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Work continues on the tubed front end, we got a new bender in the garage. I will leave you to make the jokes about which one it is. After a lot of head scratching and measuring and cutting, we came up with this. With new project hiding in the background. All tacked in place just a question now of buttoning up the welding, cutting off and tidying the horns where the wings were, welding on some tabs to hang stuff off and then prepping and shooting the bay in a bronze colour to match the wheels. Engine and box should be in by end of week......
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Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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Yes, but what he was asking was are you reshelling it as a standard R32 or will you be re-creating the R32/4. Obviously your later post answers that. The next question would be, why are the rear hubs on the new orange shell 4-stud? Apologies, yes as the R32/4 is just based around a common or garden GTST shell, re-shelling it doesn't really alter what it is as all the value is in the body kit, wheels and remapped ECU. The shell rolled in on s14 underpinnings, the 5 stud subframes that were in the car are off to blasting and then either powder coat or paint. The garage gets a good discount on Driftworks stuff so a lot of the standard stuff is being replaced.
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Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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Jul 10, 2017 12:26:01 GMT
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Nice purchase Are you Reshelling into an R34 look or R32 ? Its a Bee*R R324,As you probably know some countries wont allow the import of performance Japanese cars unless they are 15 years old.So Bee*R came up with the idea of grafting the R34 front and wide arches onto the R32 shell so you get something that resembles an R34. Its a bit of a marmite car some purist hate them others love it.
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Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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Jul 10, 2017 12:13:03 GMT
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So bit of an update on the old girl. After a lot of head scratching the rear tubs were finished, and under sealed and the profile of the tub cut to the shape of the body kit. The kit will then get bonded to this edge to stop the ingress of water. We did is this way, as you can see from the donor car,this becomes a real rust trap, and just in case anyone from Bee*R sees this, if this is the work of one of Japan's top tuning houses I would hate to see what the worst one was like. We then took a bit of a radical decision on the front end. The new shell had suffered some drift injuries to the front as well as the normal J-tin worm from random intercooler holes and battery leakage. The donor car also demonstrated just how tightly everything was packed into the engine bay So it was out with the grinder and we ended up with this. The plan is a partly tubular front end similar to this. Various bits have gone off to be blasted and stripped, including the fairly rare (so I am told) Bee*R B5 rims. As I need a roof over my head my house renovation is getting in the way of working on this so DJ at Garage Sinister is taking the reins for a month or so. More updates to follow
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Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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Jun 20, 2017 13:33:31 GMT
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I have my 1972 BMW 1100 powered Ginetta G15 project up for grabs.
Pics in this thread Gineta G15
This car has a BMW 1100 16v engine and one of Clark Dawsons conversions only 110 BHP but in a car that weighs circa 500KG it is fairly lively.It does need some work but is a good solid car. If you are interested PM me or phone 07917 433241 for a chat.
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Last Edit: Jun 21, 2017 13:29:11 GMT by rmad
Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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Yes i made a cheeky offer and paid about half of what he was asking.
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Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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UPDATE :Pulled the kit off the rear and to say it's rough So I took the decision to re shell it and managed to find a straighter R32 shell, given the horrible state of the original shell and the rust trap that gets crearted by the bodykit we took the decision to tub the rear arches properly. Chop,Chop..... First part of the tub.
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Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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May 29, 2017 15:52:25 GMT
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Reputed to have 450 bhp so should do ok in the fast stakes
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Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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May 29, 2017 13:01:20 GMT
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After my Mx5 hillclimber went off to its new pilot for a season i hankered after some J tin. A chance conversation with DJ at Garage Sinister led me to an accident damaged BEE*R R324. It's an R32 Skyline GTST 2litre in a fancy set of new clothes that mimic the R34, the car is one of 4 car built by the legendary BEE*R garage and imported into the UK. Should look like this Now like this Now the money shot Plan is probably a reshell and refurbish of all the components to make a fast road car.
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Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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May 23, 2017 21:09:46 GMT
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Go on then.....collect at the weekend
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Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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Apr 27, 2017 11:43:39 GMT
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Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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Apr 27, 2017 11:17:37 GMT
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To be fair I have seen this car at Garage Sinister and its a nice car and probably one of only a handful (or possibly the only one) in the country. Also the pound has had a bit of hard time against the Yen so hence import prices are higher.
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Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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Apr 24, 2017 11:48:51 GMT
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I think the 2000GT belong to Martin the owner of CPE (the workshop with the Capri and Lotus in it), it blew its engine and my mate John did the rebuild. It's where I bought my Ginetta from.
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Dave the Trimmer
The Old Car Barn, College Farm Business Park, Bourne End, Bedford MK43 0AX
Phone: 07825 873535
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Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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Apr 16, 2017 20:31:59 GMT
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Long shot I know, but I am after a front and rear bumper plus passenger wing for a 94 80 Avant in Emerald green.
Also after a good interior.
Don't mind buying a whole car.....
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Mar 29, 2017 11:31:31 GMT
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If you are swapping the engine out it might be a good idea to swap out to an 1800 clutch and flywheel as a cheap upgrade I was thinking that from the start, as soon as the one in there starting to show its age even N/A. However, after a bit of reading, i've noted that most people get away with loads of power on the uprated 1.6 clutch. The 1.6 flywheel is apparently quite a bit lighter than the 1.8, and i've seen a few people fit the 1.6 item to 1.8 engines. I was browsing a local MX5 facebook page when someone offered a new in box standard 3 piece clutch kit at a veeeery reasonable price. For the amount of mileage the car sees and the low boost I'll be running. I'm sure it'll be fine. If it's not, then I can always upgrade at a later date. I'm still thinking for reliability, I should be moving towards standalone management though. I'm still yet to tear down the engine to see what went wrong but starting to figure it out. The car was running very rich, so I think bore wash, which thinned the oil. Added to my drilling/tapping the sump, probably made my oil the consistency of wet sand. I've now got my hands on a Greddy boost controller, which I can see being very dangerous, as I'll be able to turn the boost up on the fly. The flywheel is 3 kg heavier but you get enough meat to handle 180bhp, I can supply a name to skim and balance the flywheel to the same weight as a 1.6 (or lighter)for £60.
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Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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Mar 23, 2017 14:03:07 GMT
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If you are swapping the engine out it might be a good idea to swap out to an 1800 clutch and flywheel as a cheap upgrade
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Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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As I understand the standard ECU is thinking "where is all that extra air coming from" and throwing more fuel in and given that it now has bigger injectors than standard it is chucking in even more fuel Probably better to go back to the standard injectors and keep the FPR, probably safely get to 160 BHP before the stock injectors run out of puff. try this weblink forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=325853
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Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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Jan 11, 2017 11:20:06 GMT
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I prefer the rustic look and in metal. Cost not a problem
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Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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Jan 10, 2017 12:52:46 GMT
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Ginetta G15 BMW K1100 conversion Sold Mk1 Mx5 on ITB'S Sold TVR Chimaera 400 supercharged MR2 Red Roadster 2ZZ Bee*R 324 Skyline 95 Cherokee Jeep
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