A mad, bad Mini project
Discussion
AntiLag1 said:
Any updates I need my project binky fix lol?
(apologies to all those who think this is an update and got all excited)
http://www.badobsessionmotorsport.co.uk/news-on-pr...(apologies to all those who think this is an update and got all excited)
robemcdonald said:
Do we really need two episodes dedicated to building a heater box? Yes it’s very clever and the process is interesting, but surely it could have been edited into one 30 minute show?
However. Watching someone do fabrication whilst a narrator reads a Wikipedia article about how air conditioning works could be the breakthrough performance art of 2018.
It may be cynical view, but progress has slowed right down since the whole patreon thing was introduced. The longer you string it out the more money you get....
That aside it will be a quite amazing machine.
if it ever gets finished.....
Yes I know no one forced me to watch it.
Rob, I'm not sure how you think stringing it out makes it more lucrative as we charge our patrons per video, not per month because we don't like to take the piss. Many people have no idea how an A/C system works, so I took the decision to VO as simple an explanation as I could instead of another music montage. However. Watching someone do fabrication whilst a narrator reads a Wikipedia article about how air conditioning works could be the breakthrough performance art of 2018.
It may be cynical view, but progress has slowed right down since the whole patreon thing was introduced. The longer you string it out the more money you get....
That aside it will be a quite amazing machine.
if it ever gets finished.....
Yes I know no one forced me to watch it.
Progress has slowed over the course as the early days were big ass easy stuff and now we're into the minutiae and fabbing up complex solutions. Having said that, now the HVAC system is done and we're putting more time into it, you'll see shorter, more frequent episodes until she's done.
Thanks for watching.
Mr2Mike said:
CoolC said:
Those screens are not fitted that way. The rubber goes onto the body first and then the glass fitted into the rubber, the locking strip then keeps it in place.
Fitting it the way they did is ridiculously hard work and damages the rubber as seen right at the end.
Fitting it that way makes it a piece of piss IME, Ive fitted dozens of mini screens that way over the last 30 years without damaging rubbers. The reason they had problems is because they were extremely sparing with the lube as the shell isn't painted.Fitting it the way they did is ridiculously hard work and damages the rubber as seen right at the end.
colin_p said:
200 man hours was mentioned in that one, what I couldn't out was if that 200 hours was on the whole car or just the heater box 
Either way, it matters not, captivating viewing regardless, a masterclass. If it were just the heater box, which it probably was, then 100 would have been on head scratching and tea drinking and then the other 100 doing it.
What sets this whole project above any and all other car restoration and modification programs is that rather than reaching for 'big' off the shelf components, due to space, they have to make their own.
As for the windscreen, going in there and then, I've no idea why, it can't be for something as simple as the wipers and wiper mechanism as the mini wipers are simplicity themselves. I can't see there being any point re-designing the wiper as the mech is as simple and low profile from the factory it'd be a real struggle to improve upon it.
The only reason I can think of is that some sort of gadegtry is going to go on the dash top and they need it in for a datum / reference point.
Can't wait to find out.
Thanks Colin! Either way, it matters not, captivating viewing regardless, a masterclass. If it were just the heater box, which it probably was, then 100 would have been on head scratching and tea drinking and then the other 100 doing it.
What sets this whole project above any and all other car restoration and modification programs is that rather than reaching for 'big' off the shelf components, due to space, they have to make their own.
As for the windscreen, going in there and then, I've no idea why, it can't be for something as simple as the wipers and wiper mechanism as the mini wipers are simplicity themselves. I can't see there being any point re-designing the wiper as the mech is as simple and low profile from the factory it'd be a real struggle to improve upon it.
The only reason I can think of is that some sort of gadegtry is going to go on the dash top and they need it in for a datum / reference point.
Can't wait to find out.
longshot said:
A great watch as usual.
I do have a question for you guys.
As a very large portion of the car is unique, how does that affect it's insurance as in, heaven forbid, you had a prang in it, the insurance company wouldn't be able to get the parts to replace the damaged ones.
