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technequez
07-01-2011, 03:14 PM
Hi i bought my mini bk in feb 10 with the view of converting it to a metro turbo engine. Then i found this website and you all know what happens next.:)

the day i go it home:
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technequez
07-01-2011, 03:19 PM
Stripping the car:
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RUST!
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RUST!
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And More RUST!
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Before I owned an engine hoist :)
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technequez
07-01-2011, 03:22 PM
Engine out!
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New panels going in
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technequez
07-01-2011, 03:24 PM
More New Panels!:
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technequez
07-01-2011, 03:28 PM
First bit of filler to go on:
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Who needs a front end!:
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Bulkhead Box for metro turbo engine
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THe de seaming begins!
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technequez
07-01-2011, 03:30 PM
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A Touch of undersealing:
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technequez
07-01-2011, 03:34 PM
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New Fibreglass front end:
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The moment i found this website!
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Engine in homemade frame (kit bought from keveric motorsport):
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It Fits!!!
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technequez
07-01-2011, 03:37 PM
Landrover V8 mounts:
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A new bulkhead box for inlet manifold:
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Not quite enough from under the bonnet!
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technequez
07-01-2011, 03:40 PM
Time To make it all look good:
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A few coats of primer:
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technequez
07-01-2011, 03:43 PM
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The Spary booth:
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5 Coats of gun metal grey and 3 coast of laquar later:
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technequez
07-01-2011, 03:46 PM
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lick of paint on the subframe:
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technequez
07-01-2011, 03:50 PM
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Engine going in for the last time:
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Metro 4pots bolted on:
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technequez
07-01-2011, 03:57 PM
Radiator installed:
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Gear linkage from a pug 206
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Front End put together:
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Home made fuse board:
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Only a few wires to connect up :???:
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technequez
07-01-2011, 04:01 PM
Aerial fitted:
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Headlining in:
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bhphunter
07-01-2011, 08:49 PM
Good job, looking nice!
:-D

oli
08-01-2011, 08:16 PM
Nice work, but get rid of the dodgy spacers with stud extenders esp with the Honda engine

technequez
08-01-2011, 09:18 PM
Thanks. Dont worry there not perminent they came with the car