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[arnie_14]

i was looking at putting a single upswept pipe in the centre, think there about 1.7" or a small bore twin upswept

[wide-n-low]

when i got it back to my garage i wasnt happy with the way the sport pack copy arches fitter so i brought a set of genuine ones of ebay, also i brought a set of 7 x 13 minilights a set of bucket seats and a sabelt harness, also got some paint mixed up (subaru blue) and painted inside my boot and engine bay and inside of my bonnet.wheals need bit of a referb as theres a little bit of kerbing damage on some of them so my dads mate wil be putting them on the lathe for me and carefully taking a slight bit of material of each rim until damage has gone then have them repolished and have the centres painted black.

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heyy its looking good ... my mini is painted subaru blue .. looks realy nice! good choice.

keep up the good work

[dannyg2325]

defo, a nicely tuned 1275 shud have no problem at all. thats what i had, and a mate drives a vtr, smoked every time! lol

thumbs up for the subaru blue!!

[arnie_14]

hopefully be getting my head back today so i can paint that and rebuild it, just of to get some primer and some more blue paint mixed up so i can paint the inside if al goes to plan.

[Spazza24]

so let me get this right a 1300 in a mini could beat a 1.6 vtr?
if so i am deffo upgrading lol f**king hate them!!!!

[AndrewJ530]

so let me get this right a 1300 in a mini could beat a 1.6 vtr?
if so i am deffo upgrading lol f**king hate them!!!!

Yep! Not a standard 1300 though, gotta have some tweaks.

[Jordie]

Go turbo.......me and tuktuk whooped the floor with a saxo when he dangerously tried to overtake me. Kept teasing him, he'd catch up and id boost to 5psi. then slow down lol

[M44K TS]

saxo Jordie?

Anyone local?

Should look like a cool car mate when it's done!

[Jordie]

some local barry boy near me. Lowered and wide arches etc in blue with yellow badges.

[mini_mad69]

I love the idea of this car, im wanting to get a saxo smoker sticker on my window now.

[sir Jake the brit]

Go turbo.......me and tuktuk whooped the floor with a saxo when he dangerously tried to overtake me. Kept teasing him, he'd catch up and id boost to 5psi. then slow down lol

errr they have never made a 2.0ltr saxo (1.6 max!), so somethings wrong there, maybe the chav you were racing couldn't read!!!

and if it were a vts(1.6 16v 120bhp 0-60 in 7.4 an 125 flat out) i still think a mini would struggle running a low boost like that, whats your full spec??

was it a vtr(1.6 8v 90-98 bhp dependent on it being the face liftor not!)??

[arnie_14]

wel got some primer today and did a little bit of priming not much tho,

also got my head back today, its been skimmed and the very lightest of skims on the manifold face aswell and aslo had the valves resaeted,
so iv started painting the head, needs another coat tho, lap the valves in and i can rebuild the head when iv got the new stem seals.

tomorrow im going to have another go at taking my clutch off hopefly il be 5th time lucky lol

[arnie_14]

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mini1.3 there a pic of the calipers

[arnie_14]

wel 2night i got the clutch of,
home made puller and a big breaker bar did the job straight away

proberly split the block from the gearbox take crank out etc tomorro night so wil be able to see if i need any work doing,

hoping to have the engine all rebuilt and raedy to drop in with in the next few weeks

[whatand1]

Any updates mate and how did it go yesterday did you pass.

failed

a van pulled out on me round an island and the examiner beat me to the brake (N)

totaly gutted

Dont worry mate, the best people pass second time I heard I failed first time for speeding! No minors, just sped about 800m away from finishing! DOH!