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[steveobennet]

but it looks like this might be the end of the road for it. i don't plan on keeping it, fact it maybe be going the skip soon, so is anyone is in need of a cheap seat let me know!

[steveobennet]

took the carb off the engine today, with it off it allows me more room to get at the turbo to sort the leak on the downpipe. radiator taken off, fan spruced up. i did originally think of getting a 6 blade jobbie, but i reckon the 11 blade with a 2core radiator should do! i've finnaly sorted the wiring for the wing indicators, and cleaned up the front wiring. also have glued a make shift roof lining (£10 of fabric from abikan (spelling)) and trimmed it. and have fitted my one bucket seat! its been sat in my room for a while so i've been testing it for comfort, and i can quite happily sit in it for a few hours! all i need now apart from harnesses are a pair of seat extenders, so i can drive comfortably.

[biggav]

lookin SSSCCCHHHHWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEETTT!!!!! i've had nothin but trouble with my coil overs... bottom out on the front (you were right about the brackets) and the rears springs are catching on the body too so i'm having the whole lot altered and set up proffesionally!!!!! when will you be on the road??

[steveobennet]

i sorted the rears of mine by bashing away at the lip so it doesn't crash over speed bumps! i'm planning on getting it done for summer, but with the weather we've just had, i think i missed it. next few months hopefully.

[johnbot429]

Hey mate NICE CAR!! noticed you had magnum motorsport seats in there, have you got rid?? im waiting for my front end off magnum, been waiting a while but iv heard there well worth the wait!!! keep up the good work!

[steveobennet]

ta dude, yeah the magnum seats were just too wide in the shoulders to be used. i don't know if the seats and front end are made by the same manufacturer, as i got the seats off a mate.

right to this weeks progress. i polished it. not much else i can do with drying up funds! finally got the 3 extra gauges i shall be hooking up to the engine. boost oil temp and oil pressure. they are all electro lumenesent to match my EL clocks.



i managed to get a adapter to fit the oil pressure sender into the turbo's oil feed, and have got a sandwich plate on the way so i can throw my temp sender in there.

Edited by steveobennet, 22 April 2007 - 04:54 PM.

[jack_marshall]

Great build. Cracking progress!

Bodywork repairs look good too!

[Mincento]

its looking good as always steve and as jack saids the bodywork is looking just as good as it originaly was

wayne

[johnbot429]

Yeah they make them too measure, magnummotorsport.co.uk check them out there pretty reasonble and make everything to order!!

[steveobennet]

cool

right i'm getting sick of my seat at the moment. i'm a tall broad guy, 6ft 3 and abit of a beer gut basically! it didn't go back far enough on the original brackets, so i bought some seat extenders. what a load of C**p they are! way to flimsy and still didn't give me enough leg room, so i fabricated my own. only to find out my seat hit my rollcage! so now i have to sit at a sort of angle, which is a ball ache! i might be able to move it forward, but to be honest its just pissing me off now.

i'll leave it now till the end, if its still poo then i'll see about removing the cage.

fitted the oil sandwich only to snap the oil sender inside it! doh! but it fits well and looks shiny! also have made a sheild for my intercooler, its made of perspex, and only covers the side protruding the brace bar.

[steveobennet]

i have wired up my mpi stalks. well they are actually take from an mgf. you find these types of stalks in rover 200's, and 400's but i needed one without a rear wiper. i spent some time looking at the haynes manual, and thought bugger it! a few fuses later, and its all working. the main reason for me using these types of stalks is not only for a more modern look and feel to them, but also now the side lights are on the stalk itself.

the indicator self canceling doobrie was taken from my original stalk, and the center of my new stalks widened to take it. as for fixing it to the steering i still have to come up with something. as you can see from the below pics it took some butchering, but it does just fit in the original cowling. i have butchered the cowling by opening the holes up, but i will put some sort of rubber boot or cloth in its place for a professional finish

[Mincento]

keep it up steve, if my project ends up half as decent as this ill be pleased any idea when your gonna put it on the road yet?

wayne

[steveobennet]

yep summer , probabily july/august. don't know. we'll see when i run out of buying stuff

[J-Lo]

have you thought about clear powdercoating the wheels to keep them shiny and keep from having to polishing them every time you wash?

[stickolip]

Hi this is sooo amazing!!! it is one lucky mini to have such a caring owner. . looks mint.

P.S.

isnt your exhaust a bit lethal as it hangs out alot.

say u were hammering down to tescoes to get some milk, u got five mins to get there u run in and buy the milk and go to stick the milk in the boot!!! u burn your leg!!

hehe i just wondered.

Edited by stickolip, 08 May 2007 - 09:30 PM.