Alfa Meanie, the italian job! Er now rover VVC

[The Mighty Mallott]

Ha Ha! i have just bought an Alfa GTV V6:lol:


And look whats wrong with this shell, it's got a great big hole in the back, what on earth shall i do now then??
http://www.16vminiclub.com/gallery/albums/userpics/CIMG4457.JPG

As Baldrick says, I HAVE A CUNNING PLAN :lol: 8)
Alfa should be here in a couple of weeks, in the meantime i will finish off repairing the shell :(
Got to order some steel to make a cage and frame for the motor too :D

[philster]

looks like a cool plan :twisted:

[boots]

What a Monster, Good luck matey! :D

[Hayling mini]

Why have 16 valves when you can have 24 :lol:

Good luck with it :lol:

[mr2red]

but the alfa eletronics will fail and you will be left with a lump of molten plastic and copper. Ford all the way

[BassAddict]

Cool 8) That will look the dogs doo-dahs if you get it in :)

[garyshoose]

Uncle of mine had one. Revvvvved and Revvvvvvved. Should be very nice.

[The Mighty Mallott]

Started making a little bit of headway for the rear hubs and swingarms
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I am using metro vented calipers, 2 pots for the handbrake, 2 for normal brake.
A swingarm will be fabricated, having 2 plates that the balljoints will screw down onto, then there will be a plate for the steering arm to bolt to with side to side adjustment for toe.
I'm not mad on rose joints so it will pivot on sealed bearings, and will adjust for camber in the normal mini way!

The GTV :lol: will be here on sat 2nd :lol:
Got to take the subframe back out and put it back in the front.
Need lots of steel too :D

[BATESPEED]

mallot, your a nutter [in the nicest possible way] good luck, you WILL need it 8)

[welshy]

Mallott,

If you are putting your car on the road you can not use two of the metro pots for breaking and two for a hydraulic handbrake. I contacted the SVA a few weeks back to ask and i was told it MUST be mechanical which means cable.

Cheers
Welshy

[Ozium16v]

I thought the same about hydraulic handbrakes, and so did my girlfriends dad (hes a mechanic and MOT tester)! But I recently asked a friend of a friend and he said he would pass them if they passed the efficiency test. He didnt care if they could relax or leak, as long as they didnt do it during the MOT.

And TerryGs passed, check out the 8v Vaux in the rear http://www.16vminiclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10555

Great choice of engine, super revvy, just dont trust Italian electronics :?

[The Mighty Mallott]

Nmm just read up on this, i thought if it was a completely independent system i am ok, but it seems it must be mechanical, all depends on the tester really, will look at the alfa rear calipers when i get them off.

[pops]

The law is the handbrake must be independent of the foot brake unless your car was built before 1962/63.

So using the metro caliper would/should fail sva/mot depending on mot tester.

[BATESPEED]

i would have thought the hand brake was the least of your worries :shock:

[The Mighty Mallott]

one side pivots have been made
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I should point out that i am not putting the engine onto a mini rear subframe, a z cars style cage will be made, to house the engine/box.
This subby is purely as a jig for making the swingarms.

On the handbrake side of things, the top and bottom pistons are on completely seperate circuits, hence independent, so according to pops' definition this would be ok. :? :? :?

[BigAndy]

What you need is a mini that already has a roll cage and subframe thats suitable in the rear of a mini.... hang on a minute :lol:

[pops]

Handbrake needs to work mechanically,

If one of the braking pistons leak you have no handbrake :lol:

[welshy]

Mallot,

It is highly likely the hydraulic hand brake will get through an MOT. If it doesn't then take it to the next garage an so on.

I have seen people weld plates to the outboard brake pad then attach a handbrake cable. Although you won't be able to pull hand brake skids very well.

Alternatively you could still plumb in your hydraulic hand brake but when it comes to MOT you could disconnect the hydrulic handbrake and attach the cable... only down side is bleeding the handbrake after every mot.


