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5 days?

It didnt talk me 5 days to spray my whole car :s

alex

AlexF

jeezus

how many colours has that car been??!!

ryan

there is no way on gods earth you ready

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

mmmmmmmm i`m looking good for 4th now .lol.if i make it past next week.

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

ok lets be serious , you taken it back to bare , but you have still got to get the dents out of it , prime , guide coat and poss refill prime , flat , top coat , flat n polish
GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

not to mention put it back together!

ryan

i also like the way that bits of thin steel have been removed to make it lighter, then he has welded in all those bloody great scaffold poles!

ryan

ryan, the cage is made from t45, a bit lighter than scaffolding poles!!!

Mark I'll be there mate!! I will start putting it back together on the weekend.

The Shell ws red, then green, I bought it, then painted it with lots of primer then yellow, now it's mainly bare metal, and going yellow again, we worked out, the paint on the car weighed over 2.5 stones!!!

Team Racing

It's now been painted inside and underneath. This weekend I can start to put the thing back together.

Team Racing

Team Racing

nice

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

think you need another bulkhead box.. :)

looking good :)

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

looks great!!

i'd like to be in the same position in a year or so, can't wait to see it all together!

YAY its finally getting there :)

I'm on a big push this weekend too EEK!


alex

AlexF

thats the nuts. i like the cage, how long did it take you do do it all

note Nobbies use of words jim...

how long did it take YOU do do it ALL

I seem to recall Jim used it as a demonstration to show Gandalf the Great how to build a proper car...

nice!does he want another demonstrator to show that he can build simpler cages too?

Grey, drop him an email.

it's taken 6 months of work, Gandalf does all the welding on the cage, and all the hard stuff, I do the donkey work!

I've got a bit more work done,
Solid mounted the rear subframe,

got rear brakes and arms on

started to build up the front subframe


pedal box, shelf etc

dummy fitted dash

Mounted ecu, and some sensors



I was planning to get it all together and painted this weekend, but I have been called away with work short notice,

Edited by AlexF2003 on 6th Jul, 2004.

Team Racing

jim, did you think about converting to a beam axle?

A-series power! 1972|1310|T3 turbo|Omega pistons|Cantre main strap|Orange clutch diaphragm|AP race plate|Comp pressure plate|Lightened steel flywheel|13-row oil cooler|Vernier duplex timing gear|Phase 2 Piper cam|Green air filter|Hi boost carb needle/spring|2"Stainless exhaust|3"Play mini stainless rear box|Jack Knight s/c 4spd gearbox|Jack Knight s/c drop gears|Silicon coolant hoses|Lumenition HT leads|GAZ lowered height shocks all round|Steel flip-front|Rear safety devices cage|Group 5 arches|6x12 deep dish Minilites|Surf blue/Old english white|

I thought about it, but not heard many good reports about them

Team Racing

ive heard mixed opinions, just like everything.

only ?100 ish from mini sport, i think i will fit one when mine goes off the road for project work. i'll let you know what its like, wont be for a while though

A-series power! 1972|1310|T3 turbo|Omega pistons|Cantre main strap|Orange clutch diaphragm|AP race plate|Comp pressure plate|Lightened steel flywheel|13-row oil cooler|Vernier duplex timing gear|Phase 2 Piper cam|Green air filter|Hi boost carb needle/spring|2"Stainless exhaust|3"Play mini stainless rear box|Jack Knight s/c 4spd gearbox|Jack Knight s/c drop gears|Silicon coolant hoses|Lumenition HT leads|GAZ lowered height shocks all round|Steel flip-front|Rear safety devices cage|Group 5 arches|6x12 deep dish Minilites|Surf blue/Old english white|

Jimster, did you ever weight the carbon parts? I am thinking of buying the flip front, bonnet and doors from Curley. A weight comparison info would be great!
Harry

Bimmer Twinky headed and turboed A-Series:
http://www.minifreunde.at/harry/projects.htm

Its really starting to take shape now.. I cant wait to see it finished.

Harry, I didn't weight the doors, but cant remeber what they where, I wrote it down somewhere I'll have a look for it.

All of my parts are from curley, but it's not "proper" carbon fibre, it's on;y wet laid, so is just as heavy as grp, just a little stronger, but not much

Team Racing

Would be great if you still had the weight data! My Countryman weight shocked me: 770kg with 3/4 tank full. Now the car is on "diet".

Bimmer Twinky headed and turboed A-Series:
http://www.minifreunde.at/harry/projects.htm