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[shinerwright]

Hi all,

Been reading alot of your builds and asking loads of questions so I thought I'll repay everyone by sharing my project on here too!

First of all here is my mini during its first restoration:

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After working through the birds nest of cables I managed to neaten it up and install my new dash and steering wheel

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Unfortunately I did not take many pictures of the mini complete as I was too excited about driving it but here is one after the respray:

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Then I had a short somewhere killing the battery every other day so traced it back to behind the dashboard and once it was all in bits again I decided that its a good time to take the engine out and make that my next project.

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Edited by shinerwright, 07 March 2010 - 09:51 PM.

[shinerwright]

can anyone see the pictures or have i done something wrong?

[yeti21586]

the pictures havent worked

[scsracing]

Nope no pictures

[shinerwright]

seems that uploading pictures does not work with my mac laptop - anyways sorted now

[shinerwright]

Once the engine was out I decided to tidy and repaint the engine bay:

Primed








Finished

[shinerwright]

Heres some pictures of the subframe and setup:





Thought I would paint the suspension and hubs etc whilst waiting for my engine bits to arrive

[paul6266]

looks good....guessing you like green then???

[shinerwright]

Thanks, just don't like wasting paint

Thought I would be different and have it all matching.

[paul6266]

it does look ok, its a bit differant atleast, i can imagine all my running gear being yellow lookin a tad naff

[Heather&Henrietta]

Ooo another 'close-by' TMF'er, I'll be watching this thread closely


It's looking good Well done

[shinerwright]

Here are my Minisport alloy calipers after I assembled them (they are the best buy of the build so far):







Assembled the subframe in my bedroom as I was running out of space:

[paul6266]

oh dear i think i nearly had a little accident after looking at them brakes, very very nice if only i had the money

[shinerwright]

Got the subframe installed on the mini with a bit of hassle but all good now:


brakes got a little rusty being in the garage for a while


Finally what I have been building up to - the engine project!!

Refurbished gearbox with X-pin diff and a 3.44 final drive:

Reground and balanced crankshaft:

Flywheel housing:

1380 Block with centre main strap:

Conversion plate for K1100:

The 16v K1100 Head:

[shinerwright]

Here are some pictures of the engine build although I can't find any of the crank and piston installation: