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#1 Surf Blue

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Posted 10 August 2017 - 07:36 AM

So I thought I'd do a project thread even though it's a finished car now. Owned this mini for 16 years now, was my first car and looked very different to what it does now.
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Don't actually have many pictures other than the feature in Miniworld!

It ends up like this
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#2 johnR

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Posted 10 August 2017 - 08:01 AM

Is that all we're getting?



#3 Surf Blue

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Posted 10 August 2017 - 08:33 AM

I'll upload more when I get home and get better internet!
There is lots more to come

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Posted 10 August 2017 - 02:16 PM

Looks awesome! A real sleeper

#5 Surf Blue

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Posted 10 August 2017 - 08:19 PM

So engine came out to start the rebuild
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I had one goal
To build a car reliable to drive trackdays all day long, then drive the car home.
Working in Motorsport I've been to circuits all over the world, but never get to drive myself.

So after talking to a few friends, a Honda ek4 was found, low mileage and had been written off. Perfect donor!!
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#6 Surf Blue

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Posted 10 August 2017 - 08:27 PM

I wanted to keep the car looking as a mini should, which for me meant no fibreglass flipfronts or even a clubman front end. I wanted to keep the roundnose steel front end.
So started by offering the engine in the bay, then working where the subframe would fit, and started bending tubes.
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#7 Surf Blue

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Posted 11 August 2017 - 05:55 AM

Inner wing reshaped to fit around the cam cover
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Bulkhead box made, I wanted to keep the manifold as honda intended, not cut and angled.
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Next challenge was getting a 4-1 exhaust manifold to fit. I bought a cheap one off eBay and set about cutting 3 of the 4 headers off and re-positioning them so they are all inline not crossing over each other, which reduced the front space allowing the front panel to clear. Then tig welded it all back together!
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#8 Surf Blue

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Posted 12 August 2017 - 07:38 AM

Radiator positioned
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Next up was finding the best location for the alternator. This took some working out to get aligned and a correct belt length.
Access is limited but actually works quite nice being behind the headlight. I kept the original Honda alternator but I'm now looking for something more compact and lighter.
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Posted 16 August 2017 - 12:51 PM

Its good that you started with a nice solid shell to, makes life way easier when doing the conversion. Nice work. Keep some more pics coming



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Posted 16 August 2017 - 05:58 PM

How's the tension of the belt going to work with the movement of the engine?

#11 Surf Blue

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Posted 16 August 2017 - 06:52 PM

How's the tension of the belt going to work with the movement of the engine?


Engine is mounted in such a way there is very little movement. I've done over 600miles on track and never lost a belt or had any problems.

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Posted 17 August 2017 - 03:46 AM

Just about to start this conversion
Following for some help along the way!

The more pics the better lol

#13 Surf Blue

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Posted 17 August 2017 - 06:24 AM

New front end fitting
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Posted 17 August 2017 - 06:26 AM

Allspeed HD driveshafts ready to go
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Posted 21 August 2017 - 05:52 AM

Into the booth, the colour was always going to be surf blue with old English white roof.
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