Welshy

*EDITED by duck*

[The Mighty Mallott]

Aarons blasted the Jensen wheels i got off ebay for a fiver :lol: a while back
before
http://www.16vminiclub.com/gallery/albums/userpics/CIMG3316.JPG
after
http://www.16vminiclub.com/gallery/albums/userpics/CIMG4568.JPG

Also aaron cutting ally for the fuel tank which will sit inside the front subframe (making lots of noise and mess at the same time :? )
http://www.16vminiclub.com/gallery/albums/userpics/CIMG4570.JPG

Ive just been patching up the front shock mounts on the shell and planning bits and bobs.

[mr2red]

seen those wheels already but they have scrubbed up nice, any ally left for ours?? :wink: :wink:

[The Mighty Mallott]

Yeah should be, depends how many fluff ups Aaron makes :shock:

[mr2red]

not to sure if we will make one yet as our tig wont do ally and aaron will already be busy with yours

[The Mighty Mallott]

got the steel and the Alfa is on its way :lol: should be here mid afternoon :lol:

[The Mighty Mallott]

The Alfa arrived about 3 this afternoon :lol:
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Stripping has started, the blue meanie is staying at my dads house until the alfa is gone :cry:
The engine is gonna sound so sweet :lol:

[The Mighty Mallott]

Aaron has been stripping the interior out, i have been attacking the engine bay, was pleasantly surprised to find a reasonable looking manifold and an Ally block! This will obviously help to keep the weight down :D
http://www.16vminiclub.com/gallery/albums/userpics/CIMG4611.JPG
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And finally lovely momo seats
http://www.16vminiclub.com/gallery/albums/userpics/CIMG4614.JPG

Clutch is hydraulic and gearbox is cable shift so should make those 2 things a bit easier.

Garage is getting rather full of junk though :?

[matt]

Will be a nice sounding mini :) . Those manifolds look good for standard items better than big cast iron ones.

[The Mighty Mallott]

Engine is now out,

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Its quite a compact neat unit, will not fit in a standard length round nose though :lol:

All the engine mounts are down low with just one dogbone steady at the back above the cambelt cover.

Mat

[garyshoose]

Looks pretty tall though??

THESE THINGS SOUND AMAZING 8)

[miniswift]

Hi,

Check back seat to Mini seat.
They are identical size, I have cloth GTV seat which I will be fitting into my Mini for my girls.

Then again, you will be making your car MR....

Good luck with that engine, I'm sure it will be awesome!

Cheers
Atchi

[The Mighty Mallott]

Loom is now out, what a job. i thought the old honda loom was big :shock:
Although the engine bay mechanical side of things was well laid out, the interior and loom more than made up for it, anyone listening outside my garage would hear f,ing italian w,kers, tossers pasta munching twats, all night long!!! just got a few more bits to remove, then i can get rid of the shell.
Can't swing a cat in there at the moment :cry: then progress can begin in earnest

[mr2red]

hey leave those italians alone they build great cars lol :lol:

[The Mighty Mallott]

The Alfa is now out of the garage thank god, just loads of crap laying around now! had a play with the alfa rear calipers
http://www.compbrake.co.uk/Master%20Cylinders.htm
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The alfa caliper sits in the rightish place for a normal mini disc, when its bolted on the other side vs the mini caliper. The bolt holes line up pretty well, just drilled out the holes to 11mm, no other mods required, just ordered up new bearings and discs, so will blast them and try them out!

[The Mighty Mallott]

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Alittle progress on the rear cage has been made, next week wehope to get the engine roughly in the correct place and continue making the cage, Aaron can then take it into work and tig it nicely!

[duck]

Say Mat, were do I get myself one of these Aaron's ???

If I could get myself one I could sit in doors with my cider, lock the Aaron in the garage and occasionally push metal and food under the garage door, 6 months later there would be a new mini ready for me :lol:

Get Aaron some white coveralls and he could be the stig of the garage world !!!

Good work going on there, I'm looking forward to seeing the finished article :D

[Mintegra]

Say Mat, were do I get myself one of these Aaron's ???

