no idea. i'd have to ask around on ausmini. SA car so someone must have seen it
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no idea. i'd have to ask around on ausmini. SA car so someone must have seen it
Here's one with the Minimalist Style in full swing.
It's a Mk1 Golf BTW.
Lord only knows where the master cylinder (and all its friends) went!
Pretty clean unit, however.:eek:
^ i heard it gets tucked under the wheel arches and behind the dash etc etc??? not sure, some of those VW 'wiretuck' jobs are nuts.. sucks if anything breaks!
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haha, i'd drive it without the rear bumper for laughs
I should mention, if you click the pic there's a vid. Well, it's basically a recording of the noise of it.
[quote=pimento;914920]I should mention, if you click the pic there's a vid. Well, it's basically a recording of the noise of it.[/quote]
now I could be wrong but isn't power at the wheels measured when the wheels are turning? If so, why are the wheels not moving at all in the video?
[quote=henk4;914924]now I could be wrong but isn't power at the wheels measured when the wheels are turning? If so, why are the wheels not moving at all in the video?[/quote]
maybe because it was a teaser they just put up the sound clip.. seems kinda pointless
anyway, honda bike engine head fitted to mini 1310cc engine
[quote=henk4;914924]now I could be wrong but isn't power at the wheels measured when the wheels are turning? If so, why are the wheels not moving at all in the video?[/quote]
[quote=clutch-monkey;914925]maybe because it was a teaser they just put up the sound clip.. seems kinda pointless[/quote]
What he said. For some reason they wanted a teaser of the sound, the 'video' is just a still image.
[quote=pimento;914934]What he said. For some reason they wanted a teaser of the sound, the 'video' is just a still image.[/quote]
Hm, it would have been far more impressive with the car jumping up and down...
[quote=pimento;914016]So.. you put a crossflow head on it, but leave the carbies in the back? Seems to defeat the purpose somewhat...[/quote]
If you keep the carbs on short intakes then (sadly) the standard Mini bonnet doesn't fit and you have to fit a HUGE rectangular box out the front of that lovely curved bonnet.
SO for those wanting a Mini with all the looks and surprising performance to scare the kiddies, it's the way to go.
Rallied in a Mini with x-flow. You couldn't see anything for the huge ali box sticking out/up :) :)
[quote=pimento;914214].. surely routing gear linkages around to the other side of an engine can't result in a good gear selection action. Unless they used an auto box I 'spose...[/quote]
Spinning engines around is done in kit cars all the time and it's relatively easy to make a VERY good - even for convoluted routes - gear linkage systems IF they are designed properly and use the best materials and adjustable rose joints.
On the other hand some PRODUCTION cars which did similar ( like the Matra Bagheera ) is like trying to thread a needle at 20m with taped together McDonald's straws :( The design of it looked good on paper but the implementation and the quality of materials SUCKED ( it's French :) ) and worse still the RHD conversion tacked another set of rods and ball joints on the end of THAT mess :( :(
[quote=BarneyBoy;914881]Lord only knows where the master cylinder (and all its friends) went!
Pretty clean unit, however.:eek:[/quote]
WOW, very "hygienic" .... just pray you NEVER get an oil leak :)
I would reckon he's used a race pedal box with brake cylinders included ( common for adjustable brake bias setups ) and a cable clutch.
So all happens inside the car.
But with that amount of effort it could as easily be a custom build using clever design in another way. Can think of a few ways to achieve that look.
Personally having gone that far I'd find a way to route the two left visible.
Presume they are throttle and vacuum for servo.
Nice find though, am intrigued enough to find out how they did engineer the rest ... do you have any more details/links ??
nissan s14 with a LS3 vette engine
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[quote=Matra et Alpine;914940]WOW, very "hygienic" .... just pray you NEVER get an oil leak :)
I would reckon he's used a race pedal box with brake cylinders included ( common for adjustable brake bias setups ) and a cable clutch.
So all happens inside the car.
But with that amount of effort it could as easily be a custom build using clever design in another way. Can think of a few ways to achieve that look.
Personally having gone that far I'd find a way to route the two left visible.
Presume they are throttle and vacuum for servo.
Nice find though, am intrigued enough to find out how they did engineer the rest ... do you have any more details/links ??[/quote]
if you google 'wiretuck' you should be able to find some info :)
popular with VW's and to some extent honda's