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[griff2]

hi all my build is now starting to take shape )

http://www.16vminicl...pic.php?t=12801

[mike.]

Read through all your thread last night - Great stuff. The spit you made looks great - Looks like an incredibly useful tool when restoring a mini.

Are you going to do any reinforcing of the wheel wells to add stength for the coilover mountings?

Also - Was that guy trying to dis your wedling having a laugh? Your welding look great to me!!

[griff2]

well at last the car is alive again

as u can see in my build dairy on the 16v mini forum its taken me nearly 9mnths of work from body work,making parts out of 4mm steel,learning to weld ,learning electric and many other things she is now working

still have lots to do to get her on the road ,but the hrd part is now done

hers her first start

sounds a bit rought but first start in mnths

second start sounds better(still need to make a new manifold and exhaust as this one has holes in



then last night i took her for the frst quick spin (now ive done the braKES )
its very dark so u cant her her but u can hear her





my god she accelarated so so so fast

[Tomf]

Love the project mate, i check it every day on 16v forum, its got to be my favorit project!

Well done for getting so far.

[crocks]

looking good mate, im looking at fitting one in mine but i shall only have 3 months to do it in for germany eeek!!!

[Tomf]

LOL dont say that crocks, iv still got to do the same to mine before germany, but i cant find the time to take the car off the road

[griff2]

hi all

not realy updated much on this site as im norm on the 16vmini forum

if you have read on there you will see ive now moved from belfast to germany!!!!!
getting the car there was a pain in the arse but worth it lol


im realy not far from finishing her now ,ive taken her for lots of test drives and my god she is fast ) def worth all the hassle of doing the conversion!!!!!!!!!!


if you click the link below you will see how far along she is now ) i realy only have little fiddly bits to do (when i can be assed lol) then she will need respray and hopefully moted ) (but its a lot harder over here as it will need to be bfg to prove road worthy (its the test all cars owned by britsh military over here have to pass,and its ******* as hell !!!!)

[minimad01]

i looked at the vid of your car an the 1 of the clocks an sounds like its hunting abit my mates mgzr was doing that an it was an air leak on the plenuim chamber

[griff2]

ya i no mate (

im saying ( but its sorted now ,ticks over spot on at 900rmp )
it was a broken wire to the tb sensor