If I could get myself one I could sit in doors with my cider, lock the Aaron in the garage and occasionally push metal and food under the garage door, 6 months later there would be a new mini ready for me :lol:

Get Aaron some white coveralls and he could be the stig of the garage world !!!

Good work going on there, I'm looking forward to seeing the finished article :D

^^^^ LOL ^^^^

What do these Aarons run on??.... he's like a machine.....

:-)

[bousfield19]

i think there is a fuel cell inside these aarons that take regular filling with jack d if i remember rightly

[OzMidnight]

Say Mat, were do I get myself one of these Aaron's ???

If I could get myself one I could sit in doors with my cider, lock the Aaron in the garage and occasionally push metal and food under the garage door, 6 months later there would be a new mini ready for me :lol:

Hope your garage has a toilet...otherwise there would be a large pile of something else waiting for you, as well!

[The Mighty Mallott]

:lol: Yes the Aaron runs on a special mix of 30/70 JD and coke :lol:

Oz he's like a rabbit, so he eats his own poo :lol:

If anyone would like to rent the Aaron please send me a signed blank cheque :D That means i'm his pimp :lol:

[OzMidnight]

If anyone would like to rent the Aaron please send me a signed blank cheque :D That means i'm his pimp :lol:

Hi, I was wondering if you could post a verified sample of your signature...........

[Mintegra]

No update Matt?? Aaron hasn't escaped from the garage has he??...

C

[The Mighty Mallott]

Not escaped .................................................. .................................................. ........................STOLEN

[OzMidnight]

Oh NO! Were you insured?

[The Mighty Mallott]

Progress (albeit slow) is still being made, Aaron has been found and has returned to his rightful home, he has been messing with engine mounts for the last 3 weeks or so! i have been bracing the front subframe and doing a bit of body work too, new scuttle panel and repairs to inner wings at top
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I sorted a little bit of wiring too, but not a lot! It's too chilly in the garage!!

[The Mighty Mallott]

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Aaron sporting his new purchase!
Been busy with the blue meanie, so progress is slow, built up the front hubs today though, will fit them tonight probably.

[Owen]

You've got the motor in the back and you're still going clubby? :shock: (I suppose fair do's if you like them)

[The Mighty Mallott]

Nah mate, Boots is now the proud owner of those panels, i was trying the panels for fit. With is being so cold in the garage (Aaron repeatedly says its colder in the garage than out!) motivation is somewhat lacking, then when we do go down it's only for a short period!

Anyway on wednesday we got the rear mount all tacked up and the cage supporting the weight of the engine.
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We are pretty much ready to drop the cage and engine out of the shell to weld it all up. Just an engine steady bracket to make and a couple of brace bars.

[Hayling mini]

Looking good Matt :D

Proper Italian Job :D

This will be hotter than the Dolphins pool in the summer

Jerry :lol:

[matt]

Your build is looking sweet. When do you think it will be complete because i would love to see this at a show in the summer :) .

[The Mighty Mallott]

God knows when it will be done, you haven't seen the pile of wiring on the floor! Late summer would be cool i guess, earlier would be a bonus, later would be realistic :lol:

Mat

[Owen]

God knows when it will be done, you haven't seen the pile of wiring on the floor! Late summer would be cool i guess, earlier would be a bonus, later would be realistic :lol:

Mat



Castle Combe? :wink:

[The Mighty Mallott]

You never know! lets pray for better weather this year!

[Owen]

You never know! lets pray for better weather this year!


Battle of the RWD's :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Aband]

whos handy with the tig welding then? :D

[Owen]

whos handy with the tig welding then? :D


That'll be Aaron. Looks like beautiful work to me!

[The Mighty Mallott]

That'll be Aaron :lol: He's been cutting up Ally for the fuel tank recently(after i got a new jigsaw for christmas, he murdered my last one!) so that should keep him quiet for a while!

