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[Baldspeed Racing]

man ur a ghet, your norm mini is badass and now you rub even more salt in the wounds and get a monte!!!! Defo going to keep an eye on another of your build threads

[koss]

Well I am going to be paying even more attention to detail on this one. As always thanks for the comments everyone.
The plan is to build the car nice and tame and environmentally friendly first of all. Just to keep the dvla happy.
Its going to have two engines. The first one being a standard hayabusa to go through the sva test and generally drive the car until I am used to it.
The other will be an all out, almost suicidal turbo engine maybe with Nos and water inj. Cant give any bhp figures till its done but I would be disappointed if its below 450bhp and 300 lb f torque. The nos with some careful engine mapping should take care
of any lag.
The main objective at the moment is to get the thing built and sva,d and registered. (no mot for three years )

Meanwhile on the build, I had a disaster today, I ran out of black rivets for the under side of the floor and could only get silver ones. So I am going to have to paint them black (not that any ones going to see underneath) but 'I know they don't match.

And them air riveters are great





The floor is all done and looks fab



Also tried the cover on for size.











As for cost I have no idea until its finished or for sale.

Edited by koss, 21 November 2007 - 10:33 PM.

[Jammy]

Silver rivets??? Ahhhh dude, only two pages in and you've already ruined it!

No, not jealous at alll

[Tangoâ„¢]

Ruined it!

He aint ruined it at all, thats one cool machine.

Does the floor not flex then stood on then? , also are thoes breaks man enough for da job of stoping that crazy thing?!

[Ade]

Ruined it!

He aint ruined it at all, thats one cool machine.

Does the floor not flex then stood on then? , also are thoes breaks man enough for da job of stoping that crazy thing?!

I would be amazed if there is even the slightest flex in that floor!!! Given the thickness of Carbon and the number of rivets!!!

[koss]

Got some black enamel paint to take care of the rivets. The floor has a little bit of flex but its tight like a drum skin.

The huge arches make the brakes look small.

[sweetser]

wicked car mate this might be a stupid question but how is the shell held onto the frame?

[mrnubs]

Do you have any more pictures? Would love to see a close up of the suspension setup. Nice project by the way.

[cooperlooper649]

Thats gorgeous! And that lovely exhaust manifold is like a built in heater for the seat.

[Alburglar]

I don't like spamming threads to death, but Koss, that does look fantastic! I would go as far to suggest that perhaps it may bother a suped up skyline or ultima gtr or two when the second stage lump is in it.

[koss]

sweetser

The body shell just bolts on top. It can be cut into three sections or left as one like a big radio controlled car.

mrnubs

No more picks of the suspension, just pics of the current updates on the build. Stay tuned.

Alburglar

Hi al, This was the car I wanted to build 2 years ago. I just need another G force fix like the evo.

[Bean]

omg

i very rarely venture into the Z-Cars section (it scares me ) but Koss, that's made me feel all funny!!!

fantastic!!

[sweetser]

sweetser

The body shell just bolts on top. It can be cut into three sections or left as one like a big radio controlled car.

cool i see nice car mate

[koss]

Still popping the rivets but its getting one step closer. A full days work on this project involves a lot of thought, you don't want to put a panel in and later find yourself removing all them rivets because you missed some thing. So its 4 hrs thought and 4 hrs practical.

Plumbing. Got my dad on his lathe to make some hose joiners. There is going to be a couple of temperature senders front and back of the cooling system just for data logging. And I don't know if the pipes are staying like the pic or being rerouted.







Panels lined up and fixed. Steering rack in. Collapsible column figured out.







Its quite awkward to drill some of the holes. I managed to get myself stuck in the triangle hole on the above pic.

Next job rear panel/bulkhead.

[mrnubs]

Still popping the rivets but its getting one step closer. A full days work on this project involves a lot of thought, you don't want to put a panel in and later find yourself removing all them rivets because you missed some thing. So its 4 hrs thought and 4 hrs practical.

Do you have a set of clecos for testing panel fit??



They're inexpensive, and can be very helpful.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/...sspagenameZWDVW

Also, are the uprights made out of aluminum??

Edited by mrnubs, 10 December 2007 - 02:47 AM.