no he wouldn't seems he didnt want me sharing his secrets,

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HAHA the plot thickens. turns out my mates dad works with a uni that engineers and builds race cars and the next couple of months the workshop is free might have an engineering department to help me if not i still have free use of a dyno if all goes to plan. quick question how does a dyno help u craft a need and time? as in which readouts help with changing these?

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Hey slo_firo, who's your tuner?

Just had a scary thought. with my new set up will my 1 1/2 inch maniflow exhaust and extractors be too small? what would i lose in power compared to a bigger set up?

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I wouldn't have thought your maniflow exhaust would be 1 1/2" more like 1 3/4" which will be OK for a standard SC setup.

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4efte powered Clubman
supercharged 998 race car

i just went and measured it and am yet again amazed how people know more about the car i built then i do LOL by the way ben ur sc12 kit arrived and me and dad are seriously impressed. thanks again

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ok small update finished uni classes today thought id get straight to work on the mini

pulled everything off the 1100 waiting for a chance to go grab the engine crane its ready to come off in the process discovered the reason for no compression.


discovered a few problems with the new engine. the spindle for the distributor wont go in its too big ????? im hoping there is more then one size. and my dip stick doesnt fit so im going to have to make one and tread the hole if it doesnt fit aswell.

pictures of the progress after one day of work

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and my dip stick doesnt fit so im going to have to make one and tread the hole if it doesnt fit aswell.

hey man - A and A+ have differend dip stick setups... the A+ gos straight into the gearbox casting, just buy an A+ one way easier

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ah righto ill be doing that then

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gaaa!!!!

FOR F*CKS SAKE GET THOSE BRICKS OUT FROM UNDER THAT CAR!!!!!

go to supercrap and for $20 you can have a proper set of stands

bricks crack, shatter, slip, fall and will kill you

and I hope you've got a set of disks to replace those drums with...

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

i do have a set of disks planned to replace those drums.

ive had bad experiences with cheap stands collapsing or tilting, i have the drive up ramps (which have been modified to be stronger with extra metal to reinforce them) under the car aswell as the bricks there is no way the car can fall more then 100mm if it did and i was under there i would still have alot of clearance even with my head pointing directly up.

it is set up in a way which will not allow it to fall to the ground even in the case that the car was hit from the side im aware that only bricks are dangerous.

altho i did just look at that photo and i dont think the stand is under there in that

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SHE GOES. after finding i wired up my distributor wrong i rewired it and first shot she fired i was amazed and im absolutely wrapped. obviously needs a fair tune but shes going so wont be too long till im back on the road in the mini...... i miss that mini driving feeling



going to have a little issue getting the bonnet to shut but ill figure it out

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awesome mate, glad to see it finally got to you

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'73 clubby s "cryo" - sold
Operation Evil Sesame Street!

some small issues such as vibrations so sort out still and my clutch deciding to fail. (gradual pressure loss) Apart from this im off to get her tuned wednesday cant wait

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Just got the car back and im wrapped seriously wrapped, the power and torque is amazing im running in the engine fairly hard (not stupidly) need to get my speedo recalibrated its out about 6 miles so obviously different diff. also need shockers and/or competition bump stops because she rocks like a boat at the moment which does make me smile alot but in traffic i make passengers sea sick. sooooooo much fun too drive thinking about doing a run at calder when they re open friday night drags and might get some incar videos up if i get time before uni

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