jason_l

They look slick.................. Thinks im going to have to get me some of those large star symbols

Personally i think its going to be UBER loud!!!!!!! Think its the bike can that helps lower it, plus yours has no baffle

So have you just got a straight through system then? Literally just pipework and no silencer? Im dying to know what mine will sound like.........its straight off the turbo, about 500mm of pipework and a carbon bike can. I have been told that the bike can's are not that loud? Jason

Its all about the launch Its really coming along now Steve and i hope that this gearbox see's the last of the problems fixed! Brakes are looking good in black also

Will try and get some more done then so i have something to show ya James is meant to be doing a opening day/event at some point so when i know details i will post them up but he's so busy at the moment it keeps getting put off.

Thanks Guys, its starting to get there now. Im trying to get it running in about 4-5 months with it road legal about 6 months from that. I can't see it being on the road before summer next year, this weather is driving me mad!!!! its perfect buggy driving weather but its just sat there in pieces. Anyone is welcome to come and have a look if they want, its in Basingstoke, so yes.........down sauf

Your welcome to pop up any time you like after next weekend dude No point coming up next weekend as it will be in pieces most of the day, give it a few weeks and it should start coming together alot more

*** Sunday Update *** Well its been another busy week but im happy with the direction its going and the next few months are going to be interesting Started off the week by cutting a small section off of my intercooler pipework to look at making a custom made oil catch tank. There is plenty of bends, straight etc so just cut a 120mm piece off. The oil catch tank is going to have AN6 earls fittings with a bottom bung to drain the oil. Not going to have a site tube on it as it looks messy, will just empty it every now and then. Top end...... Bottom......... Its not welded up yet but James will do it when the intercooler pipework gets done. Will have a small bracket added and will attach to the side of the engine somewhere so i don't have to run stupidly long hoses. Then started with one of the jobs i have been meaning to do for some time now, sort out the arch's for the wheels. As i have new brackets made up for the front and rear i needed to make a template to work out what size arch's i need and where to mount them. Im going for the smallest arch's i can get away with as i like the wheel being on show more. Im going for close fit arch's that fit as close to the tyre as possible. 15mm above to be precise, but as the arch moves up and down with the hub this shouldn't be a problem and shouldn't ever touch the tyre. After alot of measuring, angles, more measuring i have a template......... You can see the small arch that is possible and the template is mounted directly to the hub to work out the correct placement of the arch, the template is reverseable so i can do both sides! Now came the arch's, the only arch's i can find that i like are the carbon mods ones, and im not paying £200 a pair!!!! So i have decided that the rest of the project is custom i may as well make the arch's from scratch! My bro has moved to Japan for a year or two and left alot of resin, fibreglass and gelcoat. So in theory the arch's won't cost me anything but time to make! So after a few minutes thinking about how to do it i started knocking up a template..... finished mould, rounded the corners ever so slightly....... The arch's are 220mm wide so i can run some wide slick tyres for track days and the arch curve should match exactly to that of the template so i can mount them properly. I have found some proper woven fibreglass material so hopefully will knock out a arch or 2 during the week. Also got up to TGT yesterday and they have started work back on the buggy! Its looking good and the back has been welded onto the main chassis so is almost in one piece again! It still needs the topmounts welding on the rear and i have to get some steel tube to reinforce the back. I don't have any pictures but give me a week or so and i will. Plan is to get up there next saturday and hopefully this should see most of the fabricating work on the chassis finished off. This will mean that the engine should be going back in shortly after and i can begin getting the driveshafts made, and connecting things up! WHOOP WHOOP! Also had a little chat about paint while i was up there and this has changed, AGAIN!!!! Plan now is to spray the chassis Matt black and have bright green arch's, nosecone, sides, spoiler, engine cover etc. Should look better in Matt black against all the polished engine parts. thats all for now........... Jason

I guess it has the heart of a starbo Its sort of like a starlet that has cross bread with the devils Go-kart Of course they are devil Toyota badges, and in black

Trust me i really want to get them fitted, and there are SO MANY parts i have now. Problem is the chassis is still cut up and the engine and gearbox are still apart. Once the chassis work is all done the Demon should come together really quickly! Until then i will continue making some trick parts and buying up everything

Like i said, i think i owe a few people rides You saying im a bad driver! Will try and get to the rolling road also Right, im going to start setting my Alarm earlier so i can get into work earlier and get more done, 6am starts now then

Will try my hardest to be there, but will be close. In theory it could be running, not road legal but running but i can't promise anything....... i think i owe a few people passenger rides anyway

If im there i will be out on track, your welcome to ride shotgun! Not sure if i will make it though, would love to say i will be there but may be pushing it........

