21 replies to this topic

[mini93]

im sure they will but they are still steel. projects going to have composite doors

[Sam Walters]

was on about the car, might have problems with the wind though....

[redhotmini]

you can also change the cylinder head for an alloy one, same goes for brake calipers, hubs, drive flanges, radius arms.

[mini_surfari]

carbon fibre roof, boot floor, drill the pedals, titanium front subby (like udo's). Superfins.

[Guess-Works.com]

there comes a point in chopping out material that you need to add a cage, just to retain the structural integrity of the shell...

[Sam Walters]

indeed, especially if your adding a carbon roof skin!

[CharlieBrown]

Crumple zones may not have been invented but in most of the frontal crashes I have seen for mini the front end seems to have taken the impact and effectively crumpled.

And yet you & wessie both tell him to fit a fibreglass front/lighter panels to lighten it. Make up your minds

Well I wouldnt fit a fibreglass flip front but just informing him of his options.

(But then I would drive around in a fibreglass mini - not thats not making my mind up! )