Tom Booth

That civic driver was soo lucky, came off very well.

To be honest dunc that heads the most worthwhile and cheapest quick power for a small bore, and in a 998 cams can be swapped with the engine in situ if you remove the cam follower covers on the back. Can get your hands on a 266/SW5 used for around 60notes and it'll be such a different car. For extra gains get your mitts on a hif38 carb and rebuild it, better performance, breathing capabilities and you won't get fuel starvation on right hand bends

Stick a 12g940 on there with abit a pocketing and maybe a 266 cam and enjoy it dude. I miss how care free my 998 was, I was always thinking 'shit what was that noise' with my turbo motor, whereas the 998 got hammered constantly and loved it.

Still not particularly a good picture for the colour, it's more turquoise. It's blmc surf blue..

I'd imagine the air rushing over the windscreen then along the roof would be intercepted by the wing and all its mountings resulting in drag, wereas on the boot it flows along the roof line then into the wing, minimal drag as the screen has done all the hardwork. Robin and Dave are the men for this....

Depending on how bad it is, sanding, filler, sanding, probably more filler and more sanding then prime and paint in a nutshell

Eurgh, they look wrank on the upload, I'll take a better one soon.

I have a spare wheel for my car after my mother had a fight with a curb, I repaired the curb damage and repainted it, opinions?

There will be loooooooads more if you miss it. If you want any advice or anything extra pop the link up

Earlier then that I thought dunc, early to mid 80s when they started doing the designer and mayfairs to boost sales I thought. The 90s onwards shells are horse shit, next big purchase for me will be an earlier shell.

Advice - Mk3s were the best shells, minis were in there prime then so blmc chucked money at them left right and center, there a better grade of materials and generally had more care and time spent on them in production. Buy one with a v5 full stop, don't buy a ID'less shell just on the merits its solid. If you are buying a project, make sure you know all the work that's been done, buying a shell from a mini 'expert' to find on its first mot it fails on substandard welding isn't cool. Also find out what's there and what's not there, check over what's been removed from the car and look at the condition, generally set yourself up to walk away from a few, minis take very good pictures(just look at prawns ). I'd also advise if your buying a project shell, buy something unpainted if it's been paneled. You know what's under the paint then, rather then finding a skin of filler falls off the rear quater one day. Spend asmany hours as you can searching through project pages and build diaries. You'll find out more what to look fors reading those then you will speaking to folk. Just enjoy it too, and when it's built and finished, don't expect it to drive like a fiesta or a micra. It's a much much different beast.

Just bought some sick furniture, house is coming together too, looks awesome.

Just get hunting, don't buy half done projects. They'll be bits missing, bad welding and bodges gallore. Just keep your eyes peeled on the bay. Danny, that garage is massive! Looks good. When you starting the clubby?.

2.5k doesn't seem that unrealistic to me, the amount of hours in prep Is unreal. Plus a Capri is hardly a small car.

Which side did you blow down dunc? From engine- tank or vise versa?

Race winner was well deserved but I've not much interest in him really, I think he'll always be a nearly man. Not ruthless enough or devious enough to ammount to anything

Not a bad race, abit boring but monacos always a good race to watch. I was super impressed with Paul di resta! Get a quicker car under him an I think he could be a competitive racer. Perez deserved everything he got I think, repeatedly putting himself in a stupid position, what was he expecting???

Is that the first time you've ever used the word pal Nick?

Nothing beats an astronaut thou...

Cute pussy, now show us the faj.

Sad face or pussy gag? Either way....

That new a3 is gorgeous, very jealous man.

Zaust looks fairly straight now jardo, bang on.

I've just become such a scene whore! pictures to follow! Skoze, f**k em all. I used to think 'no way can you do that to that car!'. But then you realize it's all only shaped metal, somes just survived better then others.