Abandoned Project No. 3 - Miglia
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Really a gauging interest thread but this car is of no use to us. We need a car that we can use on the road to continue the 5 Port development work.

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=269872

It will come without engine/box/turbo/efi and fuel system.

We paid £6500 for the rolling chassis and will be looking for something similar.

Any interest?

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

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Could be used as a Miglia again with a little work. Turbo hillclimber also.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Did you ever get this going in the end? Shame it getting sold on :( before getting used in anger

Yes i moved to the darkside

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Nah

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Does it come complete with all the suspension/brakes etc? Bargain for someone, would have saved me a fortune buying a rolling shell like this.

Yes complete less engine, box, ecu, manifolds, turbo, intercooler and fuel system.

It comes with two sets of wheels, both 7.5" by 10", one set with old slicks and another set with brand new A032Rs.

Originally built on a brand new Rover Motorsport shell. This is not an ex road car.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Want but cannot afford

Would you like 2 mini's and a load of parts in exchange? lol

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Ha Ha very funny.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

I'm here all week!

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Extract from the For Sale thread when we bought it:

"Due to a 'mis-understanding' with the buyer for my car, my miglia is actually still for sale.

Priced very competitively at £6500 (quick sale needed!), details as follows :-

I purchased this car from the successful Miglia driver Endaf Owens with the intention of using the vehicle for track days then move onto hill climbs and sprints

So a brief description of the car is as follows Motorsport shell fully prepared for Miglia Challenge series by Endaf Owens and Mark Wanstall (Rightline motorsport).

There is simply too much work gone in to preparing this for me to begin to list, but i'll have a go...

The front end of the car has been removed and replaced with a composite removable front end (inc a-panels), access to the engine compartment is via a carbon fibre bonnet.

The front bulkhead has been extensively modified to provision the necessary space required for the large ram-air boxes that are used on these cars with weber DCOE carbs.

The bulkhead has also been modified so that the roll cage picks up the mounting points for the front subframe (of which additional mounts have been added).

The front subframe itself has been modified by strengthening by stitch welding, gussets added, and additional cross bracing between the suspension towers.

The subframe mounting bolts have been bored out so that the hi-lo's may be adjusted in-situ.

The front dampers fitted are currently some track-spax units

The tie-roads and bottom arms are custom made units that are extremely strong.

The rear end of the car has had the boot floor removed and carbon fibre moulding fitted, and the rear parcel shelf has also been removed and a carbon fibre insert fitted.

The carbon fibre boot floor provides fixing for the bespoke aluminum fuel tank and the facet fuel pump.

The rear subframe has been modified in a similar fashion to the front with stitch welding and tubular cross bracing, the mounting of the rear subframe has been modified so that the rear of the car can be made lower to the ground.

The rear wheel arches have been modified to allow the car to run lower and clear the wide wheels.

The rear roll cage pierces through the rear bulkhead and picks up where the rear damper mounts are, and also the custom rear anti-roll bar.

The rear dampers are track spax units.

Boot lid is carbon-fibre All the suspension is completely adjustable for geometry and ride height. Inside the car there is a very comprehensive bespoke roll cage which makes the shell extremely stiff.

There is a brand new red corbeau revolution seat fitted.

A removeable steering wheel is also fitted. A sealed battery is also present.

Steel doors are still fitted to the car for regulations requirements but have been extremely lightened and i believe are foam filled.

The dashboard and centre dash column are all carbon fibre. All the windows are lightweight racing bronze tinted plastic items.

The roll cage is entirely made from the lighter and stronger T45 material, rather than the heavier CDS material that most roll cages are made from.

This car was extremely competitive and used to have to run with 30kg of lead ballast to pass the weight requirement.

The car sits on some MB racing split rims, 10" x 7" fitted with new Yokohama A032Rs. I also have a second set of MB racing split rims (10" x 7") fitted with slicks, I have broke the seal on these as there was a slight leak at the joint. I have some brand new unbrako capscrews and nylocs ready to fit, but I haven't had time to get round to it.

An exhaust from a miglia car is included in the sale.

To finish the car requires an engine, exhaust fitting, associated plumbing sorted.

Just to have a roll-cage like this one fitted to a new shell would cost in the region of £8k so it is considerably cheaper to buy car already fitted with one.

The car is in excellent condition and only took part in 4 miglia races, thereafter the car has remained in storage."

I've modified the above text to reflect some of the changes we have made.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Provisionally SOLD :)

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Cool. Staying in TM hands?

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

No.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Beeky fookers :)

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Come on Paul spill the beans, is it going to Darby. ? My guess!

My guess is it might be going to Wales ?

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To be fair like many of you, if I had the spare coins it would be sat on my drive!!

Is this the end of your project or is it moving into a different shell? Would be a shame not to see it finished!

The engine & electronics are going into my old daily, gives us much more freedom being able to fine tune on the road.

Hope the rest of the car is up to handling this motor potential powaa!

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

If anything, we should be able to make better progress.

Last summer I spent £200 on an aborted rolling road session then the same again on a rained off test day at the Pod. If that engine had gone in a road car, we would have been able to use it all this summer.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

It's gone

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

I know where too

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.