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[minimissions]

Nice man, I still havent ventured over the jap cars yet but so many mates say its a must at some point in your life. I look forward to see progress on the RX7. As for the Mini that is really coming along now, how came the big wheels are going? please say reverse rims are back on the cards?

[Will16]

More like, you're 20, building three awesome projects on your own, and learning and teaching yourself a lot. it is very cool to follow.

Why do you need to get rid of the 10x7 wheels?

Aw thanks man! The wide wheels just stick out too far without arches, I don't really want the hassle from police again and I want to stay archless. I intended to get narrow wheels again when I do the metal front

Nice man, I still havent ventured over the jap cars yet but so many mates say its a must at some point in your life. I look forward to see progress on the RX7. As for the Mini that is really coming along now, how came the big wheels are going? please say reverse rims are back on the cards?

Cheers bud, you should it's a very cool and varied scene, I never was interested till a few years ago but have wanted a 7 since Sorry, reverse rims won't be going on, got some of my favourite wheels lined up, and they don't clear my brake without a 1/2" spacer!

[Vinay-RS]

Ah, makes sense. What wheels are you looking at? Revos, mambas, D1s or maybe some 6j cosmics :) I would love some 6j cosmics, even if they don't allow the car to remain archless.

[minimissions]

haha maybe one day. I am looking forward to seeing the 7 done then!

 

Fair enough man on the reverse wheels, i look forward to seeing your chosen ones.... haha

[Will16]

So, I'm bored so I'll give this a bit of an update... The problem I was previously having was that the car felt like it was stuck in gear and I couldnt move it. It was almost certainly a internal fault with the box, so I put off taking the engine out again to sort a few things out. First was the exhaust, went for a full 2" to the small back box with a 3" tip (yob ) Decided to go with flanges over v-band clamps as this is low and I dont want to be scraping through clamps and the metal cost me nothing to make the flanges! I then sorted out the front end, bent the valance to clear the subframe and cut lots and lots out of it to clear the various bit of the engine. With that done, engine could come out, I've done it enough and theres plenty of access so was a doddle, got the box split off and then stripped it down.

 

I need to give a huge thanks to Andrew from the 16v group who was on the end of a phone helping me work out what was wrong with it. After pulling my box to pieces and alot of head scratching we found that 1st gear on the 2nd motion shaft was locked solid when the top nut was tightened anymore that hand tight. This is the shaft where I swapped all the gears onto as its a lower final drive set. At the bottom I found 2 washers, where there should of only been 1. I can only presume when I swapped the gears over the washer got stuck to the bottom of 1st gear and the new shaft already had one. Having that extra washer on the shaft meant that when the nut was tightened, first gear basically locked to the shaft (when it was meant to be free). With 1st locked meant even in neutral, 1st gear was selected so the diff, thus the driveshafts moved when no gear was selected. That's why when we tried to push the car, the wheels tried to turn, then the diff, then all the gears and finally the input shaft where it goes into the crank of the engine. A bench test of the box and it felt spot on  !

 

With that sorted, engine went back into the car. Did a load of neatening stuff, like soldering instead of connection blocks and water proof plugs for headlights instead of bullet connectors. Also forgot to fill the gearbox with oil before putting it in, which made filling it fun   Tried to tidy all the wiring on the inner wings and bulkhead too, I had drilled holes before paint to run wiring and gauge senders through, doesnt look too messy and the ecu covers the main bulkhead hole.

 

Few basically done pictures added, looks alot better than before imo, still a bit goofy at the front I feel, roof racks coming off and maybe the headlight covers. Just need to bleed the brakes and itll be road worthy again

 

 

 

 

Out...

 

 

One bloody washer!

 

 

 

 

In...

 

Had my mate mod this to the correct side

 

 

Bit of crinkle paint too

 

Interior needed a good clean

 

 

 

[Will16]

ffs

Edited by Will16, 15 February 2018 - 06:17 PM.

[Will16]

Why has it done this 😂

Edited by Will16, 15 February 2018 - 08:35 AM.

[Will16]

Why has it done this 😂

Edited by Will16, 15 February 2018 - 08:36 AM.

[minimissions]

Love this thing! Its look ace man!

[GreaseMonkey]

Love seeing your updates, car looks great. Lots of personality. 

[megamini_jb]

Looks awesome! Where'd you get the wipers from?

[Will16]

Thank you guys

 

Looks awesome! Where'd you get the wipers from?

 

Wipers I made myself, just copied the jap style! Think theres a guy that imports them for circa £200, but I'm too cheap

 

Edited by Will16, 15 February 2018 - 06:50 PM.

[MaxDempsey]

Looks sick mate, when you said you wanted a metal front on it I thought it was a shame too loose the white front but I gotta say now it looks much better.

[Jared Mk3]

I do like this car!

[megamini_jb]

Sweet! thought that might have been the case. Yeah I can't justify that price tag either but I love the look of them   do they still swipe alright and clear the screen efficiently without much farting about once made them?