Already got the toyota badges but still not allowed in, technically its a kitcar so its a no go

The build thread is on 'Outlaw Jap Club' and 'Muddybuggies'. Get pretty good feedback from those sites but nowhere near as posative as you guys!!!! One guy on Muddybuggies said that im 'Complicating' things buy using a Toyota engine rather than sticking to the Mini engine norm. He couldn't understand why i was doing all this work and said 'you could have a nice caterham for the money and time you have spent'. I tried to explain that i wanted to be different but don't know if it got through??? .....and i won't be at JAE with it Luke its not a jap car so im not allowed in, believe me i have tried! Jason

To be honest the reason i update this thread so much is because of the comments i get from you guys. This site is just pure WIN and everyone is awsome! I know this buggy ain't probably everyones taste but you guys have nothing but good things to say and the comments are what keep me motivated and wanting to see this through to completion! Its not a Starlet really but you guys welcomed me into the site and you don't seem to mind me hanging about, so thankyou all Jason

Thanks for the kind comments Mate Im trying my best to get it done asap but its a long ol' road and the end is a long way off As you will have noticed reading the whole thread, i spend alot of money on parts i don't really need, but it all adds to the epic'ness of the final piece Jason

i would laugh my ass off too...........but the link don't work

Hi Stu, Yes i plan on using the Mikalor clamps as the jubalee's aint perfect. Im going to weld the intercooler pipework anyway so i have 2 fully welded runs, rather than loads of pipes and joiners as i think it will look better as longer welded pipes. Im also replacing the hoses, as like you say they are cack! and they STINK I bought the kit solely for the pipework, which is spot on

Sounds like its coming together now Sparky Good Man!

Really??? Didn't realise people would be talking about it? Makes me feel like im on the right track then if people are liking what im doing Dam it, now i want some track action I doubt they have done anything on it to be honest! They said they would do some if they had time, they are usually rammed with work! Plus because im not there all the time hassling him then it gets left. Im not complaining, i wouldn't be able to build this without James and he's a great guy. If they haven't done much i will get something booked in so they will get something underway shortly Jason

*** little udate *** Well today i went to my work's workshop to get a few little things done. Have spent all week stripping down the mini hubs and getting them cleaned up and hopefully in a few weeks they will be getting machined to accept the new discs. I managed to get the disc flanges cleaned up and bolted up to the new discs. While they are all clean and the rust starts building up again i got a coat of black hammerite on them. I spent about an hour sanding the fuel rail. Starting with 180 grit, then 400,600,1000 and 1200 grade until nice and smooth. The fuel rail was in really good condition and you can see that Ricky has taken care not to scratch it while making it. Then got it on the buffing wheel and it now looks like chrome Thats now wrapped up safely and put in the big box of parts that are waiting to be fitted. Got the thottle body taken off the inlet so i can get the main body polished up and have made a start with hand sanding. Again you can see that Ricky has taken really good care with making the manifold and there are very few scratch's on it so will come up really nice. throttle body taken off..... Inside of manifold....... I spent a little bit of time sanding the top and back of the manifold and you can see how nicely it has come up! This hasn't been on the buffer yet and its looking fantastic. Now that the hubs are all cleaned up and ready for the machineing im going to continue with the polishing now this week. Im waiting for the laser cutting company to get back to me with the quote for the fuel cell parts but they have promised that they will this coming week. Hopefully i will get a chance to get up to TGT next Saturday with any luck and see what is going on with the chassis. Hopefully they have found time to do a little bit??? Jason

DAM!!!!! some sweet rides there! Really pissed off i couldn't make this but i WILL be there next year, if you don't mind me being on the stand? Jason

Sounds so nice dude! Its video's like this that makes me want mine done so much more..........

Love it!!!!! Looks so different and fresh. Looks so nice, although i am partial to those wheels........... Jason