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[miniboo]

yep

well the engine, you see i dont really want to let the cat out of the bag until i get it. i should have the main bit in the next couple of months.

but it will match the brakes

does that mean it will have 6 pistons?????????????

[ed4ran]

or be a KAD 16v head?

[andywaller]

mini93 it depends on your spec 4 pots are good for mega power and bill solis says they are capeable when dealing with 180 bhp.

well i wont have quite that much, but i always think you cant have too much braking!


ok miniboo it wont match the brakes that much, just be up to thier level.

ed4ran i wish it was i have been watching them all on ebay, but thier just beyond my buget at the moment!

[mini93]

i wouldnt mind over 180 bhp mind be upset with less aswell......money money money!

[andywaller]

all being well i am aiming for 300 BHP/ton or more! and i know its posible with what i am doing!

[andywaller]

i have know finished machining my SPA boss so it will bolt straight onto my mini steering column. just need to get it welded up and powder coated now. but at least i can try my wheel position out now.

im going to turn up a distributor blanking plug at work next week as well, for something to do.

[andywaller]

here are a couple of pcitures of my steering wheel and boss

i have also cut the other rear arch out today ready to be tubbed

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[andywaller]

i have now got a set of rose jointed bottom arms on my way thanks to dan webster! i will get a couple of new rose joints for these and paint em up.

all being well i am going to collect my new brakes this weekend aswell, i need to trial fit these and modify the brackets so i can have the biggest discs possible within my wheels. better groove these discs like my last ones as well.

then i just need to get the nuts and bolts and i can build up the front subframe! wohoo it will start to look like i have done something then!

Edited by MOWOG, 30 May 2007 - 07:04 PM.

[mini93]

steering wheel looks really good

cant wait to see all the new parts going on there

[andywaller]

cheers i dont think you wil see another one with the boss fitte quite like that.

i cant wait either, im going to try and get a few bits and bobs machine as soon as possible as my job is starting to look a bit iffy

[mini93]

ah no! fight for the job! u need cash to do the mini

whats so special about the boss? im gona have a snap off wheel in mine (also a bit of security) or has this also been customised?

[andywaller]

ah no! fight for the job! u need cash to do the mini

whats so special about the boss? im gona have a snap off wheel in mine (also a bit of security) or has this also been customised?

company is going bakrupt so not much i can do but wait and see, not good when i am having to spend about £900 on the project this week.

the boss is special, it an spa design one as used on the touring cars. costs about £100, but its not so much that. its more the way its fitted as normally with this type of boss you weld it onto the steering column, all well and good but if your steering wheel is not pointing striaght ahead the only way to make it straight is to adjust it through the track rod ends.



this i dint want as i would find this annoying, to get around this you would normaly need to get the new boss fitting splined to match the minis steering column but this is very expensive. so i managed to get around this with a bit of trick engineering and get a splined section in my boss.

you would have to see it to appreciate it.

oh and this wouldnt be an issue with a propietry snap off type boss

[mini93]

the spa ones the ones at demon tweeks? butchering an old steering wheel for the splined section seems like the way, welding it just seems dodgy especialy with the adjusting track rods way of things :S

[andywaller]

yeah its pretty easy stuff if you have got access to a lathe.

going to get my new brakes in the morning so will put pics up tomorrow.

i drilled out the drive flanges today ready for the vented discs to bolt on.

[andywaller]

wooooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooo

i have six pot callipers.

couple of pics

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