My Car as of today.
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There is still lots todo,
make front brace bars,
mount oil cooler and extra rad,
refit fuel lines and throttle cable,
redo intercooler piping,
re wire most of car
fit arches
fit front and rear screen
fit other seat,
mount dash and install new lcd display
install extra brake bias valve (as I've still got to much breaking on rear)
make steerting wheel boss (mole grips are a pain to drive with)
change shocks,
fit new tie bars
then to full suspension setup
rolling road
avon park

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Miles less than this time last year!

Guess your not bring it to Coombe this month then!

Alex

AlexF

looks great!

nice...must be hard getting in and out with them door bars..i would get stuck straight away!lol

my car as of today-FLYING!!!

whens combe?

my mum just walks into the room as im looking at the pics,"oh its your car!"she exclaims............

not next weekend... but the one after!

Alex

AlexF

I would love todo combe, I might try to take some time off work to get car done

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whats the plan with the brace bars then?

i was hoping not to fit them and ensure plenty of mounting/strengthening is made to the back of the subframe

i think you need them for MOT dan. they are useful for mounting things onto as well

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

as has been said, they are needed for mot. also even when fitted i have seen front subframes Noticely twist while onm the rolling road (and that was a solid Mounted miglia with less touque than a turbo), so i bet there even worse when on track

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Looks absolutely awesome Jim ! can't wait to see it in action. Top stuff.

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ok, thanks for the info

you making up your own jimster?

yes dan, either myself or Endaf will make them

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cheers phil, it's getting there, is your still on a diet, hows it coming?

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OK cheers ! My mates sorting me out with some carbon for the doors, rear quarters and parcel shelf. That should lighten it a bit when i get the stereo out .....
Don't worry about that adaptor plate, i've made my own now so it's ok mate.
Look forward to seeing your finished motor.

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what???!!!??

You're taking the stereo gear out of your mini???

I did some more work yesterday, took me bloody ages to make the brace bars for the front subframe, I also welded mounts to them for intercooler and oil cooler. I made new rad top bracket, and bracket for auxilary rad (old oil cooler)

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Nicely done brace bars Jim, look very neat

cheers tom, unlike the mass of cables and hoses everywhere, they need lots of work

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Its difficult to make hoses and cables look neat though, especially when there is so much going on in such a small space......

looking good jim, WHats the thin blue hose in the last picture running under the side mounted rad?.

If you make any more brace bars like that put me down for a pair :) they look top draw

that is the cable going to my crank sensor, it's just in a blue protective heat sleave

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jim i can see a possitive input from a fabricator on those brace bars , a proper job ,god forbid you would fit that shite from the MSC,

carl

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I'll take that as a compliment carl, Endaf adviced me what todo, but I did 100% of the work myself. I am getting better, but I have learned shitloads! still not as good as these titanium tie bars I got in the post today (thanks carl there awesome)



I'll get some rose joints put onto these and put on car this weekend

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