139 replies to this topic

[1380rich]

hi rick, i use standard s driveshafts with uprated outputs lol.. it did snap one though in october. the output that is.
titanium hardy spicers and driveshafts do look awesome though. wish i had the money.

cheers, rich

[Rickus]

Fair enoguh, yeah it tends to always come down to the money, lol.

sorry about all the questions, have u found the engine to be reliable with that power output??

cheers, rick

[1380rich]

the engines reliable, only ever broken it twice .. once at santa pod and once at avon park lol
for the last 2 weeks (when its dry) i'm having to drive it to work and back .. never missed a beat. (i'm missing alot of money due to fuel tho!)

[Rickus]

Thats cool, you like to give your mini a good thrashing then lol just got to be done.
i think i will have to keep my eyes open for a 1275 unit, would you recomend either A+ or A
i am unsure on what the differences between them are???

i hope i can build a reliable engine now lol.

i know what you mean about fuel costs my daily runner aint the cheapest

cheers, rick

[1380rich]

as far as i know the A+ blocks have the ribs on the block for strength.

yours looks cool, is the engine the next step then?

cheers, rich

[Rickus]

thanks, yh its not looking to bad i have some different wheels on it now just some revolution 12x5 with polished lip and white centres,
yeah i think engine is next i got all new suspension to go on aswell nice set of hi lo's and
a full set of spax gas adjustables.

for the engine i was thinking of going the supercharger root but i have heard off so many different people that the power is just wasted and you just cant stop it spinning.

i think i will just end up building a normally aspirated 1380 fast road race just gotta start saving up the pennies lol


cheers, rick

Edited by Rickus, 23 March 2010 - 09:36 PM.

[george91]

Bilmey rich 138bhp, nice one i'd love to see a vid of it running on the RR and on the road.

george

[1380rich]

i have some videos of it last year with different exhaust .. its spinning in the vids though. will see if i can find them

[Scholes2012]

Been lightening my front subframe, but not gone to your extremes, any trouble with MOT?

[1380rich]

nope, i did it after my mot. havent noticed any flex or change in handeling .. make sure you weld up all the seams to put a bit of strength back into it. once its bolted to the car i think the subframe becomes very rigid again

cheers, rich

[1380rich]

geprge - just a short video from a couple of weeks ago



rich

[george91]

Love it mate, sounds amazing, are you running a 5 speed or am i going mad?

[1380rich]

cheers mate, but i'm afraid your going mad

rich

[george91]

lol thought so much

Edited by george91, 24 March 2010 - 08:46 PM.

[Owen]

That's a forkin lovely mini you've got there!!! Some absolutely mental figures from a n/a 5 porter n all!!!