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[jameswildcooper]

yes me and tarks are doing the kit my webber will have a webber box where the dials are atm thats why im having a center clock so will be custom pipe work for the inlet

[jameswildcooper]

a before, middle and after

from this....



then to this.....


to this...

Edited by jameswildcooper, 28 February 2007 - 08:34 PM.

[Sam]

looks pretty..

what are you going to be doing about a gearbox?

[jameswildcooper]

Ive got a new gear box sitting at home just going to get some straight cut gears for it and a 2.9 final drive. The gear box already has central oil pickup and upgraded bearings

[Sam]

cool, you getting the full straight cut gearset? and drops?

what diff are you fitting too?

[Tarks]

the diff you can either gop for an uprated pinned std item (keeping handling and driveability)

or you can go lsd but i believe a 3.1 diff is the smallest ratio you can easily fit also lsd tend to want to push you in a straight line and pull around roundabouts ect

id be intersested to know who has 140+ hp minis and what diff they have with the changed charactor of the drive?


as there is much speculation on lsd's so ive heard from tuning/engine builder proffesionals

what say you drivers of such ????

[Tarks]

ill sort out your charger kit soon mate by the way ill finish the bodywork first mate lol.

[jameswildcooper]

cool, you getting the full straight cut gearset? and drops?

what diff are you fitting too?

thinking of a X pin diff. I was thinking about LSD but herd it isnt to good for handling only good for launching off the lights i want this car mainly for tracks but usuable on the road aswell so want something that will give the best handling

ill sort out your charger kit soon mate by the way ill finish the bodywork first mate lol.

lol good good

[mini93]

quaif ATB??? alot more drivable that LSD and still get power down, suplying power to the wheel with grip

[supermotolee]

an lsd will not let the inside wheel spin when turning and putting the power down giving more grip so i think it'd aid handling if anything the only thing is going to be low speed driving and parking they can be a pain, lots of lsd's can be adjusted to suit most will probably just be set to help control torque steer(not to lock the diff out completley) which your supercharger may suffer with as it'l have torque to spare hehe might be worth asking some of the turbo mini's lads some of they are putting out big power not sure what they'd recomend...

[jameswildcooper]

cheers for the info lads

well me and tarks have been working on the mini today got a fair bit done. Heres some pics to show what we have done today.....

how the mini looked before we started work on it...


Well as some of you know im having a custom race fuel tank so we made a frame to hold the fuel tank in the center of the boot


we then started to cut the flooring out underneith once we knew where the frame would sit. The tank will sit partly in the floor and will come up to just under half the height of the boot


boot floor is now out.


we then used the door skin for panels as we needed to make a panel for around the edge of the frame. I have aluminium door skins so no need for the old ones.


We used part of the door skin to put a panel at the back of the frame as you can see. we also welded in a panel to the right of the frame where the gap is but it was dark so no pics.



We also welded in one of the MK1 light plates.



The lights in place.

Edited by jameswildcooper, 04 March 2007 - 09:14 PM.

[miniallsort]

good work!!

[MINIMON]

im liking the improvisation with the doors that fuel tank is going to be something else great

[tdcibilly]

looking good mate (i will have to get a move on with mine now)

[jameswildcooper]

Cheers for the comments. Keep them coming....