Thanks a lot hoody, the help is much appreciated!

X16Xe Round Nose
#46
Posted 01 July 2013 - 01:34 PM
#47
Posted 02 July 2013 - 12:38 PM
#48
Posted 06 July 2013 - 09:43 AM
Thanks again Hoody, I shan't worry about them for now then. Have had to slow progress down for a while so i can get some money together to afford a welder ( or some welding. ) and a radiator! Have become a TMF+ member and have a few items for sale that i took out of the mini to replace with the allspeed subframe and x16xe engine.
Will put the engine and gearbox up as well today.
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#49
Posted 16 July 2013 - 02:06 PM
Gave the mini a good clean to get all the sap off of it yesterday as it was looking like such a state but it came up really nicely! I've just been offered 4 weeks work starting next Monday so in a month and a bit i should be equipped with a welder and shall invest in some breaks. A month seems like a long way away right now but hopefully ill be able to get something done before then.
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#50
Posted 25 July 2013 - 09:59 AM
top progress chap :) looking at conversions myself and this one was pretty high in the list
tempting to just go knee deep into it!
#51
Posted 29 July 2013 - 06:30 PM
Thanks! Just earning some money be able to afford to finish it off I would recommend it and i haven't even driven it! The build has been so much fun and I've learned so much, the main thing I'd do differently if i was doing it again is id buy the subframe new from allspeed and talk to them before starting. Can't wait for payday!
#52
Posted 06 August 2013 - 02:58 PM
Looks a nice little project you have there mate...I say little - I can imagine there being quite a few headaches involved!! I've always loved Minis and am tempted to buy one and do this conversion myself. I have a 140bhp C16XE engine in bits that I used to have in a D-reg Nova...used to shift slighly easier to fit as they don't have the immobiliser to sort out with the wiring but other than that pretty much identical from the outside. Its tempting lol.
Have you manged to sort the air filter out? You can buy the inlets with the throttle body on the other side so the air filter sticks out over the gearbox...would that be an option? Or convert yours like that?
Have you made a start on wiring it in yet, or working out what goes where?
Good luck with the project mate.
#53
Posted 14 August 2013 - 06:47 PM
Smart project, liking the inlet manifold!
#54
Posted 04 September 2013 - 12:52 PM
I finally got a welder! A mig 135te was recommended to me so I picked one up on pay day last Friday. My welding skills aren't as good as I'd like them to be but after playing on some scrap metal to get the settings about right i managed to weld the box in the front bulkhead to a standard i was more than happy with. I started welding from the front with seem welds around all joins. I Started by tacking about 5cm apart and then joined the dots as best i could and then went over it all again to neaten it up and grinded it back a bit to make it a little neater.
I then moved inside the car only to find that id cut the hole out to be too big so there were a few gaps to be filled. I used strips of 3mm mild steel to do so and although its not as neat as id of liked it to be it looks and feels more than strong enough.I also Blanked off the hole that the original gear shifter came through the body with a plate of 3mm mild steel.
For my first ever try at welding, although it doesn't look very neat i am very happy with the results and had a lot of fun doing it! I'm painting the metal today ready for the engine and subframe to go back in tomorrow.
I have ordered a radiator that is arriving today so after i have fitted it i am hoping that there isn't very much to do before i try and turn the beast over. The only thing i am unsure of is where the black tube (final image) that comes out of the original master brake cylinder is supposed to go. I know that it attached to the a series but is it supposed to join to the vauxhall engine somewhere? or do i just blank it off?
Help would be much appreciated!
Nova rich, i haven't sorted the air filter out yet, i am hoping that i can squeeze it in how it is, it may take some bet tubing and a bit of grease but hopefully it will fit! if not i shall deal with that problem when i come to it which is likely to be tomorrow or the day after :L I havn't looked into the wiring much but i think that after all the wires are plugged into the ecu, there are very few wires left to deal with but i don't have a clue which one goes where but again i will deal with that issue when i come to it.
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Posted 05 September 2013 - 03:58 PM
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#57
Posted 05 September 2013 - 04:34 PM
It seems to be a gooden! I used the 'give it a clout' method and all seemed fine so i am very happy! I am currently using the co2 that came with the welder but i brought a co2 argon mix which i shall use after the bottle i am using now has ran out so i can compare, I neglected to compare the price of the 2 but the mix was only 11 quid or so :)
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Posted 05 September 2013 - 08:00 PM
#59
Posted 14 April 2014 - 01:59 PM
Finally found some time at home off uni to spend some time on the mini this afternoon and it feels like it's been ages! There is soooo much work to do and I'm loving the thought of spending the majority of this summer working on it although my hands are bleeding after just a few hours on it today
One of the last things i got for the car was a radiator so i decided that today was the day to fit it which of course was very ambitious! I've been hoping from the very beginning of this project to keep the standard front end which so far has been a massive ball ache! After a fair bit of cutting metal away i managed to get it looking like this:
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This is clear of the oil filter (by amount 5mm) but in this current position i wouldn't be able to get a bonnet over it and its very close to just about everything else! After cutting away the majority of the passenger side inner wing I'm feeling that a fiberglass front end wouldn't have been such a bad idea from the beginning - It would make it soo so much easier to work on.
I'd love to see what other people have done and of course any advice is appreciated as always! This is the space I have to deal with and i still have no idea how I'm going to fix it in place when i eventually get it to fit!?
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