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[DrFrankenstein]

Another quick up date over the last few days

Decided to keep 13" wheels on the mini as everything els just looks to big to me only problem is that 13 inch wheels will not fit over the mgf rear arms. So the solution is going to be to put front suspension on the rear I have a spare front subframe so I will swap all that over when I get two minutes. Manages to wedge a 13" metro wheel on the rear to help line the shell up.

So when it come to ling the shell up I pushed what's left of the build head up to the subframe and assumed that was right because no one modifies the front lower bulk head to fit a metro frame. But I was looking at the arch positions and the shell just looked to far back �� then I clicked that running a metro subframe the wheels sit 13mm forward doesn't sound like much but it was enough to throw the hole arch out so I had to re cut the cage out only tack welded on thankfully cut some more of my bulkhead away but this then gave me the room to slide the shell forward 13mm I also gained 13mm of engine space doing this �� winning so this is how it sits now



From the side




Metro wheel sitting in the arch smack on





I was quite curious if the door would fit after all this cutting very much to my suprise it fitted quite good verry happy with that



Door jam





Got a bit exited when frankinestine had part of a face



Now with the cage welded into its final position the shell needed to come back off to finish space framing only think is my garage Roof is not tall enough to lift it off so made the most of the wheels on my much evolving bench





Spot the difference �� time to start spaceframing





Need to get my hands on some steel now and
crack on

Edited by DrFrankenstein, 20 January 2016 - 11:25 PM.

[DrFrankenstein]

Liking the build, are you going to box in those double gussets?? that would make them stronger. 

Hi thanks yes I am going to box them off some time in the build I was just looking at running a side exit. Exhaust from there 😂

[DrFrankenstein]

Looking Like its going to be a beast buddy !

Thanks chan come and have a look one night

[DrFrankenstein]

Quick build update made a start on bracing up my spaceframe

Got hold of some 32mm 2.5mm thick steel tube














Some triangulation





Also made a start on the steering column because I need to work the spaceframe around it and I was getting a bit worried that there was going to be no pedal room







Won't be using the mg seat but it was ok to sit my ass in for now










Also found this old pedal box lying around might not use it but it gives me a. Idea of where the pedals will sit

[DrFrankenstein]

Quick update I have managed to get my hands on a set of wheels and so some big modifications to my cage cars starting to take shape now

First off got these 7x13 alley cats for a bargain price obviously they don't fit my metro hubs YET I have orderd a set of 4 sprigot rings so the wheels are central to the hub just need drill the PCd out to the mini now



Metro brakes fit super tight In these wheels around 3-5 MM clearance I was going to try and run the mgf brakes not shure if they will fit now tho.



Had a quick look and measure the mini sticks out 75mm past my chassis so a ruff fitting of the wing and the wheels are going to sit somewhere around here 😆 going to need some monster arches





Seen this at the mini show on the weekend going to run the same kit I think looks amazing and the arches should cover







Also spoke to the guy at Watson who was also at the mini show I had to come home with something so I picked up a pair of springs for my front suspension





I will mock up some plates for them when I get chance not as if it's going anywhere soon lmao

So I got a bit bored with the front and had a debate with my mate to see if the car would spin around in my garage with the door shut fair to say I won and it did lmao so I started working on the rear.

Ran some more 100x50 box section over the back as I cut all the strength out when I made the transmission tunnel



Also cut the ends off and tied the two pieces together





There where big problems with my cage the rear diagonal was in the way of the seat going back and I'm 6ft I need all the leg room I can get so back out with the grinder cut for some re designing


Added some bracing from the subframe to heel panel and heel panel back to the cage

Seat sits further back now





Ran a harness bar and some supports on the A frames made the hole lot stronger going to run an x from both corners of the subframe next to support the rear



Should look something like this when done



Found this old pick from a while ago can't wait to get another engine

Edited by DrFrankenstein, 06 February 2016 - 02:46 PM.

[b_sdaddy]

following with continued awe at what you're achieving; something special.

[thelegg]

Cracking work mate

[DrFrankenstein]

Thanks for the kind words fellas any feed back is good 👍🏻

[MrBounce]

This is a fascinating build. Great idea - and nice to see something a bit different 

[DrFrankenstein]

Thank you aiming for something different thinking of going for the agressive clubby look now

[hoody99]

What a project mate when the next update due I want to see more lol 

[DrFrankenstein]

Thank you I will try and get a few hours with it this week and get a update

[DrFrankenstein]

Time for a small update havnt had to much time to work on the car at the moment. Cooling down on the bracing for now as I have ran out of steel and I think if I go to mad right now it's going to make building the rest of the car hard work .

What I have been up to is the front suspension as you may know the metro used hydrolytic suspension no good for me I bought a pair of all speed springs so I started mocking up the brackets to hold it all in place made from 6mm steel


Ruffley cut out



Then bolted on for a test fit









Spring is tight but can still be removed as eventually the backing plate will not be removable



Made a mock shocker at the length of a standard mini shock and mounted the shock bracket may make some thing a bit more fancy one day





Next is to replicate this for the other side then the front is ready to hit the floor one day

[Sawyer]

Really cool project. Look forward to more

[DrFrankenstein]

Thank you sawyer well I have some more to come been busy last week welded up the struts and mocked up a front end.

Got the welder set up nice and heigh was happy with this bit of welding even got a 6mm piece of steel to turn gold



Also bent up some bars and run another piece of 100x50 box section across to make a start on the bulkhead



Looks seriously wide now but I love it






Will get another set of these bent up longer so they will line up with my dash brace and then I will make a filler plate out of 2mm steel should give the front some serious strength



Things then started hearing up picked this bad boy up for £200 and pulled it home 60 miles with the pimpsat

Car number 4 mk1 Honda CR-V 2.0 litre manual





Next morning I striped every thing needed from this engine,prop,diff,gears selector and a few other bits that might come in handy

Engine out



Striped any thing I didn't need of power steering, air con, inlet and exhaust manifold . You may be wondering where the mini went well that had a little trip to the corner of my street for the day. Had to re fit the shell as I was stuck for space. Good job I put casters on my trolley but I will say the handling was shocking





After I got the crv out of the way a few hours later it would have been rood not to test fit the motor
First test fit of the b20









Ran into a few problems will have a few hours in the week trying to get the engine fitting tighter will also get some better picks up