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[scrippo]

Oh my god that binnacle is beautiful!

And as I said in an earlier post the car is awesome! Top job!

[mighty mini jack]

Oh my god that binnacle is beautiful!

And as I said in an earlier post the car is awesome! Top job!

I agree!

Just pure binnicle porn!

I think snowball would like one

[edi57]

Your project is definitely one of the most interesting on here... love it so far!

[dan_up850]

very nice mini and a very interesting project mate! definatly gonna be watching the build! can i ask, what wheels are in the first pic and what size are they? there chuffing nice!!

[JimmehF]

Looking really nice this project!!

I also would like to say how good nick (carbonweasle's) work is, ive had some bits done, and hes making me some more parts too for my vtec mini!!

Love the quality of the parts, good luck Nick and Azz/Ben for 2009!!

[1380rich]

loving this project, can't wait to see the finished article mate.
keep it up, good job

rich

[rosco454]

Carbon work aside (lovely as it is) the car looks excellent all round.
Nice fabrication work and the general standard of finish looks very high,watching this with lots of interest.

[irishdude]

oh my.. the carbon work is just amazing. The car will be very very unique when its finished.. Love it.

I am off now to pick my tongue up of the floor. Great job:)

[azzgranty]

Thanks for all your interest guys...
In response to dan_up850 my wheels are 7x10 MB splits. Had them over three years and still look awesome, although they need
a good polish at the moment...They were 6x10s when I bought them but I decided to rebuild them wider for this build.
Ive also finally got all my rear suspension up together, all rebuilt and powder coated. So hopefully my car will be on all four wheels again soon...



After that's done im gonna have to decide what im doing with my wiring loom and dash.
Probably lots of head scratching...

I found this pic of the drivers eye view of my dash, thought you guys might want to see... Cant wait to drive down the road looking at all that
carbon in front of me, gonna be awesome in the sunlight.



And also a pic with the engine in and carbon front end fixed in place.

[mighty mini jack]

Looking awsome fella, really cant wait to see this done!

[ferrox_666]

Carbon fibre 5inch webber manifold!
Formula1 turbo era cars all had CF manifolds because it conducted/insulated heat so well (not sure which - the beneficial one for sure).
I bet you could sell them for a profit too!
Car is sweet.

[buddylove]

Looking really good.

[azzgranty]

Its not carbon im afraid, just a maniflow 5 inch one painted in
wrinkle finish paint..
Although it did cross our minds at one point last year to try and make a carbon one.

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

love the project would be better with a bike engine though especially with all that carbonfibre

[azzgranty]

Just a quick update.
She's now back on all four wheels again, which should make life a little bit easier.
Seems like the cars back-end has been up in the air forever.





Seems to sit nice and low too.


I also finally recieved my ex-Nascar brake master cylinders from the states which means I can now sort out the braking
system and clutch on my pedal setup. Going to tidy up the engine bay nicely by having all the master cylinders neatly
hidden inside the car...



Not sure what part of the car to start on next, got so many things left to do.
Will update as soon as I get anymore work done...