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[Jayme 1275]

i actually hate you cause youve got my 2 favourite things for mini's wide 10 inch wheels with massive dish and carbon fibre

na man fair play to you like the fact your going down a different route to power and trying somthing new. also would i also be right in saying you havent posted a picture of the car there going in to ?

[puresmartie]

On a lighter note, I received some beautiful gearbox to block bolts from USA and am going to collect all my sandblasted casings next week

Ebay jobby? with the bolts? cause i got some nice ones off ebay allen key head ones

Yup, the ones from madminidesigns.. same bloke that makes the alloy front plates. They are really nice! Hes putting together a kit to do the diff housing too

Those wheels are amazing - What width are they and how deep is that dish?!

They are 10 x 7's with 3 1/2 inch dish

Ben

a link for the bolts?

[benpopham]

i actually hate you cause youve got my 2 favourite things for mini's wide 10 inch wheels with massive dish and carbon fibre

na man fair play to you like the fact your going down a different route to power and trying somthing new. also would i also be right in saying you havent posted a picture of the car there going in to ?

Lol thanks very much, it taken a long time to get to this stage. I havnt posted a picture of the car yet because its just a bare shell, Iv got afew bits to do to it and then its visiting Mintec for some welding magic! I wanted to take it there about 2 years ago, but it just hasnt moved as quickly as I expected, so all going well it will be going there within afew months.

Different is always nice. As long as it looks smart and has a good power/weight ratio Im happy .

On a lighter note, I received some beautiful gearbox to block bolts from USA and am going to collect all my sandblasted casings next week

Ebay jobby? with the bolts? cause i got some nice ones off ebay allen key head ones

Yup, the ones from madminidesigns.. same bloke that makes the alloy front plates. They are really nice! Hes putting together a kit to do the diff housing too

Those wheels are amazing - What width are they and how deep is that dish?!

They are 10 x 7's with 3 1/2 inch dish

Ben

a link for the bolts?

Here you go....

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Ben

[benpopham]

Nice packet of ARP bolts arrived today for all the ancillaries!

Straight cut drops will be ordered next week! Woo!

[twrminisport]

Ahh straight cut drops are a good shout

What have you done to the box?

[benpopham]

The box has just been sandblasted and glossed so far, should be rebuilding it soon

[twrminisport]

Any different bits going in there at all?

[benpopham]

Well.. It's got a Evo diff with a 3.44cw, a swifty layshaft and a central pick up pipe. Other than that it's a standard helical box with all the bearings replaced.

Ben

[twrminisport]

Thats good.
Interesting aswel as i will be doing about the same to mine.

Should be alright i hope for your sake and mine!

[crazirob]

Ben ! Nice build ! alot of man hours for the carbon earns you man points

im aiming for the same sort of spec as you in my pup, are you using standard rods ? just been balanced ? lightened ?

how much is the bill so far ? if you dont mind me asking?

i have been contemplating doing it myself, getting either Bill Richards, or swiftune to build it..........

Robbie

[MJWarren]

This is awesome ben! first time ive seen it. Love all the carbon bits on the engine, thell probably be stronger than the original bits as well as looking fantastic!

Cant wait to see what power it makes, should be a hell of a lot of fun!

[benpopham]

Block is for sale

[mike.]

Whaaaaaaat!

Why?!

[benpopham]

Turns out the cylinder head I have has too bigger chambers so it has lowered the compression ratio too low to make good power Block is for sale to fund a set of Omega pistons for a 1380 build instead.

[mike.]

Turbo it instead then...