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[Jukesymini]

Well I've started this mini this year got the car a few months ago and for I make a mad road car and got told about putting a Redtop engine in my mini then up pop a subframe for the conversion so that where I started it

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Day I got my car

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[danm]

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED!?

 

[sonikk4]

Good luck with the build. Watch out as there are some dodgy Red tops out there but a good one can be tuned for some serious bhp. SBD's injection systems are good bits of kit.

 

I have had two Calibras with these lumps in, one turbo and one non turbo. Good motors and quite easy to work on.

[Jukesymini]

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Started to strip the paint of to bare shell to find all the rust but wasn't as bad as I've seen on old cars  image.jpg   63.79K   1 downloads  image.jpg   35.58K   0 downloads  image.jpg   32.63K   0 downloads  image.jpg   47.83K   1 downloads  image.jpg   30.32K   0 downloads

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This my subframe and wheels when I got them  image.jpg   46.38K   35 downloads  image.jpg   36.14K   1 downloads

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Started to chop the rusty floor and a panels and for I fit my new wheels
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After cutting the rust out I fort I drop my engine out and cut my front off the car this was a good day of striping her down
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Fort I treat her to some shini bit and so new 4 pot brakes for the front  image.jpg   21.37K   8 downloads  image.jpg   25.68K   8 downloads  image.jpg   23K   5 downloads  image.jpg   59.06K   10 downloads  image.jpg   38.49K   4 downloads

[Jukesymini]

All the front striped of parts and started to cut somt more little bits of rust out and started to strip paint off the bolk head. But around this time I left my job so had to get the lil one a new home. So asked my friend to rent me his garage that not doing nothing at the end of his garden and he said yes which was good because it only at the end of my road now :)  image.jpg   45.05K   1 downloads  image.jpg   63.21K   0 downloads  image.jpg   53.03K   0 downloads  image.jpg   43.95K   2 downloads new dash and arches

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My new lump to go in all ready in the new garage :)

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Car in it new home and hope this time it will come out finished from here

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Started the welding all the parts that I cut out it a good solid shell now

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Edited by Jukesymini, 06 December 2013 - 10:35 PM.