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Managed an hour in the garage Saturday afternoon, another little bit sorted.



Just off back in there now to strip the carb down to drill it out for an AN6 fitting.



Also got myself a project distraction the other month and took it for a run yesterday.
Managed a couple of 13.3's @ 106mph so that's my target for the mini.

Nice!

I've managed a 13.2. So you should easily make that.

Good to see it coming together.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Best I ever got in the mini was 13.8, always struggled getting it off the line.

13.3 is fast by any standards
Your mini should piss that though look at all the work your putting into it

Yes i moved to the darkside

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Managed to get a few little bits done this week. Started cutting all of the front end out for the grill and lights etc. Will still need some more holes for the radiator but can't decide how I want them just yet.





Had to make a new slam panel so I'd got room to squeeze my intercooler above the radiator.



Then decided it was plain and boring looking so we spent a few hours on ants lathe and made a rough looking swaging tool that works perectly :)







While I'd got the Ali out I figured it was time to make my interior switch panel too. I can't reach the dash when I'm harnessed in, got no room for a centre console and I'm not a huge fan of the big carbon dashes with the centre switch panels.
This was the only place I could put them, made a door card with a flat top that all the switchgear can sit in when it comes to wiring time.






Also hoiked the car out the garage the other day to turn it round and bodge taped everything to it to get an idea of how it's going to look.

Really like how this car is progressing some nice design features that I've not seen before, can't be long until paint

Looks smart mate! Are you still on track for your dead line?

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Cheers chaps :)

No chance of making mitp I don't think Simon, would still quite like to have it finished this year though.

Does look VERY nice! Cant help thinking the seat looks like a sad ghost tho ha

Cant wait to see it complete in paint

Haha, the sad ghost seat may well have to get changed before the car's finished. Lost a couple of stone since I bought the FB sized ones

i really like this, but think it needs bumpers?

Got a carbon back bumper for it, won't be running a front though

Looks fooking great, it's a credit to you mate.

Phil.

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Looks great dude!

Nice work Nick, I'm liking the front spoiler!

some really nice touches there Nick,

especially liking those wheels and the doorcard/switch pannels and the exhaust through the valance.

Looking good!! Which front spoiler / splitter is that?

Cheers guys :)

Been nice to get some work done this week. Doesn't actually feel like there's a massive amount left before paint now.

Nky_84 the spoiler came from Japan, took loads of searching and Google translating to find. Would need loads of work to fit a steel front, think it was moulded from a crashed car, lol

Liking the 'retro' look with the rear spolier, slight jap mini look too.. think it will go down very well when out n about..

Really good looking clubman, I think you are better off without bumpers

Great work.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Bit of an update time, been fannying around with plumbing since the last post.

Cooling system is 90% done now, just need to make a hose from the heater tap back into the top hose and drill a hole in the subframe for the bottom hose to pass through.

Gone for a slightly different approach as I'm trying to keep the engine bay as uncluttered as I can this time. Fitted a much bigger radiator than before so I'm trying without a header tank, a la original mini setup.
Got one of the DSN blank thermostat housings and a small Jap filler neck/cap, sent them off to Matty with a couple of sharpie marks and a picture and he welded them up a treat for me.

Picked up an alternator from Johnny too, need to relieve the block slightly and make a new pulley to get it inline with the crank but should do the job.


(ignore the outlets in that pic, I've sapped them since)








Other big change is the dog shit fibreglass front end has gone. It's been annoying me for months now, I've looked at another manufacturer and theirs was a similar shape so there was only way I could go if I wanted the car to look half decent.

Some pictures came from Rob Gavin of a NOS pair of wings and front panel he'd rescued from the seabed. A deal was done and 2 days later they were at my local soda blasters. Picked them up this morning and I'm much happier with how it should look now.

I took a couple of pics to try and show the difference between the FG and Steel wings, not an easy thing to photograph but it's really been bugging me.









That's all for now. Need to figure out how to fit an A-Panel and get this lot lined up for the next update.

Soda blastin made a huge differance to those panels!

Given them a lick of etch primer for now to keep it from coming back