Vini – the Powerflex V8 Mini
Discussion
king useless. 
With the engine and grubby bits out of the way it was time to do some crude measurements and test fitting.
Still with no real thoughts of what we would do if it looked like fitting was a possibility.
Whilst ideas as to the overall strategy for the build were still thin on the ground, EDM and I agreed very early on that we wanted the car to maintain a factory built appearance.
Not have the bumpers bolted where they touched and headlights mounted with fabricated angle iron.
If we were going to do this it had to represent Powerflex from a marketing perspective and be something that we would be proud to exhibit on track and at shows. It also was clear that EDM did not want something out there that wasn’t the best that it could possibly be.
Personally, the more time I spent with EDM discussing what might be possible, the more it became obvious that I’d chosen the right company with an attitude close to my company’s and a desire for quality.
The engine looked amazing in situ, even held in by an engine crane it looked like this part of the project was possible.
It would need to go a fair bit further back than this but width wise, it was game on.
In fact a large amount of the standard front body parts were able to be test fitted around the engine. We even got the bonnet on.
That was the GO/NOGO moment, as they say at NASA.
It was GO from me and GO from EDM.
Then the reality set in with little things like gearboxes and diffs and struts, and wishbones and steering racks and fuel tanks and hubs and roll cage and and and….. needing to be considered.
Still, they could wait! There was a shell to strip and as everyone knows taking things apart is the best bit.
Amazing what the suspension does when you take some weight out.
Still with no real thoughts of what we would do if it looked like fitting was a possibility.
Whilst ideas as to the overall strategy for the build were still thin on the ground, EDM and I agreed very early on that we wanted the car to maintain a factory built appearance.
Not have the bumpers bolted where they touched and headlights mounted with fabricated angle iron.
If we were going to do this it had to represent Powerflex from a marketing perspective and be something that we would be proud to exhibit on track and at shows. It also was clear that EDM did not want something out there that wasn’t the best that it could possibly be.
Personally, the more time I spent with EDM discussing what might be possible, the more it became obvious that I’d chosen the right company with an attitude close to my company’s and a desire for quality.
The engine looked amazing in situ, even held in by an engine crane it looked like this part of the project was possible.
It would need to go a fair bit further back than this but width wise, it was game on.
In fact a large amount of the standard front body parts were able to be test fitted around the engine. We even got the bonnet on.
That was the GO/NOGO moment, as they say at NASA.
It was GO from me and GO from EDM.
Then the reality set in with little things like gearboxes and diffs and struts, and wishbones and steering racks and fuel tanks and hubs and roll cage and and and….. needing to be considered.
Still, they could wait! There was a shell to strip and as everyone knows taking things apart is the best bit.
Amazing what the suspension does when you take some weight out.
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