Hi all
thought i would just let you know what happened to JCs suzuki well i bought it from him yesterday so now i have to actually get out and do something and it has kinda enthused me to get back into the garage and do a little work to the shell i bought
Thanks to JC who was very helpfull

i wont post pics of it cuz you all know what his engine looked like

Cool

What's it going into?

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its going into my delux shell which is in great condition needs a paint job very little rust and is straight just a rolling shell at the moment
i would have loved to have found a van but none around this area for a price that suits so in there it will go
plan is to get minor rust and panel repaired then paint myself at this stage get frame made up sort brakes suspension put it all together
i want it fairly retro looking but with modern power so maybe british racing green with white roof and im thinking 12 by 5s just for ease of brakes and to help the gearing a little on the highway se
some comfy seats and just speedo and taco
maybe hiden small sound system and thats it
easy hey
but at least i have some sort a plan

That sounds DAMN close to the "plan" I have at the moment. Actually, cept for the color it's pretty much identical!!!

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This is quite amusing... I also have very similar plans. I have a 68 Deluxe, British racing green/White roof, 12 inch perfomance superlights, and also have a Gti engine sitting in the corner waiting Looks like there will be a few very similar Gti minis around..

So there will be a suzy mini group to rival the starlet minis now?

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Too many cars, and too little time.

congrats on the investment, im sure your going to have fun with this

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GTi Turbo'd mini, abused daily

At least I picked a different green!!!

So where are your conversions at??? (marcsvenson & afh001)

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where are they at ?? as in progress or as in location
if progress then well you know around the starting mark lol
i have the engine and the mini and the desire
but all i need now is a little time and a little money
Hopefully i am setting the date for car painted everything done and engine in by christmas next year i want to have it on road by xmas 2006
SOOOOOOOOOO time to get cracking i quess

yeah i am fairly certain on the colour i would consider another classic combo like white with burgandy roof but i want something that is fairly retro and classic

Suzukis Vs the Starlet hey

mnnm i dont think i would like to do a drag strip day against them lol but yeah it should be good fun and more importantly its re enthused me as after my welder and tools got stolen i was kinda sick of it all so didnt go near the garage but yeah i am amped

how about you guys

the first thing I have to do is get the engine mounts.
the GTi mounts are not ideal, so I am sourcing others from the wreckers.

"Gearbox is Barina/Swift 90-94 gearbox mount
Rear eng is Ford Laser KC/KE 85-90 or Mazda 323 BF
87-89 part no MT8121
(You will have to press it out of it's mount & rotate the
rubber to get the load direction correct)
Front is Mazda 808 72-78 part no MT8135"
thats from Ron Bailey..
top bloke

mounts shouldnt be too hard to deal with have you got a frame yet

no.. thats why I want to source the mounts first.

ohhhhh ok sorry i wasnt following i was thinking you could just add the mounts after the frame was made but yeah it would be easier to add as you go


Hey what about chips do you guys know anything about adding aftermarket chips and their worth

I would hold out for an aftermarket ecu. I picked up mine for $400. Means you will do away with the majority of that spiders web (loom) you've got.

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But he's thriving and striving and hugging the turns.

haha it is a bit of a spider web hey lol that was prob the thing which suprised me the most haha
the rest looks possible to get my head round the other thing i was meant to ask you i think i saw that you moved your brake mc and clutch mc around will i need to do this also

what ecu did you go with