175 replies to this topic

[BenH]

Completly missed this thread,
I love the colour, im a big fan of white cars but the new colour is ten times better,
Ive got the e16se in mine, whats it like to drive?
Well done mate!

[vini]

Completly missed this thread,
I love the colour, im a big fan of white cars but the new colour is ten times better,
Ive got the e16se in mine, whats it like to drive?
Well done mate!

lol sorry ben for the late reply,only just noticed when i clicked on my thread.vini hasnt moved out the drive since the south wales show last month.lost interest since i bought a scooby as my daily driver a month or so back and realised how fast my mini wasnt lol.been reading youre new thread over the last week and its inspired me to kick my arse in to gear and get on with future plans with vini.glad to see youre keeping kermit,u got a real nice car there. ordered my front cage last week and it arrived today so will be updating this thread regular now and pushing for a few more horses out of vini soon. Dean

[E.L.M.O]

Really nice looking car!
Cant wait till I go vaux.... sadly its a way off yet as its already going to be an expensive 2011 what with a house and a wedding!

[lindy119]

Looks Fantastic, and i agree - enter it into a Mini Magazine!!

[vini]

Thanks for the comments guys nice dry day today so ideal opportunity to fit my new safety devices front cage. so with new bolts,nuts,washers and base plates in it went.not much to look at in the pics but hey,whats a project thread without pics aye. next job is to buy myself some new bucket seats and harnesses Dean.

[leaky]

I just went through this whole thread. Great work. I love this car and was having a look at it while down in newquay. I think I may even have taken some pics of it. I'll have a look. I agree with everyone else though. Get it in a mag.

EDIT: I did get a pic of it.

Edited by Mini-jon, 03 September 2010 - 11:20 AM.

[vini]

I just went through this whole thread. Great work. I love this car and was having a look at it while down in newquay. I think I may even have taken some pics of it. I'll have a look. I agree with everyone else though. Get it in a mag.

EDIT: I did get a pic of it.

ohhhh cool,happy memorys lol allready booked for next year,cant wait,best weekend of the year by far
been out pottering with vini today.thought it was about time i wired up his lamps. fitted a relay and wired them in to the main beam.just need to adjust them now so im not blinding planes lol,and i seem to have a head lap out too.gonna buy myself a new set of headlamps at coombe anyway Dean

[mini_mad69]

Looking good Dean.

[vini]

How low do you go.ive had an issue with the ride height on vini ever since i fitted the beam axel,so today i thought i would tackle the problem.a couple of weeks ago i thought i would chop some metal off the springs.as a consequence it didnt drop the ride height at all and only made the back end more bouncy.so the plan today was to take even more metal off the springs.
heres a pick of ride height before the chop.......

pics of the coilovers stripped down ready for butchery lol.

underneath of vini without his shockers.

this is how much height ive taken off the springs lol

and the coilovers built back up ready to go back on vini

this is the end result!still plenty of space under the rear arch,infact still to much,but i havent got a lot of room left under the exhaust lol plus i still feel its not firm enough on the suspension side of things.so job for tomoz is to take a few more coils out lol.in for a penny in for a pound Dean

[mini_mad69]

Can't you buy lowered springs for them?

It was lower than a snakes nob before, you'll be collecting cat's eyes before long!!!!!!!!!!



Good to see you've still got your enthusiasm for Vini and that subaru isn't distracting you too much.



You going to be at combe?

[vini]

Can't you buy lowered springs for them?

It was lower than a snakes nob before, you'll be collecting cat's eyes before long!!!!!!!!!!



Good to see you've still got your enthusiasm for Vini and that subaru isn't distracting you too much.



You going to be at combe?

buy lowered springs? i like my angle grinder to much lol. the scooby isnt distracting me as much as it was lol still a lovely car though. cant wait for coombe,got a bit of a shopping list: headlamps,seats,harnesses etc plus ive gotta take a few bits up for you Dean

[mini_mad69]

Oh sounds good.
you bringing those bits? Thanks mate.
Are you still planning the engine mods?


Still got tape holding the engine together?

[vini]

Oh sounds good.
you bringing those bits? Thanks mate.
Are you still planning the engine mods?


Still got tape holding the engine together?

yep still got tape holding the cam carrier together,wouldnt bother me but ive got oil dripping on to my fanbelt which makes it slip all the time. plenty of engine mods in the pipeline so watch this space Dean

[vini]

mission accomplished vini is now officially slammed as low as he can go lol. cut a few more coils off the springs and adjusted the springs to the max.had to modify the inner arches where the coils sit.cant get my fingers between the arches and the tyres now lol but thats what i was aiming for and now the suspension is a lot more rigid now Dean
even more coils cut down

modified inner arch.

think im gonna have to trim the threads on the exhaust clamp lol

[R1mini]

Why have you cut the coil spring where the suspension travel comes from? The smallest bump will coil bind now as you have no travel left, let me know if I'm missing something fundamental here

Cheers
David