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Cheers guys, the comments make all the hardwork worthwhile!

Redrat, the cable arm isn't hard it's just abit fiddely, make sure you cut the slot straight then you need to make some spacers up to fit the hole etc to take a pin to go through the slave rod.

It's a had quick shift with lift collar reverse

Dave the Cake

Well Imm was Awsome.... Can't say the same for mitp! Shame as was looking forward to going up the strip

Dave the Cake

Had a look around it, real tidy!

Cheers dude. Gutted I didn't get to meet anyone from here

Dave the Cake

Been doing little jobs I left, instead of a headunit I've fit an amp under the passenger seat which via phono cables and a nifty 3.5mm jack input panel (with volume wheel) you can plug your mp3 or phone straight into the amp.



Switch panel to take 12v charging point, on off switch for the amp and the 3.5mm input panel



Bit of a crappy pic but it sits next to the handbrake



Led interior light... Bit chavy maybe



I didn't like the plastic on my new ignition key so thought I'd give it a turbo theme...







New exhaust is next!

Dave the Cake

I like how you done the AMP setup

could you sent me over how you did it you may just cured an issue I'm having thanks

I bought

2x http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360947677257

1x
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370783456420

You could just put that into a MP3 player but I cut the end male 3.5mm jack off and joined the matching left and right wires together and wired it into the volume panel.

The jack has a permanent 12v supply coming off via a switch into the rem

That's pretty much it? I'm crap at wiring and managed to make it work lol

Dave the Cake

Nice one solved me a problem for entertaining me in the mini

good build though dude (y)

Awesome key howd u do that?

It's made out of 3 layers. The middle has a cut out which fits the Key then the other two sand which the key. The edge is then seam welded and ground smooth then polished :)

Dave the Cake

Cool! Uve got access to some machinery then to do the cut cut outs so small and neat

Yeah I program laser cutters for a living lol

Dave the Cake

Custard.....You and I need to become friends lol!

I drove this today.

It's really very good indeed. A real credit to Dave and his skills. So well finished and put together.

Thanks Dave!

:)

Mr. Prawn, the friendly Crustacean- slowly making steps towards forced induction.

Congratulations on being the cover car for mini mag! Looks good!!

Edited by D4VE on 31st Jan, 2015.

Great work Dave!

Thanks guys!

Dave the Cake

Feb issue!





So I've been fitting a oil cooler



You

can just about see the aero quip fitting on the oil filter housing




Then went for a spirited drive

Edited by Custard on 1st Apr, 2015.

Dave the Cake

Looking great!

You find your oil was getting hot?

I was worried that the cooler would get damaged mounted that low? I went higher up but packaging anything in an mini engine bay is a PITA

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!

Cheers

It's not ideal but it's the neatest place for it, and not really anywhere else it could have gone.

It sits directly behind the number plate so unless I drive into a high curb it should be safe. time will tell!

Dave the Cake

What temps were you getting too before and after? Im looking into fitting one cos it can get up to 110/120 when giving it some on a run, normally 90.. but it takes a while to get up to temp anyway so dont wanna fit one and it takes even longer

I've got it plumbed through a thermostat so it doesn't really effect warm up time.

Mine would sit around 80-90 with normal driving but I saw 120-130 when cruising fast on the motorway at the end of last year so that's when I need it. I haven't done a long enough drive yet so will keep this updated!

Dave the Cake

Thought I'd bump my project!

Cars still on the road! Just done the imm



Intercooler mount keeps cracking so that needs a redesign



I've had a new project on the go for quite a few months now



So eer yeah

Dave the Cake

Without looking back through the thread, its not clear exactly how the cooler is mounted but it does look likr you could do with rubber mounting it

Car is looking good though

Edited by Rob Gavin on 29th May, 2016.