The Mini Diet/Track Car Thread

[B.RAD]

On 28/07/2018 at 10:15, darve said:

You too Dave. You and Gary gone both jump in my ****ter at the same time if you like...

[B.RAD]

28 minutes ago, KugaWestie said:

The rain stopped, so I stripped the front brakes off (I done them in at Blyton)

I think the technical term for them is Fubarred 

 

Wow! That's incredible. The piston has gone right through the pad!! Good work! 

[KugaWestie]

4 minutes ago, BCF said:

Wow! That's incredible. The piston has gone right through the pad!! Good work! 

I was pushing that pedal real hard 

[KugaWestie]

I remembered that I had not stripped the interior trim off from the tailgate, so did that tonight which gained me another 1.6kg.

Running total now 44.85kg

[pistonbroke]

Who needs brakes ?

think " more weight saving"  

[KugaWestie]

Bit more weight out tonight.

Headlining including cardboard above it that was bonded to the roof!

Interior light, roof mounted clock, sun visors and windscreen pillar trims.

That lot netted me 4.4kg

It sounds a bit tinny now when you shut a door 

 

Running Total 49.25kg.

[Tom Frankland (T3OMF)]

When does your diet start? or is it the more weight you take off the car, the more you can put on  

 

[KugaWestie]

3 minutes ago, Tom (T3OMF) - Cotswolds AO said:

When does your diet start? or is it the more weight you take off the car, the more you can put on  

 

Cheeky!

Wait till you get to my age and we will see how you look 

[6carjon]

Gary. If you intend to use it in the road at all i  would add back one Sun visor and the interior light for those dark starts on your way to autumnal track days and home again in the setting sun  

Of course if you can't bring yourself to add that weight back......... It's your choice.

I think I need another tintop track car, you're inspiring me.

[KugaWestie]

5 hours ago, 6carjon said:

Gary. If you intend to use it in the road at all i  would add back one Sun visor and the interior light for those dark starts on your way to autumnal track days and home again in the setting sun  

Of course if you can't bring yourself to add that weight back......... It's your choice.

I think I need another tintop track car, you're inspiring me.

Absolutely no intention of using it on the road - trailer it to and from trackdays.

It is SORNed 

So no need to add that weight back, but I have hatched a design for a rear strut/harness bar which is going to put some weight back in 
The offset against that is peace of mind. I am just not comfortable with having harnesses coming out that back of a bucket seat and then diving down at a fairly steep angle to connect to a rear seat belt pick up point.

 

 

 

 

Have you bought a tin top to strip yet.......

[6carjon]

19 hours ago, KugaWestie said:

Absolutely no intention of using it on the road - trailer it to and from trackdays.

It is SORNed 

So no need to add that weight back, but I have hatched a design for a rear strut/harness bar which is going to put some weight back in 
The offset against that is peace of mind. I am just not comfortable with having harnesses coming out that back of a bucket seat and then diving down at a fairly steep angle to connect to a rear seat belt pick up point.

 

 

 

 

Have you bought a tin top to strip yet.......

I'm on auto trader now looking at French metal.  Plans for next year now though  plenty of research time.

[tolf]

On 02/08/2018 at 22:52, KugaWestie said:

Cheeky!

Wait till you get to my age and we will see how you look 

Depends on how many Blyton Specials Gary eats, Tom 

[KugaWestie]

Talking of putting weight on, I am putting some weight back in on the Mini.

Today a knocked up a harness mount bar which is just drying off before I fit it

 

So that is going to add 2.7kg to the car.

Running total now 46.55kg

[KugaWestie]

Harness bar fitted

 

[KugaWestie]

Front brake upgrade complete.

The pedal is absolutely rock hard with the engine off but a bit spongy with the engine running.

System has been bled several times including a software/ecu forced ABS pump purge/bleed.

Hopefully it is a bit soft as the pads need bedding in. Also the fact the caliper piston is slightly larger will no doubt be contributing to this I guess?