it. 



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Posted 25 September 2014 - 07:47 PM

Well I finally bit the bullet and upgraded to Accuair with 1/4" NPT Fittings. Before I had just a front/back setup with no tank, just compressor. So I got a 2 gallon tank coming and a single viair 275c compressor. I'm gonna use my old 7 switch box with dual needle gauges in the dash from my Old Van. The whole reason was I wanted to test my theory first, which while the air works on the Mini I was having a problem with it tipping over at lower pressures, basically anything under 75psi or so, and at that pressure it is in 4x4 mode. I imagine it was just due to load transfer. First time I pulled out the driveway at what I would consider "ride height" the car leaned to the right, and stayed there. Hoping this will alleviate that, because I don't want to drive monster truck height. I also picked up another set of 10x7 wheels to have as a spare wheel, but now I am thinking about running these on one side and painting the center black, and using the left overs as a spare....
 
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Accuair with 1/4 PTC fittings.
 
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Awesome thread buddy much love !

what wheels are these at the bottom ?



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Posted 25 September 2014 - 07:53 PM

They are douglas race wheels. I still haven't mounted any tires on them because I wanted to verify their load rating. I am sure they are fine, but wanted to double check. I was gonna use them as a spare. 



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Posted 25 September 2014 - 07:59 PM

Finally back on the road... and driving it to work again.

 

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Finally got to install the Maniflow LCB, head fitment... great... y pipe sucked a big one, was kinda surprised. 

 

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So, I decided to try out some Protechs coilovers for a bit, got to say... love them so far.

 

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Not pretty, but functional, just made a 500 mile trip with it last weekend.

 

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Pics from the recent swap meet...

 

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#65 SAL 821X

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Posted 26 September 2014 - 08:56 AM

This thread needs video! lots of Air Ride videos! 

 

I want to see it bounce.....



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Posted 26 September 2014 - 08:59 AM

Love the pic of you guys standing around it. shows how low it really is where the roof line comes up against you

Edited by megamini_jb, 26 September 2014 - 09:01 AM.


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Posted 19 December 2014 - 09:45 PM

Well it's been a while... had the fuel pump go out nearly a month and a half ago. Hadn't really had time to do anything with it. But I finally pushed the Mini into the garage and started ordering some winter projects. The biggest being a SC12 supercharger. There were some other odds and ends I have been wanting to try out, so I ordered a new dash, T7 heater, new switches, a variety of different sound deadening products, a SU Electric type style pump, a Freeflow header to replace the LCB.. to name a few things.
 
Lets start with the heater, I wanted a more compact modern unit that could be multispeed. I love the space it freed up.
 
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After assembly, I tapped a new hole for the wires to come out because I did not want to see them hanging down.
 
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The start of the new switch panel
 
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Mocking it up
 
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The new switch panel painted in black wrinkle. The headlight switch is Off/on/on, heater switch is all the way to left and is off/hi/lo. Rest are just off/on. I think it turned out decent.
 
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The SC12 Supercharger
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Posted 20 December 2014 - 02:45 PM

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this project just entered a whole new world of awesome!



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Posted 20 December 2014 - 04:15 PM

 this project just entered a whole new world of awesome!

 

Agreed!



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Posted 22 December 2014 - 02:05 PM

I am equally as excited. After dabbling with Suzuki and Honda swaps, I just didn't want to go there with the clubby this time. The 1098 just runs so great, but after having it a few years sadly I want something to shake it up and keep me interested. Honestly I wanted a little more grunt, and of course something a little different. It's gonna take some time sadly because I am working on building a new 24'-32' shop in a few weeks hopefully. And I have my hands full with the Morris Minor and getting that one back on the road. 

 

Oh I also installed this last night on the inside firewall. 3/4" thick boom mat. Made for sound insulation under hood, but I think it will work well on the firewall to keep induction down a hair.

 

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Posted 22 December 2014 - 06:52 PM

I thought this was a cool picture, sadly I took it.... ohhhhh 2-3 months ago. Can't wait to take it down to the docks again in spring, maybe over the winter... SALT permitting of course.

 

 

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Posted 22 December 2014 - 07:07 PM

in one of the pictures of the swap meet, is that a center console for an estate ? 

 

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Posted 22 December 2014 - 07:09 PM

in one of the pictures of the swap meet, is that a center console for an estate ? 

 

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Well, it's not for an Estate only, it was mainly designed I assume for Mini Saloons, but it works all the same. I ended up trimming about an 1.5" off the bottom to get it to sit lower on the tunnel. You can just see it in this picture:

 

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Posted 23 December 2014 - 12:30 PM

Some wicked looking pics there of your clubby estate does just look stunning :)



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Posted 27 December 2014 - 09:11 PM

Love the wheels,really suit the Clubbie.






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