[Aband]

my tig SHOULD!!!! be coming tomorrow. but its looking good. im gunna have ago at building a tank at some point i just cant workout how to baffle it.

[pritch]

use tank foam to baffle it

[Aband]

(sorry to go off topic on your build matt) Ok nice one will have a look through the internet. cheers

[Owen]

What's occuring! Surely you've got an update for us? ;)

[The Mighty Mallott]

No update really, what with the cold and what not :oops:
Been making a arb for the blue meanie though, that would have been finished tonight but Aarons got a cold and hes got the bits i need!
Got some Spax coilovers off ebay they were for an elise and cost me £33 all in! :D Just trawling fleabay for other bits we will need.

Just popped down to garage to get some pics especially for owen!
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And lastly my new beast, weather has been poo so not ridden in anger yet :evil:
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[MINI_BOY_IAN]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


your a lycra wearing road scum!!! :wink:


you want a mans bike :lol:
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f21/ALMERAGTI108/B0009A6IB6_01-A1K3STFM6ANN7W__SCLZZ.jpg

[welshy]

Grow up kids... you are both missing engines and yes i am a fat 'Garage' potato.

[The Mighty Mallott]

Funny that Ian, Aarons got a lead donkey, i've had mtbs since before you were an twinkle in yo daddies eye! Not got enough time to have fun with the lads now, plus it's a bit too dangerous when your self employed (says me who goes paragliding whenever i can)!! I get a good buzz out of the roadie :lol: It's a damn sight faster :lol:
What would you rather have land rover or the blue meanie :lol:

[Owen]

Are you two out of hibernation yet?

[The Mighty Mallott]

Yes mate, the project has had a change in direction though. I will take some pictures of progress tomorrow.

[Owen]

Oooer, look forward to it!

[The Mighty Mallott]

Well the engine seems to have lost 2 cylinders, 8 valves and a shed load of weight!

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It also means my build is now in the wrong section! oh well never mind!

There were 100 reasons for sacking the alfa, main ones being lack of support on alfa forums wiring wise, weight, size and now that we have lost our local drag strip, we wouldn't really have anywhere to really use it! I didn't want to create a monster, i would rather have a more balanced machine, hence the change to the VVc :kseries:

[Owen]

COOL! 8)

You won't be whooping me by as much at combe now :lol:

[duck]

I've moved it to the Rover section but left a link to it in the 'other' section so that people can still find it.

Should be nice and light so it will still be a shifter :D

[The Mighty Mallott]

Yeah cheers mate, going to try to keep the weight down, and also keep it old school, centre speedo, old english white with green roof and cage.
It's a 160 engine so should be pretty lively and if i get bored i will have to boost it!

[matt]

You now need a LSD box and a 3.6 final drive. Launch it at 4000rpm and you will be well into the 12s. Plus you will be able to go around corners now with a bit of tail action :lol: .

Watching this with great intrest as the next project will be going this way. Keep the updates coming.

[The Mighty Mallott]

Well i have a diesel box so in time i will build a hybrid box with lsd. main thing is to get it running!

[The Mighty Mallott]

Had a few hours on it today and will be in the garage in a bit, made some engine mounts, i have to bear in mind where they go so that i can get the engine out if i need to!

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This has been tidied up somewhat!
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I have used the original mg mount and also a landy mount, i am also using the standard steady off the bottom of the sump. I think i am going to use front shocks, need to swap my rears for fronts!

[The Mighty Mallott]

A few parts have been blasted and painted
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Also the bottom arms and tie bars have been done but escaped the photo.

