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That look very good.
I love the simplicity of the minis, must be great fun to work on.

The colour sceme in the first picture looks great.
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Cheers Ian :)

it is a lovely engine to work on, changing a clutch from sitting down with your tools, to wiping the grease off your hands is about 1 1/2 hours, but i'm sure i could do it faster :wink:

and to change a head gasket with all that in the way, only takes 2 1/2 hours (including a de-coke :D )

oh, and i'm booking a day off to visit the bodyshop and talk about painting :cool:
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My god i would kill to have that kind of simplicity coming from working on a Skyline!!
Everything is a nightmare on it!
To get to the top bellhousing bolts on a skyline you need about 4 foot of extenions on a ratchet!!
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i know, great huh :D simplicity at its simplest form :P

is a Skyline really that bad? :? dad wanted to get one, but he was worried about the running costs :?
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They are not very easy to work on mate.
Running costs are manageable but i hardly use mine so cant really say.
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mind you, now thinking of it, there is alot of equipment under the skylines bonnet, so yeah it must be are to work on something major.

my friend simon has a Supra, and that's pretty much packed out under the bonnet :o

dad was worried about if a turbo went on one, but i said that the non turbos are still pokey, but that's his choice though :)
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Introducing nanny Stig :D

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i found this whilst trawling through my old photos :roll: :P


and i found a video of the engine running with no box on :roll:

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this looks a cracking little car daniel, keep up the good work, can't wait to see it on track 8)


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Cheers Jason :) my friend John has a kit car, and we're booking some track time this year, so we'll no doubt bump into each other
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the car looks awesome i love mini's had a few in my family :D

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