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where are you going to run the air intake from? it all looks very tight for space


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Sock filter mate , mesh and a sick or run a feed to it!!! It looks tight but there's room :)
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Last few days for this work done

Few bits n pieces done

Rad welded on and all connected up for good

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Brackets welded for the front end

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New four pots all bled up and working good :)

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Few pics if my bros mini :) 1275 with his lovely new wheels

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Dats all for now till tomoro
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Got alot of the body work done today! The bro is down there finishing it off should be ready for paint in d nxt few days! Gotta fit d front tomoro :) few pics

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New shocks as others were too fat the rubbed the subframe

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Chuffed with work done today ! Will hav fronton tomoro n prepped for paint and will update

Have a guy makin me a custom exhaust nxt week then down to my mate to get tracking an everything setup so it drives straight :) nearly there
Hope you enjoy the pics n updates
Cheers
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More work done today :)

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This is goin blak tomoro

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The bro is in the garage still workin on it! So car will be fully primed tomoro ready
For paint!!! Hopefully have exhaust done by next week then get the bottom arms strip and wheel alignment :) then I can drive the beast :) will update tomoro :)
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Coming together nicely man. Can I make a strange little request? Will you take a video of yous starting her up for the first time and a couple of revs. :lol: Would be cool to watch
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Thought I uploaded a video no???
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First start of the car

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Class :)
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I love seeing progress! Great work
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Yup you'll see progress on the mtm this year! Finally doin it! Hotels booked car be finished hopefully in 3 weeks :) drive it for few weeks b4 mtm can't wait :) il update with a nice video cheers lads

All work was done by my brother armo on here he deserves all credit
I jus paid for everything! Considering he started the build at the end of
January, he's done a super job :) cheers
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Loads of progress

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Chuffed with all the work done this week! Nxt week is fiddling with everything then exhaust then to a mates to get aligned and all :) so happy with it
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Wheels look great in the brothers mini man :D kinda ragin i let them go now :oops:
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Yes his mini looks ace :) wheels finish the car off ;) such a nice clean mini :) he's chuffed with it
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Few bits done today mostly tidyed up the car.

Fitted doors, front lip, cleaned :)

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76 clubby is my mates :) nice and original except the 1312cc engine :)
Very nice clean example of a clean clubby

Hope u enjoy pics of mine! Hope to have it a full car by the
End of the week and get it down for the exhaust!! Hopefully
Then get the tie bars setup and drive it :)
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Loved reading this thread. wish you the best of luck with the car and MTM too! :)
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Cheers mate it's been a good one :) I love updating it keep all you's busy reading :) only few little pieces to get and il b rockin :)
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Bit of an update :)

Got exhaust done :) nice n loud an very cheap!!!

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Brakes bled but bitta spraying needs doin again few drops on splitter(oooops)

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Got my ap clutch master cylinder and my clutch is AMAZING
More pics to follow! Going to drive it Monday
Then put her back together get it on the road nxt week :)
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your brother was telling me about this gonna be a savage yoke ill have something fun for you to race soon ;)
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Sweet dude il be looking forward to it :) wats urs ???
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[quote="purplehaze"]Sweet dude il be looking forward to it :) wats urs ???[/quote]
gonna build a glanza engine round noise mini with a td04 running about 230bhp
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Nice :) that was my initial idea! But then wanted reliability dude! Iv got some tuny parts :) nice Neptune ecu get bout 200bhp outa mine :) maybe more not bad huh
Vtec @ 5100 to 9000
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[quote="purplehaze"]Nice :) that was my initial idea! But then wanted reliability dude! Iv got some tuny parts :) nice Neptune ecu get bout 200bhp outa mine :) maybe more not bad huh
Vtec @ 5100 to 9000[/quote]
just sold skunk2 cams and gears cheap would of been perfect for ya :P
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Aw no haha u anything else???
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[quote="purplehaze"]Aw no haha u anything else???[/quote]
what you looking for?
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