My Budget(ish) Turbo mini build.
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The shell is pretty much all solid, just needs some changes and some weight saving!

I am looking to build a track/road car, not looking for practicality at all!

Main plans are to fit the zeemax bumpers (not to everyones taste i know but i have never seen a track version of the zeemax (there always show cars), Tune the engine based on Turbo Phills 130bhp spec for now untill i save more pennys! add lots of fibreglass panels and shave as much weight as possible.

Heres how she stood a few weeks ago.....



First job was to cut the front end off so i could tidy up the bay a bit and paint it.







After painting it i decided it was too messy so i have since gone back and cleaned up some of the seam sealer and also welded blanking plates into the holes in the bulkhead and repainted.

Tubbed both the rear arches, ( will upload pics of inside soon)



And i have purchased a pair of metro 4 pots and started painting them up



Also bought some solid subframe mounts

Edited by alecvincent123 on 21st Nov, 2012.

your doing fine mate looking good so far

give em hell

Thanks! I have had a look over you r1 build. defiantly what i want to do to the next one. Long time till i even get this one finished though yet.

looking good

Done now needs redoing lol

hi mate r1 build now not happening as way too expensive ,im going vauxhall route now

give em hell

Pictures of the inside tubbing




Ignore the paint, i just wanted to get something over it before it starting rusting

are you intending to keep the back seat? i'd be cutting out the back seat base otherwise if you are on a quest to loose weight

Edited by Rob Gavin on 22nd Nov, 2012.

I dont want the back seats, and yes i will defiantly be cutting out the base of the seat.

Thanks Alec

very small update.....



The holes begin..... Hopefully will have it finished by tomorrow.

looks good :) dont forget to smooth them buggers off

Small update from today - Welded in a plate to cover the original gearstick hole.

Then grinded down the welds.


Also carried on with the holesawing, still loads more to take out......


Also i need some advice on my turbo exhaust housing, have a look at the two picures below. How bad is this? It is more of a "deep scratch" then a crack but still



Thanks for reading.....

more subframe updates....


Added some strengthening plates

some good work there

Done now needs redoing lol

Don't worry about the crack too much. very common.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Thanks Wng691, getting there slowly.
Ahh cheers John, i was hoping it would be ok. i will just keep an eye on it.

Just a small update for the week.... had these arrive today from arc angels


started test fitting the brace bars, Question... The hole which attach the bars to the inner wings, have you guys put on bolt through infront of the turret and one behind? or both behind? << tell me if you dont understand what im asking and ill try explain better.

Cheers

Boot floor is now sat in place, just needs Riveting down and sealing.

Boot floor all done.

Rear Subby has been stripped and just started rubbing down.



First coat of paint

First time i have working on the mini in months!!

So bit of an update, I painted up the rear subframe and all running gear.



Then moved to the front where i found hopefully the last bit of rust under the shock mount.







Then purchased ajustable bottom arms with rose joints, adj tie bars, front and rear Gaz shocks, Solid alloy subframe mounts and a couple of other bits







Front end now looks like this



I also found a nice bit of filler in both A panels!! Instead of replacing these im going to buy them included in the FGlass front end.


Got the hole saw out again and butchered some more....



I decided to cut the inner skin off the boot lid, it has actually stayed a lot more sturdy then i was expecting. I then welded some brackets in the boot to be able to fasten the clips onto





Thats all for now.... Thanks for looking.

that is some amount of filler on those a panels!

I have never seen anything like it!!!

Sadly I think my clubby may have you beaten in the filler stakes! It seems to have about 3mm on every panel!!!

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.