We'll worry about that when it comes to it! :-)I do have a question for you guys.
As a very large portion of the car is unique, how does that affect it's insurance as in, heaven forbid, you had a prang in it, the insurance company wouldn't be able to get the parts to replace the damaged ones.
FWDRacer said:
You are going to need to breathe on the Celica engine... it is going to be the weight of a small moon 
We're not too far off the motor episode now. There might be one or two little tweeks, like a new cambelt, perhaps a water pump if she's lucky. Oh, and we don't have room for that original turbo, so that's gotta change... Penelope Stopit said:
This build is one of the best I've seen in a long time
The design and build of the wiper linkage was amazing, heaven is a Mini with no wheel boxes
The choice of using a Rover wiring harness and fuse-boxes rather than building a harness from scratch is open to much debate, there is more work to be done with the Rover harness and taking into account the time already spent on it, building from scratch wouldn't have taken much longer and would have been a perfect fit, the Rover fuse-boxes weren't needed for this build, a couple of universal fuse-boxes and multi relay plate would have been sufficient
The chosen master switch that was fitted for "emergencies" looks like a Lucas style one that has a maximum current carrying capacity of 500 Amps for 5 to possibly 10 seconds and a continuous current carrying capacity of 100 amps, I have my doubts about this master switch being reliable over time but worse than this it is not the correct master switch for the job. When the engine is running and the Alternator is charging, turning this type of switch to the off position in an "emergency" will very likely not stop the engine from running due to the Alternator continuing to drive the electrical circuits
A FIA approved type heavy duty master switch is needed for this car in an emergency, this type of master switch is to be wired into the battery positive cable and not the earth side of the battery. When switching this type of master switch off when the engine is running it not only cuts the positive supply but also dumps the Alternator output down to earth through a seperate set of contacts and a resistor which overcomes Alternator run-on and also protects the Alternators rectifier, the switch also has a third set of contacts that cut the supply to the ignition coil which can be very beneficial when a wiring harness is melting together and the ignition key fails to switch off the engine
Perhaps this will be of some interest to the OP
Thank you for the very professional videos you are creating about this amazing project
Thanks for your contributions. The master switch is not intended to be used for "emergencies," it's simply an isolator to be used when we need to disconnect the battery for any reason or when the car is stored unused for some time. It's hard to get to the terminals under the seat so this seemed like an effective way to achieve that. A competition type master switch is a rather ungainly thing in a road car so the subtle black switch tucked away somewhere looked good to us. Also, we are less likely to lose the key... The design and build of the wiper linkage was amazing, heaven is a Mini with no wheel boxes
The choice of using a Rover wiring harness and fuse-boxes rather than building a harness from scratch is open to much debate, there is more work to be done with the Rover harness and taking into account the time already spent on it, building from scratch wouldn't have taken much longer and would have been a perfect fit, the Rover fuse-boxes weren't needed for this build, a couple of universal fuse-boxes and multi relay plate would have been sufficient
The chosen master switch that was fitted for "emergencies" looks like a Lucas style one that has a maximum current carrying capacity of 500 Amps for 5 to possibly 10 seconds and a continuous current carrying capacity of 100 amps, I have my doubts about this master switch being reliable over time but worse than this it is not the correct master switch for the job. When the engine is running and the Alternator is charging, turning this type of switch to the off position in an "emergency" will very likely not stop the engine from running due to the Alternator continuing to drive the electrical circuits
A FIA approved type heavy duty master switch is needed for this car in an emergency, this type of master switch is to be wired into the battery positive cable and not the earth side of the battery. When switching this type of master switch off when the engine is running it not only cuts the positive supply but also dumps the Alternator output down to earth through a seperate set of contacts and a resistor which overcomes Alternator run-on and also protects the Alternators rectifier, the switch also has a third set of contacts that cut the supply to the ignition coil which can be very beneficial when a wiring harness is melting together and the ignition key fails to switch off the engine
Perhaps this will be of some interest to the OP
Thank you for the very professional videos you are creating about this amazing project
Cheers,
Richard.
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