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Apr 18, 2012 13:47:07 GMT
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I havnt been on here in a long time so thought id update my progress well here she is my much loved GT.... heres a little sneaky pic while I do a write up on the car ;D  |
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Apr 18, 2012 14:06:08 GMT
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so where do I start? lets start with the body mods.... full custom 6 point weld in cage, fibreglass 2 peice front end, carbon fibre roof, carbon fibre boot floor, carbon fibre rear bumper, fibreglass boot, perspex windows, fibreglass rear valance, rear seat/bins cut out, very lightweight doors, single rear beam, fibreglass seats that weigh 2KG each, coilovers all around, aluminium 7.5 4 pot brakes, turbo bulkhead box. The car should weigh all in @ 550KG or there abouts now for some pics hope you like  roll cage  carbon boot floor  rear beam upon being fitted which is happening atm.  coilovers and brakes  front end built up with test fit of lights and grill and who can spot the wheels   test fit of intercooler...perfect hiding place ;D   the wheels the car will be sitting on  who spys carbon fibre ;D   front grill needs repainting as it has a few marks  tinted rear lights  |
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Apr 18, 2012 14:23:23 GMT
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now for the engine side of things....this is where it gets serious basicly id like to push around the 170bananas mark out of the blow through set up and i think this is pretty acheivable. ill be getting the kit from slark racing and ive been down there and spoke to neil about it and have the go ahead. he never made a dummy kit so will be starting from scratch again on the pipe work, brackets and what not but he is going to build the kit on my car when its ready which should hopefully be around may time. ;D the engine however if i ever decide to go turbo next year is good for 200+BHP  gearbox wise I'm running a straight cut box, straight cut drops, straight cut final drive and a sailsbury LSD  18cc forged omega pistons  specialist components steel H rods  MED crank which has had reground, ni-temp, wedged and x drilled  MED ultralite steel flywheel, backplate and paddle clutch  MED race head running 21cc  upon them bits above ive just recently purchased a windage tray and decided to go 11 stud with ARP bolts. The engine is currently down MED being bored out to +20 and having cam bearings fitted + drilled out for 11 stud. i get the engine back next wednesday and that will be the day the engine starts going together! happy days ;D |
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Apr 18, 2012 16:04:21 GMT
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mark harden's old car?
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Apr 18, 2012 17:19:28 GMT
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peester yeah its marks old car been on the phone to Slark today and the car is officially booked in for the middle of may to have charger kit made and fitted. now its time to pull my finger out! lol |
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luckygti
Posted a lot
I need to try harder!
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Apr 18, 2012 18:26:54 GMT
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Looks very nice, oodles of carbon fibre do it for me engine sounds bonkers, look forward to seeing the set up. Oh, those wheels are gorge, what are they, and how big? |
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Apr 18, 2012 19:04:07 GMT
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the wheels are exaction wheels off the mini special. there 10x5 standard but mine are 10x6. i did want 10x6.5 but they came along cheap so snapped them up and will use quarter inch spacers |
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windage tray turned up today  |
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Chris™
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This is clearly filler material.
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Apr 19, 2012 12:45:29 GMT
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Now this is a serious Mini, looking forward to seeing it come together |
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1989 Volvo 340
1986 Suzuki SJ413
2000 BMW 318ti
2006 Lexus IS250
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Apr 19, 2012 17:06:50 GMT
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Cracking project :-)
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Apr 19, 2012 17:35:21 GMT
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fitted  |
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Great build so far. You can't go wrong with Slark engineering. They built me a very lumpy 1312cc A+ lump nearly 20 years ago for my Morris Minor. Dyno'd at 114Bhp. Brilliant engine. Pleased to see they are still in business. I trust Slark is still on the Andover/Salisbury road? Is Noon's scrapyard still opposite? There always seemed be some obscure motors turning up in there... Again this is going back 15-20 years...
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There is nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes
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Apr 20, 2012 13:48:40 GMT
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I'm not too sure on the scrap yard but pretty sure slark is on salisbury road.
I'm nearly 200 miles away from where there based so I'm not local to say the least lol
from what ive herd his work is top notch.
most of my bits are from MED as there round the corner from me.
only using slark because of the supercharger kit they make....
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Apr 20, 2012 13:57:25 GMT
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wheels done by force racing?
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Apr 20, 2012 14:18:17 GMT
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yup thats right |
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Apr 21, 2012 18:17:02 GMT
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sold the 10x6s and now have these instead  10x7s as they will fill my arches better....  |
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leaky
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Apr 21, 2012 19:40:00 GMT
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Looks a bit curse word TBH mate haha.
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1962 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 Commer Suntor
1979 Mini Clubman Saloon
1983 Austin Mini City e
1988 Austin Metro L
1989 Austin Metro 310
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Apr 21, 2012 19:49:32 GMT
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shiny shiny |
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kcchan
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Apr 22, 2012 15:57:02 GMT
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I think they came from my mate Jamz?
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