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well we seem to be making quite a bit of good progress this month so this week/ weekend we went about fully welding the subframe and engine mounts then fitting the bottom arms and tie bars etc so drive shafts can be mocked up...so here we added the front mounting point for the bottom arm due to me cutting of the original onesthen i got on with fitting the top arms and hilos etc

then fitted the bottom arms and tacked in the front tie rod mount, they are pretty low here but we will proberly have to have another play once the car is back the the ground but here the are in the same place as the std subframe just a bit lowerso this is where it got interesting i measured the lengths the drive shafts had to be so got them as even as possible so ones 11'' others 12'' , but found that the ford half a was a different thickness on the bit we will be sleeving so we had to turn this down to from 27mm to the smaller 25mm so the sleeve would be able to fit. the other side was how ever only a mm out so i had a stepped sleeve machined. thanks to nigel for turning these down, and doing most the work :)
so we should will weld these tomorow..

Edited by charlieb150 on 10th Aug, 2015.

so we got the engine and subframe assembled again withe the drive shafts in and got it back on its wheel so see how it sits.

not too bad for the first proper fit engine does sit quite low but still roughly 4'' or so off the ground

Looks good! Quick work too

Looks good, your clearly working fast!

What are your plans for the downpipe/cat as it looks like the front of the frame is going to be in the way? De-cat and re-route it?

Yeah we have been doing bits one evening a week and on Saturdays so it been going pretty well so far, I'm not running the Ford cat so we will be making a stainless 2.5"'/3" down pipe and De cat we are going to have a bit of a cut around and play with the subframe this week to make room, and then on to mounting the intercooler, radiator and gear cables.

Loving this

On 5th Oct, 2014 Shauna said:
What that's crazy, you go commando hahaha! How heavy is your helmet ?

Looks great.

Quite a tall motor?

jonny yeah it is about 4"" taller than a aseries but ground clearance should be ok.

so i thought i would plug the loom in just to make sure everything was ok and all the connectors were right and not damaged before i send it over to sc to be modifyed for their ecu..

then we got on to ideas and cutting around the front panel as the intercooler has to sit through it as the alternator sits quite far forward ......
not bad for 40 quid

so im going to temporarily use the mini radiator and see how it copes... and we them made up a wire template for the down pipe which should be made within the next few weeks..


excuse the gay stickerbomb that i thought was cool a few years back but ive grown up a little since... so new wing and some smaller arches will be on once it works...



rads moved back a bit there but it was supposed to be square with the slam panel.

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so I've been a bit slack with the updates due to work and bits, so recently the loom turned up from specialist components along with their GDI4 ECU well happy with the loom etc
so ive sent a bit of time getting the relay and fuse boxes wired in, got everything powered up, just trying to wire up the throttle pedal properly tomorow then it should be ready to see if it runs.


Here the fuel tank we made its baffled and filled with foam to avoid fuel surge etc, absolutely gutted i forgot to take photos of it before it was welded, but its slighty larger that the std estate tank but fits in the std location..


prior to this we mocked up the intercooler pipework and intake pipe....



now the intake pipe

thanks again to nigel with his welding on these

then...

then last of all i got the coolant pipes made and tacked in place then mounted the water pump and expansion tank



hoping to try and get it running this weekend

Edited by charlieb150 on 23rd Oct, 2015.

Looks good. Are you bending the alloy tubes, or using pre-bent bits?

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

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bending all of the tubes etc haven't used any pre bent bits yet :)

Loving that! Keep up the good work! Cant wait to see this at a show..

Great work! IC is nice and neat.

what pipe bender charlie ?

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

Oi! That was my next question.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

www.twin-turbo.co.uk

my friend works at a local pipe/fabrication shop so he did them there but i will find out for you..

looks very neat ! very neat indeed

Outside the box

So after setting up the audi pedal and ford throttle body on sx tune it was time to see if the good little engine i brought of eBay would work lol video will follow tomorow

Nice one

Z cars... are they really?@?

Love this build - great idea for a conversion.

love the build, glad you chose to keep the cover what an untidy engine lol

Yes i moved to the darkside

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