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Mike Youles' Ultimate Fastback Sebring

 

Aluminium Radiator

Anti-roll bar mounts

Front uprights with aluminium calipers and mounts

Battery mounting

Bobbins for trailing arm bracket
Bodyshell (front) Bodyshell (side) Castor link bracket Cockpit vent & aux panel Cockpit view from rear

Damper top mount

Dash panel

Delrin front anti-roll bar mounts

Delrin quick release bonnet hinge bushes

ECU bracket

Exhaust hump, passenger floor Extinguisher & master switch Front coil-over top mount Fuel & oil filters & cockpit vent Hard anodised aluminium front hubs with taper roller bearings
Hard anodised aluminium twin bearing rear hubs Inner wing awaiting aluminium wheel arches Main switch panel Mechanical tacho drive from distributor outlet Modified Lotus Elan front uprights
Modified Lotus Elan upright Oil catch tank Pedal box Rear spring and damper top mount Roof vent
Roof vent exit Seam welded & strengthened panels Second view front hubs with shimmed spacer between bearing inner races Side vents & bonnet louvre apertures Steering column Delrin mount
Steering column Delrin top mount T45 roll cage Tow hooks & bonnet hinge View 2 of front uprights showing modified rear knock-on hubs fitted View 2 of rear hubs
Watts linkage bracket strengthening Watts linkage Watts linkage mount Widened Frogeye front without "Frogeyes"! March 2008 - rear body
Interim 1312cc engine with split 45 Weber carburettors side view with air grille slightly unusual bonnet style Rear disc brake and shocker Mini 8 port to be fitted later

For 2010 the Fastback racer is fitted with a 1460cc 5 port, putting out 150bhp. Mike found the Jack Knight dog box a weak link, stripping 3rd gear, having cured the problem of broken half-shafts and the brakes wanting ~ with the very high cornering speeds being achieved. A gearbox from America is on its way, and the car now has vented 4 pot calipers on the front and bigger rear ones. He also has a fuel injection kit so will have the car updated for the start of the Heritage GTCC season. An 8 port will be ready mid-season having ironed out a number of issues with the same engine in their Mini (see above).         See also Mike's 2010 project by clicking here

You can also view Mike's supercharged Sebring Coupe by clicking this caption