Project Cliff - The Cherry Red Thirty by stretch tech

5 minute(s) of a 220 minute read

hi mate, you are correct, i did consider the 202 but i thought that if i was going to spend money on another head, i might as well go the full mile but i'm getting ahead of my self as i'm only 17 think i'm gonna stick with my single hs4 atm for the fuel economy but i'm defo gonna get a long ram pipe and piper cross sock filter as they look ace much better than my el cheapo nastio ebay special pancake filter

8-6-2012

looky what i brought

http://www.demon-twe...0&p=240744&s=su

http://www.demon-twe...pe-single-socks

for HS4 76mm (3 inches) long with gauze cover, can't wait for that induction roar  

8-8-2012

look what just showed up

8-10-2012

hi all, i've now decided that i'm going to get cliff featured in mini magazine so all the little niggley jobs that needed doing are being done today so i can lots of pics set to simon at mini mag

so first things first, as promised i have fitted my ram pipe



and filter, there was less space than i thought so i had to slide the filter down the pipe a little but unfortunately the cable tie deformed the filter oh well, i'd rather it be sealed properly than look perfect



pic of the finished engine bay



and a vid of the induction roar



we also run the car a bit longer and now the repair patch has finally sealed properly so no more chuffing out of the manifold

next thing was to waxoil along the top of the cross member as we found when we washed it last time that water collects there so hopefully that shouldn't be a problem any more when washing it, we also found that water was leaking in through the bottom of the door cards, can't have that with my new carpets so i have gaffa taped some think bin liners over all the holes (proper engineering that ) and that should hopefully stop the leaking. water will still leak into my doors but we have filled them with waxoil and drilled several holes along the bottom (before we painted the car)

i'm going back out now so more pics and progress to follow

cheers joe i can't wait either

so all the little jobs are finished now. first of all, here's a pic of my water proofing






after a few checks with the hose pipe and a few tweaks we got them all to seal so i can officially say that cliff is water proof well resistant any way

then we did some other little jobs like glue the speaker covers on properly, run the usb cable for the radio up the dash out of view and put two big bags of sand in the boot to try and settle the cones a bit more over the next week or so before his mot

then we gave him a wash, leather and polish and took some pics of the finished article so i can email them over to mini mag













































please excuse the messy drive, we are currently having it re done

8-19-2012

hi all, well not much of an update, been on holiday for a while so not much mini progress but i did get two B's and an A in my AS results went to the classic car and transport show at catton hall today and got a switch for my spot lights in the same style as the rest of the switches on the dash but it is a rear window screen wiper switch but no one will ever notice and i'll know what what it's for...i hope also heard back from mini world and cliff will be in the my mini section in a few issues time got my theory test tuesday so fingers crossed and then cliff is going for mot and rolling road