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[miniboo]

anyway at the moment you have a 998 in your van Dog so why not wait till you have your 1380 in then start bragging or whatever it is you are doing.

[Pie]

LMAO i love TMF and all its members lol

Well seeing as someone has brought this post near the top, thought id tell you the latest with it.

Took the engine out the other week and sold it to fund my new mini. so at the moment the shell is sat at a farm with no engine and looking sorry for itself.
The block and head are nice and warm in my shed, but i really need to fund my nwe mini as i need to pay it off by the end of this month!!

This project wont die, it will be built, but not right now. Maybe next year.

I'll keep you posted though.

[danwebster]

1380/1430

I laugh in the face of large bores! 998/1098 all the way baby!!!

Hehe I would laugh in the face of your small bores but I will be going so fast as I pass you I might not be able to make your face out.....hehe

(sorry I couldn't resist)

[Dog]

1380/1430

I laugh in the face of large bores! 998/1098 all the way baby!!!

Hehe I would laugh in the face of your small bores but I will be going so fast as I pass you I might not be able to make your face out.....hehe

(sorry I couldn't resist)

hahahaha

Sorry, I just had to laugh at it

[The Matt]

Whaaaaat's going on in here?

[Dog]

Looks like a large bore vs small bore war

[The Matt]

Yeah, why would anyone want all that extra power and torque over something that you can rev it a little bit more???

[danwebster]

I'm perfectly happy with the 9000 revs that mine pulls, any more would just be greedy.

[The Matt]

I'm perfectly happy with the 9000 revs that mine pulls, any more would just be greedy.

[*DJH*]

This KAD mini shocked me yesterday, the thing was really slow looks like the same lump as yours Dan.

[danwebster]

Now that looks awesome!

What does the number 1 on the door signify.....I wonder....

[*DJH*]

What does the number 1 on the door signify.....I wonder....

The fact that it's the only Xtreme mini to have entered this year and i expected the z-cars boys to be entering, but they haven't!

[Jammy]

Now that looks awesome!

What does the number 1 on the door signify.....I wonder....

1 broken down mini?!

[jim295]

small bore vs big bore...

if it was alright for Mr Issigonis it's alright with me...

anyone up for the cooper 997???

[Pie]

Right then a little update.

Was looking at "panelbeaterpetes" project and noticed he had refurbed his wellers and they looked SMINT!
So i decided to do mine.

Now before i post pics up i just want to let everyone know, these wheels are not ment to or going to be perfect. First off they are 10x6 wellers, and secondly they will be used mainly for track use.
I also didnt want them "white white" so i opted for an "off-white" aka Ford (yes i know dan, sorry ) diamond White.

So i sanded them down to as close to bare metal as possible with the wire brush on the drill. Then used a bit of good old wet and dry to get to the tricky parts. I then "keyed" the wheels using a coarse sand paper and then began the spraying.
Two coats of white primer and they looked ten times better already. So after the two coats (leaving 25 minutes between each coat) i applied 2 coats of the Diamon white, again 25 minutes between each coat.
I then left them for 30minutes and they have come up like this;








From the pictues, you cant really tell they are an "off-white" but when you look at the in real life they clearly are.

Was going to paint the other two tonight but its looking like more rain, so they are now in the nice warm shed, which should bake the paint on the two that were painted today.


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