View Full Version : I've seen Flip Front Mini's Before but WTF?
Royston
19-06-11, 08:51 PM
Saw this mini today, a great deal of work had gone into restoring it, but Why has he done it this way??? WTF:eek:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/1297cc/DSCF4725.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/1297cc/DSCF4726.jpg
Comments, is it just me that doesn't get it?
Longdogcharlie
19-06-11, 08:58 PM
your right WTF...
I quite like it tbh lol
But yeah doesn't seem to much point to it lol
I was hoping from the first pic it had something special under the bonnet, and then the 2nd pic shows the leaf blower motor lol
If youve ever done extensive engine work on a Renault 5, you'd understand why its easier to make the bonnet lift up the convential way lol lol lol
ive seen flip front nova...(not literally, i found the pic)
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/13833_189836147844_717137844_4021791_7380417_n.jpg
Novasport
19-06-11, 09:18 PM
I saw that Nova at trax a few years ago. Not seen it since, anyone know what happened to it?
That nova looks awesome !!
I always wanted the skills to do that to one
Its Austins, he still has it i think.
Its tucked away. The guy (Austin) has since built a biege very smooth turbo saloon.
Is there a build thread to the flip front one ?
ive seen flip front nova...(not literally, i found the pic)
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/13833_189836147844_717137844_4021791_7380417_n.jpg
That's Cool!
Novasport
19-06-11, 09:28 PM
Its RWD aswell, was quite a tidy build from what I remember.
i can completely see the point of the mini flipped like that..
as you need to be a trained vet to work on a normal one, and its inner arches will have been tatered anyway, so i think its a clever bit of work.. and the grp flip fronts are usually a really bad looking fit too.
My minis got a removable frontend rather than the flip front which i dont understand why people do it, removable makes working on the engine a million times easier but flip fronting one ,although a little easier still makes life hard!
heres a pic to show you how easy it makes life
http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx312/BenHandley/SAM_0241.jpg
ryansnova
19-06-11, 09:38 PM
my dads converted a mini to rwd with a xe in it and he allways says to me that he wants to convert my nova to rwd because he has a xe in his garage that he has just re-built
but i seid no no lol
turbojolt
19-06-11, 09:46 PM
my dads converted a mini to rwd with a xe in it and he allways says to me that he wants to convert my nova to rwd because he has a xe in his garage that he has just re-built
but i seid no no lol
Gayyyyyyyyyyyy let him do it lol
Wish my dad would offer to rwd one of my cars haha suppose i should be thankful that he drops everything and welds them up wen i ask, even in the terrential rain we had thursday night :)
ryansnova
19-06-11, 10:12 PM
but its going to be my first car on the road lol
he has all the stuf to do it too lol
c20xe on 45s, tyep 9 box with xe bellhousing, escort rear axel, and lots of welding skills lol
novaboyopr
19-06-11, 10:23 PM
Seems like a clever way to do it even if it looks funny. Easy access to front and sides of the engine if the bonnet was flipped forward he would have limited access to the front and would look like the bloke looking over the blue nova bonnet
Sounds like a decend build tread comeing our way then :P
turbojolt
19-06-11, 10:23 PM
but its going to be my first car on the road lol
he has all the stuf to do it too lol
c20xe on 45s, tyep 9 box with xe bellhousing, escort rear axel, and lots of welding skills lol
Well then your double gay
Personally I think the sideways radiator is the best bit.
what, on the original mini...??? as in where they are all on a std mini??
octagonalpaul
19-06-11, 11:22 PM
the whole front end of that mini is removable, it hinges like that but is detachable too, lots of minis do it. Means you can just lift the bonnet as normal or remove the entire front for bigger jobs.
what, on the original mini...??? as in where they are all on a std mini??
Just because its original doesn't mean it's any good.
well, it appreared ok on the 5 million odd that they produced.......
My minis got a removable frontend rather than the flip front which i dont understand why people do it, removable makes working on the engine a million times easier but flip fronting one ,although a little easier still makes life hard!
heres a pic to show you how easy it makes life
http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx312/BenHandley/SAM_0241.jpg
Did Rich Lewis convert that for you or is that another ben with a 1.6 8v mini?
different Ben mate, all my work on this one.
That name rings a bell, i think theres a build thread for the one your talking about
Love these mini's especially that one above, Ryansnova, let ya dad convert your nova if he pays the insurance on it, if someone offered to convert my car to RWD and put an 2.0 in it I'd be all over that offer like a rash!
where would the traction come from???
where would the traction come from???
Well it wouldn't be from the front wheels.
and it wouldn't come from the back either.... unless you put a few slabs in there......
Spare wheel and a tool box should do it lol
ben doodar
20-06-11, 04:23 PM
http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx312/BenHandley/SAM_0241.jpg
That's ace!! Is that on bike carbs? I'd love a 1.6 8v mini. Love it!
That's ace!! Is that on bike carbs? I'd love a 1.6 8v mini. Love it!
Cheers mate
Yeh kawasaki carbs and bogg bros manifold,bought off a lad on here, sounds mint on them!
Have only had it ticking over so not driven it yet! and still need a new f13 box as mines scrap :( but the car should be close to 500kgs cuz its full of carbon fibre and fibreglass panels! so hopefully it'll shift!
I want a nova to do next!
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