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I drove a turbo mr2 today, went very well. :D :D


Has it got you thinking????? :wink:

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was my plan bud, both the celicas are up for sale, and will be sold to fund the rear cut. woot

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i only have pics of it before he bought it but its an awsome car none the less..
a B****TC to work on though.. nearly all the panels are fiberglass

it now has numbr plates TUFAZZ


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Sheesh! As entertaining as this may be to some, can one of the mods throw a big bucket of cold water on this and please shut this sh!t fight down


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Groovy, ricer, but groovy!!

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Love the number plate!

My mate has a van for sale, would the longer wheel base be better for this conversion / racing?

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Yep, make a big difference to high speed stability, even if it 'only' has a 50mm increase in wheelbase.

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Yep, make a big difference to high speed stability, even if it 'only' has a 50mm increase in wheelbase.


only 50mm? i could get that out of a sedan shell. I wont bother with the van.

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Yep, make a big difference to high speed stability, even if it 'only' has a 50mm increase in wheelbase.


Actually its closer to 100mm according to the info I have:

saloon wheelbase: 2036mm
Van/estate/pick-up wheelbase: 2134mm :wink:

Interestingly it also states that the rubber cone saloon weighs more than the van; 638kg(saloon) versus 621.5kg (van) :D

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Archangel007 wrote:
Yep, make a big difference to high speed stability, even if it 'only' has a 50mm increase in wheelbase.


Actually its closer to 100mm according to the info I have:

saloon wheelbase: 2036mm
Van/estate/pick-up wheelbase: 2134mm :wink:

Interestingly it also states that the rubber cone saloon weighs more than the van; 638kg(saloon) versus 621.5kg (van) :D

I find that hard to believe (I know that's what it says in your books) but I just see more metal and stuff in a van :?

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From the seats back there's only single skins in a van and no trim whereas the sedan has extra panels , soundproofing , rear seat and other stuff .

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From the seats back there's only single skins in a van and no trim whereas the sedan has extra panels , soundproofing , rear seat and other stuff .


Good point Ian.

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In all the books i have looked at the vans are lighter. And i came to the came conclusion, no rear seat or seat trims ect...

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greetings from DWN.
how are those bitching flares going.
i'd realy like a set and those big steel rims you got as well.
were do you find all this stuff.

i look up mini minor on ebay and all i get is kids clothes.
and aparently NZ has no mini's...........PFFFFFFFFFTT

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hey man

Im getting there, been making other stuff...

I was lucky, someone else found all the stuff and then sold it on ebay, I snapped it up.

if you dont want to wait for me, im happy to post them over to u for a while, so u can make a copy.

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