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 16540 Posts Member #: 4241 King Gaycharger, butt plug dealer, Sheldon Cooper and a BAC but generally a niceish fella if you dont mind a northerner Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
17th Jan, 2010 at 09:29:10am
1140cc turbo?? On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it 
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 703 Posts Member #: 105 1st to provide proof of a running Bimmy Conversion! Brisbane ,Australia |
18th Jan, 2010 at 12:42:00pm
On 17th Jan, 2010 apbellamy said:
1140cc turbo?? welll yeah,.,., If i really didn`t have enough time to even think or blink in the thing as it is 
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 453 Posts Member #: 6449 Senior Member Brisbane, Australia |
18th Jan, 2010 at 12:44:54pm
Thats okay, sharpen the reflexes. In boost we trust |
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703 Posts Member #: 105 1st to provide proof of a running Bimmy Conversion! Brisbane ,Australia |
18th Jan, 2010 at 12:50:11pm
shit yeah www.miniman.com.au
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 6748 Posts Member #: 828 Post Whore uranus |
18th Jan, 2010 at 04:07:21pm
Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM |
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703 Posts Member #: 105 1st to provide proof of a running Bimmy Conversion! Brisbane ,Australia |
23rd Jan, 2010 at 11:45:05am
welll,,, FaaaarrrrK me!!!! I just took my buggy down to my dads place,,, he has a race track (dirt circuit) in his back yard,,, (aprox a std issue Speedway oval circuit) & this thing is BY FAR WAY Quicker than anything i`ve ever driven,,, & what really gets me is how well it handles,,, it`s soooooo easy & neutral & predictable,,, i can put it anywhere on the track, with ease, at full noise
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703 Posts Member #: 105 1st to provide proof of a running Bimmy Conversion! Brisbane ,Australia |
23rd Jan, 2010 at 11:47:06am
Oh,,, & for a first real hard shake-down of an "Out of the box" build,,, Nothing broke,,, everything worked perfectly,,, it just did everything right www.miniman.com.au
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 12307 Posts Member #: 565 Carlos Fandango Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex |
23rd Jan, 2010 at 02:37:30pm
so,
On 28th Aug, 2011 Kean said:
At the risk of being sigged... Joe, do you have a photo of your tool? http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...9064&lastpost=1 https://joe1977.imgbb.com/ |
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703 Posts Member #: 105 1st to provide proof of a running Bimmy Conversion! Brisbane ,Australia |
25th Jan, 2010 at 06:38:40am
I wasn`t going to re-produce "These" frames, but my metal-fab/coachbuilder/sheety (Dale) is already building a full-caged version ( & Jig for same) to submit to CAMS (Confederation of Australian Motor Sport) for type approval for our own racing category,,, looking at blow moulded polly carbonate bodys at the moment, but if all else fails then back to the good old Fibre-glass panels & alloy flat bottom trick www.miniman.com.au
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703 Posts Member #: 105 1st to provide proof of a running Bimmy Conversion! Brisbane ,Australia |
12th Feb, 2010 at 01:44:50am
oops,,, i wnet a little wide/deep into this corner,,,
Edited by MadMatt on 12th Feb, 2010. www.miniman.com.au
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 807 Posts Member #: 224 Post Whore Katy TEXAS |
12th Feb, 2010 at 02:19:02am
That looks like really good fun :) BTW - I took my buddy VTEC Pete out for a spin this weekend, and even though I am running her in, he gave it a name, the "Brocket"...cause I'm a brocket maaannn, nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah....
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703 Posts Member #: 105 1st to provide proof of a running Bimmy Conversion! Brisbane ,Australia |
15th Feb, 2010 at 05:37:58am
well i ran it at the Willowbank autocross on sunday & (if i can hang onto the thing & keep it in line) it hangs with the very fastest 2x EVo-9s in Qld.
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 43 Posts Member #: 8233 Member |
15th Feb, 2010 at 01:27:43pm
wow that is insane! You must have some balls on you lol TTFN Pete
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703 Posts Member #: 105 1st to provide proof of a running Bimmy Conversion! Brisbane ,Australia |
15th Feb, 2010 at 10:00:12pm
On 15th Feb, 2010 big_pete said:
wow that is insane! You must have some balls on you lol Ah,,, welll,,, i do have a fairly deep voice
i actually struggled with the car for the first 2 runs because we fitted some of those super sticky hoosier speedway tyres onto it & they have extreamly soft side-walls, so the whole thing was quite "goo-ey" to drive, it felt really unstable & wobbly for a while,,, then i started picking up the pace, getting used to the track & the tyres , by the 3rd run i was 3rd fastest, stayed that way till the last run where i stuffed it right up & went way too hard at the end of the straight (about 100mph) & decided to try the fiddle brake,,, wasn`t a good choice tho & went real wide hitting a witches hat,,, dropped about 7 secs on that run because of it,,, only lost 3rd place outright by 6 secs cumulative over the whole day so if i was onto the rythumn right from the start of the event, & if i didn`t play silly buggas with the fiddle brake on that last lap, then maybe i might have given those 2 evos an even better run for there money
i`ve realised a few problems tho,,, first one is that it`s quite difficult to "left-foot-brake" in this thing as the peddles aren`t in the best position for that & the steering column is in between the clutch & brake peddle,,, at first i figured i would just addapt, improvise & over-cum but after driving it,,,well there`s simply no time to stuff around missing the brake peddle & getting my feet all crossed up at 100mph,,, a bit scarey that
so now i`ve decided to "modify" the brake peddle, welding a big slab of metal plate to it (3" longer & 3" wider) shaped so it runs along side the steering column so its easy accessable for my left foot i reckon this will fix that problem 2ndly , the gearing is way too tall,,, it`s just not quick enough off the start line,,, i need to be able to just "drive-off" at the start,,, much quicker than reving it & spinningwheels (i knew it was too tall before, but i havn`t found a smaller front procket yet) so i have to rev it & spin the wheels at the start or it will just stall,,, & it works out to about 2 secs behind the Evos & Rex`s on every standing start lap,,, some of which i`m claiming back throughout the run, but often i`m not because i can`t keep the car stable enough through the corners cause i`m just going too fast into them & can`t left foot brake,,, it is fun tho
so yes i`m over driving it a tad, but it`s all good fun & i`m learning how to drive all over again ,,, it`s been quite a few years since i raced (8 years actually) so i want to find the other side of fast (too fast) & then i can tame it down a tad once i sort the left foot braking out,,, if you can understand that then you`re all as mad as me 
videos to go up on you-tube as soon as i can get them off my mates
I seriously believe that every 5 year old kid should have one of these to learn to drive in,,,
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703 Posts Member #: 105 1st to provide proof of a running Bimmy Conversion! Brisbane ,Australia |
15th Feb, 2010 at 10:00:54pm
oh,,, & most of the others guys at the track reckons it goes & sounds like a "slot-car" www.miniman.com.au
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