Lincolnshire MINI Club

Matty · Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:45 pm Post subject:

And some more my brother took (on a decent SLR) when we went for a shoot of my car (and me!) in August to practice his photography.

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Serby · Joined: 22 May 2008 Posts: 80

Wowza!! Cracking motor matey and awesome pics!! Love that last one Very Happy

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Matty · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject:

Cheers mate Very Happy

I'm really liking the top one of the last set. Sorting through them all last night was making me wanna get my Bullets back on, they make such a difference!
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Luke · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject:

Looks goodo matey, on one of them pics it looks like you've got a massive dent in ur door, but its just the photo i think, and hope,

Spence
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Matty · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject:

Thanks Spence. It is a dent, it's been there since I got the car 3 years ago! Laughing

It isn't always noticeable normally which is why I haven't got it sorted yet and as I want to try to find someone that can sort it without filler and paintwork.
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Luke · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject:

Doh, sorry about that, id never noticed it in the flesh though, which is why i thought it was a camera error kinda thingy,
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lammy · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 1068

Cool pics Matty
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Matty · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:14 pm Post subject:

I finally got my new cat back stainless steel Aero exhaust system fitted today after spending half the day doing it! Last time I tried fitting it the front bolts behind the cat were completely siezed and wouldn't move even with WD40 and a lump hammer hitting the spanner. So now I've come home and got the equipment to do it, today we used a Dremmil type drill with a small cutting disc to cut the nuts in half to get them off and even then it took a lot of hitting with a chisel & hammer to get them off!

I got it all fitted and took it for a quick test drive but found that certain revs the exhaust vibrated and rattled against the reinforcing plate that it's mounted on that goes across the floorpan below it, so I took it completely off again and bent one of the brackets a a bit to lift it away from the plate. I refitted it and it was perfect then.

I'm really pleased with the result now though, it sounds excellent! Very Happy

At tickover it produces a nice burble then when its revved up it gives a good deep sound and can be made to pop slightly when you back off the throttle.

I've just had a quick test run down the road in it so far but I'll get more chance to try it tomorrow cos I've got about 300 miles to do, which I'm looking forward to! Very Happy

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Matty · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject:

I'll take some pics and get them up tomorrow and hopefully a video if I can.
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lammy · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 1068

Good work matty, get that vid up Cool

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Luke · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:00 pm Post subject:

Nice, my next mod will be an exhaust, what sort/where did u get it from??
Let's see this vid matey!
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Matty · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject:

I got it from cooper86 on here who bought it earlier in the year but his wife's car that had it on got written off recently. It's a custom system made with Aero Turbine silencers from America that are used in Nascar.
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Matty · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:22 pm Post subject:

I did 360 miles in my car on Sunday after fitting the exhaust and love it, it sounds excellent! After its warmed up it gets louder Very Happy

, which I don't think had happened when I just took it for the quick test run on Saturday!

I've had problems with the video so far as my phone was saying it's memory's full cos I think it's just saving to the built in memory rather than the memory card which I need to work out how to change. So I used my brothers phone to record it but now I can't get the file to open on my computer Confused

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aldo · Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Posts: 125 Location: Chester

Probably MP4 format?
You might need Quicktime, or download the codec for Windows Media?

Matty · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:50 pm Post subject: