Category Archives: AB Performance Sabre

Exhausting

Posted on March 19, 2012 by AdrianM

Andy has supplied me with a huge pile of stainless steel mandrel bends.  And three beautifully made collectors. These parts are destined for my exhaust system, as I don’t have the cash to buy a complete bespoke system from Andy. … Continue reading →

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Forwards to reverse.

Posted on March 11, 2012 by AdrianM

Not much time spent on the racer this weekend, as I’ve been trying to crack on with the mini, and I chose to sacrifice a day’s spannering time to help help out Tim in his pre season shakedown test over … Continue reading →

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Sabre Gear Shift

Posted on March 7, 2012 by AdrianM

Progress is being made on the Sabre front… and I’m pleased to report that I have completed another system… the gearshift. You’ll recall that I had fabricated a mounting bracket for the gear shift lever,   Well the plan was to … Continue reading →

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Sabre Engine Mounts, Gearshift, Steering and Reverse

Posted on February 26, 2012 by AdrianM

I’ve not got too much done on the Sabre this week, as I’ve been focusing on the mini for a few days (which will be the subject of a separate update) and then just when I was ready to focus … Continue reading →

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Good Progress :-)

Posted on February 15, 2012 by AdrianM

You know those days… the ones when nothing seems to go right, and you go out to the garage with a mental list of what you want to achieve…and 8 hours later you leave the garage tired and gritty but … Continue reading →

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More Progress

Posted on February 4, 2012 by AdrianM

As Tim said in his comment two steps forwards  then one back, well today I was determined to make decent progress, and take more than 2 forward. First up- was steering.  now that I’ve got  the steering mounts sorted out, it … Continue reading →

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Sabre Tooth

Posted on February 1, 2012 by AdrianM

So with only half a day to work on the Sabre last weekend I’ve only got a small amount of progress to report. Basically, we got the engine  and diff fully aligned   this is always the critical issue because misalignment … Continue reading →

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Diff Baking.

Posted on January 21, 2012 by AdrianM

Oh!  you’ve just caught me completing a bit of baking .  Andy advised that trying to fit the diff bearings by press fitting them alone would likely end in disaster, so the best approach was to use heat and cold.  … Continue reading →

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