Bmh Shell Build [standard Length]

With regards to keeping it standard length, what are you doing with the inlet manifold? Are you putting a box into the bulkhead or shortening the manifold itself?

Which exhaust manifold are you going for or are you willing to make/shell out for a bespoke one?

And what are you doing with the alternator??

gonna be boxing the bulkhead, but we're planning on buying a skunk2 manifold which is abit shorter which will hopefully mean less cutting etc.

we will be keeping the standard exhaust manifold ( for now ) might change it as the build progresses, depends on clerance issues realy. as for the alternator we're planning to fit it like this http://www.16vminicl...y...at=0&pos=32 if not it will be going to the side of the engine mount.

bought a project today mainly for the the front half of the shell so that we can use it as a template for the vtec build


gonna go tomorro to remove the subframes and chop it into sections to bring home. any thing which isnt needed will be sold on glass, alloys. etc etc

have not updated on here for ages. frame is pritty much finished now.

here's some old pics i'll take uptodate ones soon

managed to get the engine into the frame today, what a kuffufle

any ways some pic to show it fits



got a fair amount of clerance on the pot joint so the engine can be moved back abit




the frame does sit a bit low but id rather the car bottom out and hit the frame than the sump

ITS IN!!!!

well OK it fits, and things will be very tight. i do like a challenge tho









engine isn't sitting square in the frame at the moment, mainly because i was to excited to line it up properly and just bolted it down and fitted it to the mini

that's obviously not the newish BMH shell you're testing fitting it in there is it?

Are you going to have room for the exhaust manifold on the front?

Looking good so far!

that's obviously not the newish BMH shell you're testing fitting it in there is it?

Are you going to have room for the exhaust manifold on the front?

Looking good so far!

no thats an old scrapped shell which im using as a template to get every thing right before i commit to cutting up a new shell. it looks like im gonna have to cut a few mm out of the front panel but it wont be noticable when the grill is fitted.

attacked the sump for tie rod clerance



and then plated it up




i started grinding down the welds but then decided to leave it as it wont be seen when in the car

doing a good job there mate ,i was thinking of doing this but in the rear. great to see you dont have to buy a kit ,good old D.I.Y lol keep it up mate brad

Edited by beaubrad, 14 February 2009 - 05:55 PM.

lookin good mate not bad progress will be good to see it finished

have not updated on here for ages. frame is pritty much finished now.

here's some old pics i'll take uptodate ones soon

just a little observation,maybe my eye's or your camera are tricking me?!,but the floor pan on the mini behind looks to have been welded inside out? where the drain holes in the front quarter are looks wrong and the flutes running down the panel.

have not updated on here for ages. frame is pritty much finished now.

here's some old pics i'll take uptodate ones soon

just a little observation,maybe my eye's or your camera are tricking me?!,but the floor pan on the mini behind looks to have been welded inside out? where the drain holes in the front quarter are looks wrong and the flutes running down the panel.

camera playing tricks i think, its the newly welded in floor of my 73 van, build diary here http://www.theminifo...showtopic=90015

yesterday was spent sorting out the fuel pump

spare tank


civic pump, cut and lengthed


flange cut from civic tank


hole cut in top of tank and flange welded in


pump in place


im pretty happy with the final result and it didnt cost a penny

finaly got around to building a crossmember today and trial fitting the exhaust manifold

i forgot to take a pit of crossmember before puting the frame back in the mini, i'll post one up next time the frame is out

did manage to take a pic of manifold clerance tho, which ime pretty happy with





also you can see the alternator roughly where it will end up being fitted, theres just enough clearance all around it plus it means i can use a standard belt and not worry about long belts and idler pullys etc etc

wow forgot all about this build thread, since the last update the frame was finished brackets etc made and it was pretty much ready to drop into the mini
but then got put on hold due to the mrs, work and moving house etc but with that all sorted i'll be diging it out of the garage soon get the custom rad made and fit it all, just need to finish spraying the other mini first.

will try take some pics next time im up the garage

Edited by l_jonez, 19 January 2014 - 03:10 PM.

found some pics of my rad mock up, should give more cooling than the civic rad, the frontal area is less but the extra depth should compromise plus being a alloy rad it shud be 20-30% more efficiant to start with








the figure on the front is that of the actual core size

Edited by l_jonez, 22 September 2009 - 08:36 PM.