1987 Road Legal Track Mini

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:28 pm

my new seat arrived this afternoon

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:39 pm

dispite the car not running and not being able to go and watch the mini racing at Snetterton for the second year running :x i did make some good progress on my split rims

what it looked like before;

what it looks like now; 8)

:thumb:

Post by **Ben** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:08 pm

Very impressive !!! ... how on earth did you get those shining again ?

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:05 pm

murano3 wrote:Very impressive !!! ... how on earth did you get those shining again ?

cheers Ben

well this is what i did;

1. degreased the wheel thoroughly,
2. then used a scotch brite pad and WD40 to cut more crap off,
3. then bought T-Cut alloy polisher and applied it with the drill + buffer wheel,
4. then i rinsed the wheel and brushed the grooves to get more crap out,
5. and finally i applied sovol autosol with muzzlin by hand for the final finish

worked out well hasn't it, can't wait to blast the centers and give them some paint and get my tyres too 8)

edit; another update, the seat's going back. it doesn't fit :roll:

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:23 pm

Wheels look superb !!!

Well done on them 8)

Shame about the seat

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:52 pm

cheers Duncan

soon as the car's had it's brakes repaired the next big step is getting the doors off, stripping them down, then sending them off to be repaired, and when they come back, the whole car is off to the bodyshop and i'll be getting my poly windows 8)

lots of plans, and lots of money again :roll:

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:00 pm

*update*
took the car to the garage yesterday and within half an hour they had the whole offside front in bits, the cast hub has gone eliptical, the bearings are knackered, and the CV joint has warped

:roll:

so i've ordered a complete new hub assembly (machined hub casting, steering arm, top and bottom ball joints, bearngs, spacers, gaiters) and a new CV joint all built up at a mini specialist to ave time for

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:23 pm

So more updates :roll:

i'm now on the hunt for a 1293cc turbo engine 8) but it's easier said than done :x but i'm not going to give up

but i think the body work will be taking a back seat for a while.

evildave · Post by **evildave** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:25 pm

what a great thread, just read through it all, really nice motor you got there mate!

what size tires you running? i'm running 185/60/13 on 8" rims

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Tue May 13, 2008 4:02 pm

Cheers Dave

i'm running 175/50/13 on 7" rims, but my split rim set will be running on 185/60/13 on 7"

not too far off of yours then.