Minty.Fresh - The Green 5

[minto]

Well, here was the car at teeside round 1 at the Northern Drift Championship. Just noticed I have no build up on here for this car. When im out of work I'll get it sorted out lol.



I ended up coming third in my class which was not bad considering I havent drifted in 7 months, the car only runs on 3 cylinders and Iv never been to that track before (Driver excuses haha) Had alot of fun.. So bought a new Mk2 (NB 1.8) engine and was getting ready to go out for a night sesh.

Needed to swap out my brakes so went to my friends house.. who lives 2 seconds away from a scap yard.. so we thought we'd go for a gander and see what we could find however.. it didnt go to plan

It was a 30mph zone and when I was turning right.. a triumph motorbike tried to over take me.. he must of been doing maybe 60mph!











Thankfully the biker is ok. He went to hospital and I got a phone call from the police to tell me that he had broken toes and a dislocated thumb. Im not going through Insurance as they will write my car off but oh well.. just glad I still have my legs to be honest.

[mini_fd]

Good thing the windshield wasn't shattered to add on top of that. Did the rider collapse on your car after he hit or just fly off the bike?

[Sarah]

Oh dear, I hope you get it fixed up ok.

[Tekel]

Don't you love it when idiots try to blame you for their incompetence.

Your door looks like a watermelon with the red showing through the green

[WASABI]

Hood OK? (check), Hardtop OK? (check), windshield OK? (check), mirrors OK? (check)...new door, easy fix/swap, and it looks like you can pop the front fender back into shape. Sucks bad about the rim (tire salvageable?). Did the wheel brake from the bike or did you hit the curb during the accident?

-Jim

[afc2112]

Looking at your car, I would have thought the biker would been in worse shape that that...

[minto]

My car just crumpled lol. Yeah steering rack, track rod and end, door, wheel and tyre are all totally not fixable lol. When I get time I'll find out if the coilover is ok.
The biker hit the car/wheel/door and flew over my wing while I was sent the other direction and he just kept rolling.

[★ revlimiter ★]

OUCH. I wasn't expecting that start to this build thread.

Good luck with the rebuild!

[minto]

Couple more pics before the crash.

[minto]

Well the guy with the s1's (on DW) decided he would get them refurbed.. I explained money was waiting but he changed his mind.. so no S1's for me boo.. however I have now paid for OTOMOTO for my new Watanabe and 4x center caps.. 8/10 weeks for it to be custom made with the 4x100 PCD. Excited.

Also ordered up a few more bits and bobs!

Super NOW FC3S Tie rod ends.


Superangle rack by Seel Tuned.


R Type Wat obviously lol.


Deep Wat caps


ARC Filter


SARD Sports Oil filter.


Still got to order up an oil cooler/relocation kit, some hockey pucks for engine raise, engine stand and hoist and change my rear brakes oh and a tyre.. or 4? And im away to view a flat tomorrow morning lol.. ALL GO!

[urban]

Let us know how the Super Now ends fit.

[minto]

yeh will do man.

Well got a new steering rack fitted last night, door is on so just need to fit the wing and get some power steering fluid in and I should be good to drive this home.. its still been stuck in town since my crash.



These are my steering rack bolts.





Then its engine swap time..

[minto]

Well iv now swapped my engine in. Got started on friday, never done one before tbh and didnt have much clue on what to do but got it out. Took till like half 5 in the morning.. then yesterday we build up the new engine with the parts from the old one and got it back in and wired up etc.

Just need to put the fluid in and see if it starts. Chuffed though. Its a 1.8 mk2 engine with the mk1 inlet manifold and exhaust manifold and the mk2 gearbox with my paddle clutch. Removed loads of not needed stuff out the bay .. also need to swap my diff for a welded one then.. it should be golden..