Now it's like a real car and shit.

This morning Alex and I put the seats in. We were anticipating having to cut the floors' crossmember and stick 'em in through there and do all sorts of crazy fab to get the brackets to hold the seats in the right place. But; they totally fit BEHIND the crossmember.



Now; this is cool for a number of reasons. A) The driving position in the mini has always been something I'm not crazy about. The seats are too high and too close to the steering wheel, and the wheel is at a funny angle, and it generally doesn't feel like a sports car. The new seats being bolted directly to the floor behind the crossmember fixes this problem completely. I now sit nice and low, the pedals are the perfect distance away, and it just feels awesome. I'm pumped. 2) It's wicked easy to install them there!

One thing we're trying to figure out is the panel clearances for the hood; as you can see they're a little off. More on that as it progresses.

Nose job!

Alex did a bunch of work manipulating the snout to get it to fit back on. The results are spectaculicious! He had to cut a little out of the mouth to accommodate the headers, but the cuts should be well masked by the grill when it is applied.



I'm just going to make the whole front of the car removeable, no need to utilize the old hood; leaving it detached would compromise the strength of the snoot.

In other news, the modified pedal box came back and has been installed:




Now we have to put in reservoirs and lines for the clutch and brakes. Damn, this shit never ends! At least it's really fun and interesting and ... expensive!

Waiting waiting waiting...

Waiting on a number of things at the moment:
Pedal Box
Fuel Cell
Remote Oil Filter / Oil Cooler Kit
Sway bar ends for Disc Brakes from KAD (they're replacing them yay!)

And then there will be updates. But as for now ... waiting.