Made the plates for the sump steady and also the bottom arm pins. just not got round to welding them on yet. the garage has been at around 35'c for the last few days!! 8)

[The Mighty Mallott]

Built up the rear sus to make sure everything is ok

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The wheels now sit an inch or so further back, but i can live with that

[The Mighty Mallott]

Things have been ticking along slowly,

the car is now back on its own 4 wheels,

i cut down the steering rack and made mounting plates, at last the rear wheels stay where i point them now!!

i put a 2" gash in the top of my head after some door glass fell off the roof,

made the rear shock top mounts and some other little bits abobs here and there

Anyway pics;

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[The Mighty Mallott]

And some more pics

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The decoy pea shooter exhaust pipe:p

I don't know wether i like having the rear valance on, the car will sit a couple of inches lower, also i'm not sure what to do for a bumper, don't want a heavy metal thing, but i'm going to need something to cover the seam,, hmmm.....

just seen that the swear filter wont let you write b umper!!!!

[Mintegra]

Looking good Matt!!... some nice fabrication work on the rear suspension set-up.

Have you thought about getting rid of the valance and replacing with a subtle diffuser??

Nice gash! :-)

C

[The Mighty Mallott]

Chris, i thought about a rear diffuser type thing, but a bit too much faffing around i think!

Got the engine in, NOT EASY! need to cut some more rear parcel shelf and arch away but the jigsaw's blown up! Inner cv clearance is also a bit of an issue on the ns:-?

Got 2 genuine inner cvs and shafts, brand new for less than the scrappy wanted for 1 second hand shaft! robbing gits!

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As you can see there's not much space down the front of the block for the manifold, will have to come up with something elaborate for that!

[pritch]

turn it upside down and aim it out the back window!:p

[The Mighty Mallott]

I have thought of taking it over the top! Anyway grounded off the flange on the bottom

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started playing around with back boxes, i'm going to use the standard integra type r exhaust that i had laying around from the blue meanie project, should flow ok and be quiet enough.

[The Mighty Mallott]

Got myself an mgf gearshifter and cables finally, had to refurb it abit to remove all the sloppiness and chop off any unnecessary bits.

The manifold i have decided to make from scratch taking it round over the gearbox, mainly after reading the bit on exhausts on dva power!

[The Mighty Mallott]

Managed an hour or two this afternoon, more playing with the gearstick, got it in place and also got the cable mounts welded in place

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now i can attach the cables to the stick and start knocking up the gearbox end of things, should be able to make it with a nice short throw!

Picking up my seats this weekend, got some bargain bini s seats for this car as well!

Mat

[MiniMadGreg.]

None of the pics work for me mate, anyone else getting that?

[Owen]

Piccy no worky here either!

[The Mighty Mallott]

http://www.16vminiclub.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=20&pictureid=223

Got some wings and a front panel the other day so i am in the process of fitting them, not got too bad a panel gap:D with me moving in a couple of weeks i would like to get the underside and inside painted:shock:

http://www.16vminiclub.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=20&pictureid=224

sorry for the HUGE pictures

Just though i'd let you know i am doing stuff to the mini!!

[The Mighty Mallott]

Managed to get the underside in primer today, need to pick up some seam sealer tomorrow and i will give it another blow over.
http://www.16vminiclub.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=20&pictureid=225

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[The Mighty Mallott]

Got myself some more 2 pack primer, gave the car some more coverage, the gun had a hissy fit when i did the bonnet:p so that will need rubbing back!

http://www.16vminiclub.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=20&pictureid=238

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It's not come out too bad, got a couple of runs on the left wing, more rubbing back!:D Should be able to get some top coat on the underneath soon.

[The Mighty Mallott]

Got some colour on it, put the last coat on at about 8 on wednesday night, then moved out of my house on thursday! Needless to say the garage was still stinking!
http://www.16vminiclub.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=20&pictureid=244

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It's got a few runs in it and needs a bit of buffing in places, but its not too bad for my second spray job, progress may come to a halt for a few months as we move into our new house sometime next week.

At least i can start to bolt stuff on now and leave them on!

[speedy]

very nice..... and love those wheels btw.
moving house is good... the paint can harden,without you having
itchie fingers and scratch it... ;)

[matt]

This is looking very nice mate. Keep the pics coming.

[ludsonline]

Looks ace m8...

[The Mighty Mallott]

Now up for sale, see http://www.16vminiclub.com/forums/showthread.php?p=197091#post197091