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[1380rich]

thanks everyone cant wait for malvern! the sliders dont lock.. my mate had a set in his 205 rally car and they lock ... a small split pin on a little bit of chain and a small hole drilled on the bottom slider. worked well.

i need to get more pics up but my camera fones broke

rich

[1380rich]

right .. i havent updated for ages but computer fixed and happy days

mini is now on the road and all run in.
had few issues lol .. first time i took it to santa pod for a rwyb to practice and blew it up on third run .... first instead of third is not advised haha
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bent all exhaust valves, cracked crank pulley in half and muffed oil pump ... lovely!

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got that all sorted ... missed the showdown though but made MITP had a real good day but ran with slicks and couldn't get a good start all day .. i am useless with them things haha. figured the slicks on the strip were a safer bet than the 10x7's with stretched 008's as all they do when it comes on cam is throw me all over the road!

knowing that combe was coming up i ditched the coilovers (freeking awfull things) went back to rubber cone suspension on the front and put some 10x4.5's on the car and removed arches.. can actually drive the car fast now with out fear of certain death, wasn't sure at first but its growing on me.

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such a good day got the track day bug a little bit

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Edited by 1380rich, 18 October 2009 - 09:16 PM.

[mike.]

Nice car!

Looks soooo much better on the wide wheels though. What wheels were they?

Also when you say awful coilovers what do you mean? I'm thinking of converting to them as a future mod.

[1380rich]

they're force racing wheels and carbon weave mig arches. still got them so for shows it can be put back.
i had coil overs and there was just no droop so it tended to try to pick up a wheel and lose traction on 1 wheel when cornering hard. i went back to rubber cone suspension with hi lo's and its a different car to drive.

[george91]

Very nice, such a good spec, and i love road legal race minis, great job hope you enjoy it when it finally gets completed. George.

[1380rich]

thanks george, its allways being developed ... they're never ending are they lol

[george91]

thanks george, its allways being developed ... they're never ending are they lol

good i'll keep a look out for more updates, this gives me some inspiration for my project, and your right about the never ending i doubt your ever call it 'finished'.

Edited by george91, 20 October 2009 - 04:16 PM.

[1380rich]

had a fun few days last week, stuck a screwdriver in to my hand and destroyed a set of drill bits an hole saws but .. saved 2.4kgs (what i picked up after i was done) this is what i'm left with

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rich

[mighty mini jack]

Whoah cheese-grater subby!

Nice work!

[george91]

Haha loving the weight weenie subby!

[1380rich]

cheers am starting on other front end weight saving today .... some weighty components on there

rich

[Calman]

Hi there, are those carbon miglia arches your running?

If so what wheels have you got (Guessing 10x6?) and are they spacered?

Thanks

[1380rich]

yes they're carbon miglia arches .. when they were on the car i was using my force racing wheels .. 10x7'sm .. 10x6's don't look right imo unless you trim the mig arches rite back.

get new outers for force racing wheels in a couple of weeks so they will be 10x5's .. woo hoo no more minilights lol

rich

[Calman]

i was plannig one 10x6 force raing wheels aswell! When you had the 10x7's how much of the inner arche did you cut away?

[1380rich]

didn't cut any away .. well i did but only cause i got a flip front, had no issues with them at all (apart from having the 7" wide) looks mega but the torque steer was jus magnified so much and you cant get road tyres to fit the 7"s properly. 6's shouldn't be too bad.

rich