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[andywaller]

He tuned mine

cool i bought the old harness from that car, it was out of date!

thanks i cant wait to get it finished, been watching your estate project too it looks like its coming on really well!

[andywaller]

there been slow progress recently what with one thing and another, i have been doing bits on my other mini and its too hot to wear overall and weld!

i have now cut the rear seat pan and pockets out, it looks quite neat and i just need to finish tidying it up. i have also stated rubbing bits down in preperation for the respray, as i go i have been removing all rust, welding up unused holes the rubbing down and priming panels. i looks a lot tidyer where i have done this and i know that i have finished it when its grey!

i have sent my cheaque to smudger for a battery box so should get that soon and my carbon bumpers should be with me in a while also.

i have also spoke to mlmotorsport on saturday and he said that mike barnaby of MB wheels said they should be ready in 7-10 days so we shall see!

i am using a differnet computer so i cant put any pictures up at the moments, and i am going on holiday to kavos next week so not much will be done for a while.

i forgot i also spent saturday moring at work with my friend ant and we made a program on the mill to turn down 8.4" disc to 7.5" and also groove them 0.6mm deep and 2mm wide 12 time on each face.

they look awsome and i have pictures showing how they were done, and the finished disc along with callipers, there gonna look lush behind my wheels!

[andywaller]

i have been doing some work inside recently these are somer various pics of the work













here are some pictures of when i did the brakes at work, as you can see i did them on a CNC mill and instead of turning the discs down to 7.5" i milled them.

[miniallsort]

very niceee

[andywaller]

cheers

i have now also decided that i will be making the front of the car removeable, i will still be using the steel panels though.

it wont be a flip front as i can see the point, they must get in the way when working. instead i will use stainless counter sink bolts on the wings and hidden fastners else where to keep things in line.

i will get the brace bars when i get back from my holiday.

[Mini-Dave]

Hey!

Ive done the same on my project!, fitting a removable steel front!

Im doing mine so you can take the bonet off seperate too! using pins at the back, and springs at the two front corners (H)

i think flip fronts are just for show they must get in the way more than the bonet does!

Dave

[clubminiflip]

this has got to be one of the coolist builds for a while, love what your doing as its a simular thing to what i'm doing, nice & clean,low,quick,stripped out!!!!! have a look at what the japanease do with there minis, they have this look nailed!!! keep it going, i'll add my build on here nxt )

[knoxie21]

For japanese minis look at this site http://www.alecmini.co.jp using http://babelfish.altavista.com or any other translator to view it

[andywaller]

cheers for the comments,

ive been away on holiday for the past week but the break has given me a bit more enthusiasum for the project.

sounds cool mini-dave i will have to look at your project, get a few ideas!

iv PM'ed you back about the roof clubminiflip, its good to see that other people have the same taste!

i will take a look at those jap sites.

[Dog]

Looking good dude!

Seems I am not the only one on the forum doing a racer!
We'll have to put them up agaist each other,a nd see hwo they go!

[andywaller]

yeah too right,

i have been watching your project and like what you are doing, well will have to see whos is lower too.


i went up to mini spares in RAF my other mini! trust me thats an achievment! any way a bought a set of brace bars for the front end and also some radius arm rebuild kits! just need another couple of poly mounts, wheel cylinders and a handbrake cable to finish the list for the rear subby(and the frame itself!)

i have now also cut the inner wings of the front of the car in preperation for the bars, again i just need the sub frame so i can line these up.

once i have this done i will be sending the roll cage, sub frames, brace bars and towing eye to be powder coated bright orange, sounds a bit mad but i think it should work with the black body work!

[Dog]

I'm making my own brace bars.
With my projest, I am on a budget, as I want to spend as much as I can on my engine.

So welding, spraying, engine building, etc, is all being done by myself

And Mowog.... You won't get it any lower than me

[jack_marshall]

Cracking on arnt you mate.

Keep it up. All looks good and proper to me!

[andywaller]

cheers jack

i couldnt belive all the rust on your car dog i would have been gutted.

i think i will be dam low but havent tubbed my rear arches, yet so you may get lower than me, but i will still have less weight to drag about because i am getting more carbon. so should be faster

[Dog]

I see some compettion brewing here!!!

Drag Wars '07!!

Only porblem, I have with mine, I can't run it low all the time, due to tony blair wasting our car tax on stuip things, like blowing other contries up lol


Meh rust is rust, whats a Mini with out it?