I`m very happy to see such wonderful disscussions about all this (& Davids 6-speed motor-bike box thread too) its all good & we all really do need to listen & learn from it all,,, it really is good to see both the positives & the negatives,,, & all in such a reasonable & understanding, intelligent, comfortable & quiet manor... keep it up guys,, , it`s great stuff.
But please don`t forget,,, i`m doing this first & foremost as an exercise in design & machining
secondly---> this will be For-Myself,,, For one of My Own minis,,, & i`ll be testing it for quite a while before anyone else gets one--> """IF""" anyone else gets one
Thirdly---> i`m sure there will be some major hurdles,,, because as much as we "THINK" we have covered all bases,,, well obviously there will be some "hick-ups" along the way & i`m prepared to wear whatever bruises to my ego & my wallet.
Kenno,,, i`d like to be able to say that i`ll have the "Mock-Up" ready for the muster, but sadly i don`t believe that will happen,,, i have the Blue Turbo Twinky Moke comming back from it`s owner shortly for some more "Improvements" as he is keen to run it at the Power-Cruise at Willowbank at the end of this month
i also have almost finished another Turbo Twinky Moke engine for Ian (from the moke forum) so i`m sure i`ll be buried deep in the middle of fitting that lot up to his moke
I`m also going back to my old Boarding school for the 30 year reunion in early september
so i can`t see me having enough time (between surfing & racing) to have the "Mock-Up" donk ready for the Muster-- sorry
Just to show you guys another project we have been playing with as a pre-cursor to this,,, here`s a pic of a billett alloy single over-head cam carrier we`ve been playing with
So,,, we`re getting pretty damn serious with all this machining stuff hey? Practise makes perfect right???