Well those wheels look great ... "mind if I ask" ... is it an alloy centre mounted inside a carbon rim and can you see the fibre weave in the carbon section or is it painted over ...

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Whiteski,,, well yes it`s 2x carbon fibre/kevlar composite outer half rims with CNC machined billett alloy centers that all bolt together (3 piece),,, the outer rim halves are made using hi-tech new fandangled Nylon resin & no you can`t see fibre mesh as you would normally within a carbon fibre panel.

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Matt,
Is there any reason you put the motor so far out in front of the wheels?
Is it just to aid front end grip?

I would have thought it would have a considerable negative effect on high speed balance in a car so light with little in the way of aerodynamic down force.

Nice work by the way.

Did your dragstar have a T Shifter

Mason , yeah it did, but i tossed it away straight after racking my nuts on it when my foot slipped off the pedal one day,,, I just jammed it into 2nd gear after that, with a nail through the change mech in the rear hub

77clubbyVan,,, yeah well there`s actually 4 reasons why the donk is so far forward in the buggy,,, one is that there`s no room left behind there to slip it back any further & 2ndly because the axles are pretty straight as they are now & any further back would make it all yukky & suck power,,, & 3rdly because i`m a tight arse & didn`t want to spend any more money that i already have, so i didn`t make up some eleborate drive mech nor did i buy a quaife type gearbox with reverse gear etc,,, 4thly i just figured that with it a little forward like that the weight transfer would be pretty good going back onto the drive wheels slightly behind

It`s really not that far forward actually, just a tad more than a std mini

& i will be making up an aero downforce package for sure, i`ve just bought all the alloy sheet for that last week

But it will be just a sprint/hillclimb buggy,,, i can`t see me running it down conrod straight at Bathurst if you know what i mean?

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Be honest if you had the chance you'd take it

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You know me pretty dam well don`t you kenno ???

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Now really...who wouldn't..I'd even risk the wifes daily drive

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Hi MiniMan,

Just read this thread today. Great looking "buggy"...very similar to a Motorkhana "special".

Have you thought of setting up the rear brakes for a handbrake and giving motorkhanas a go? They're great fun.

BTW, how's the R1 mated to the Mini drive-shafts? Is there a chain drive to a Mini diff?


Cheers,

Dave[/img]

Hi Dave, & yes it`s all set up with a "Fiddle Brake" (4th pedal) for motorkhanas already,,, I did my first motorkhana when i was about 7 years old & been doing them ever since ,,, & as far as we can tell CAMS actually brought in the 14year age limit because of me

Reverse gear is only an electric starter motor set up to the Chain drive assy at the moment so it won`t be very competitive in reversing events, so it`s more of a hillclimb special really, but i will do street & circuit sprints , autocross & drags as well , if they let me that is

cheers
Matt

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.