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[Yeti]

Hey, I once spoke to a guy about bracing stuff. He said one thing. "In doubt, brace it...." he went on to give a few examples where he hadn't braced stuff and had to get out his hydralic goodies to move things back into shape....


And on my pickup having too much metal, I would think it would have less than a normal mini, I think they weigh less.... Mine will do for sure anyway lol. A friend of a friend has a CF front going for sale, cheap due to it has a crack in the gell coat and multipull scuffs. I'll re coat it and paint it anyhow.

Where did you get the idea for drilling the rear subframe? they weigh a ton.

How far are you thinking of going the light weight route?


Mr Benn


ps cheers for the grinder help, I have something similar..... it has about 3mm or wire left

[MINIMON]

yer mine too so i gt 5 wn i bought the last bach of things

and im not sure about the weight loss thing but if i wont use it it will get cut out lol

and as for the subby idea i dont no really i just got bourd(makes a change for me) and i had a hole drill and a grinder so thats it really and i new that i cound buy a cut down subby thing from mini sport/ speed /spares e.t.c for lets say £200 so i thought hang on the robbin gets aint avin my money

but looking at some of the front subby bits they are going on the atkins plus at the weekend lol

is your project on here???

the van thing i was saying is that they have too big an area not the weight lol its just too much metal to spray lol

EDIT: i found your topic But there is no pics have you got any you can post

Edited by MINIMON, 02 May 2007 - 07:02 PM.

[Yeti]

Hmmm I shall dig out the card and order myself wire wheels in bulk, the one I had I can't remember where it came from.


I deleted all the photos on my thread, I've progressed since then (slap me for not taking pictures). Also the thread was old.

Do post pictures of the front subby when your done.... Seeing what you've done with the rear I may do the same route, I've seen drilled frames In an old magazine (not on a mini), didn't think about it till now
Oh well.... my stupidity strikes again....

The pickup is on a serious weight loss program, Im gutting almost everything. The tail gate was going to go, but I will build a hard cover instead, but the tail gate will be made in a compisite material, carbon fibre is looking out of it, need to be vacum bagged which I doubt I can do at home in addtion to keeping it at a high tempreture for the curing time. Its the old Fibreglass or Im looking at Kevlar.... bullet proof anyone? lol


Have you thought about changing the roof skin to save weight? well there are a lot of place to cut out metal I guess


Mr Benn

[MINIMON]

yer i have thought about it and am still considering it but i am not sure what to do as the car has been fully deseamed and there is no roof seam so i think it will look odd unless i smooth it in some how but dont think i havent thought about it lol yar an i will post pics of the subby soon

[Yeti]

If your worried about odd lines showing up, worry not, make a feature of them. Look to US lowrider stuff, you want to put a line in? make it show! pinstripping baby!!!! They show their line with pride...


You have done the seamless thing, did you do it or was it some one else? I'd like to de seam, not for look reasons, but for aero dynamic. Apparently it removes about 40 square inches from the front profile of a mini.... luck for me the pick up has only one seam to worry about....



Mr Benn



PS monkey monkey monkey!

[MINIMON]

no i ddnt de seam it but i will be doing it againg in places as it will beed to be replaced (theres also a couple of corners that need doing as they werent done!! and im going for the smooth theme so will have to fit the roof and fluff/blend it into the rest of the car

[MINIMON]

well i would love for this to be a huge progress thread but ive done absolutely nothing so this is just a bump post really and all pm's just replied to sorry for the delay

Ben

[MINIMON]

hi everyone,
right ive come to the point of getting my new front subfame lightened but need to no where and if im lightening it i will need to reinforce it in places but the thing is im not sure where so before i go cocking up a decent front subby please can you post some pics up or give me some hints on how to do these modifications

Best regards
Ben

[8vAlan]

whats the leafer in the background of one of the pics on the fist page of the thread? (looked like a lightwieght???) and does it need a new engine?

crackin little project you got yourself there boss! keep up the good work!!

[MINIMON]

its a stage 1 v8 (kind of like a series 3 110) lol its abit confusing but if you know what a stage 1 is you will no what i mean lol(google search) which dads spent £1000s on and its still a shed lol its HEAVILY tuned but needs anew vaccum it and thats it... and its for sale

[8vAlan]

yeah im fresh from the offroadin scene, i know what a stage 1 is. for sale huh? funny that, so's my 300TDi lump!

[MINIMON]

is it just the lump or the car the lumps in?

[8vAlan]

its just the lump. although im struggling to get the shell shirfted too

sorry to hyjack. i love the look your going for - its a lot like the look im after!

[MINIMON]

ahh its alright mate, im no bothered about the hijack.
dads got a complete landy in the shed, well in bits of course lol

im sure if dad wasent busy with the mini and building another expensive v8 he would have it off you lol

[8vAlan]

well, thats a shame. i think the shell is gonna go to the tip - its takin up too much drive space. gonna keep the engine tho.

what engine you gonna be puttin in the project mate?