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[$way]

hi, what arches are on your car and do you have spacers on the back?

nice car by the way.

[Adcuz]

Thanks for your awesome comments.

$way - It has the spacered rear drums on the rear.

Update!

I've just bought this:



1275 enging! I've no idea on the exact details, but I suspect it's a Metro engine due to the unfarmiliar thermostat. Can any experts back me up on this?

My plans on this engine are to strip it down, clean it up and along the way decide on the new spec. I want it to be lairy.. but reliable. Watch this space

[MiniLandy]

Thanks for your awesome comments.

$way - It has the spacered rear drums on the rear.

Update!

I've just bought this:



1275 enging! I've no idea on the exact details, but I suspect it's a Metro engine due to the unfarmiliar thermostat. Can any experts back me up on this?

My plans on this engine are to strip it down, clean it up and along the way decide on the new spec. I want it to be lairy.. but reliable. Watch this space

Did i see that on eBay, pray??

And from what i've read, the way to get more performance and more reliability (among other things, obviously), is megajolt. I know it's on my list of things to do once i've got some monies.

Nice looking car by the way, big fan of the 10"s

[Adcuz]

It was indeed on ebay.. it was such a lucky steal. It was a 7 Day listing.. and I was the only one who bid, so was mine for the starting price of £100!

Megajolt is definitely going to be part of this new engine spec. Not sure about boring out any more.. might just go for a well setup head / hot cam and see where that takes it. Need it to be quick as my current engine is just dying from being thrashed

The car developed a misfire last night, nothing major but noticable when accelerating hard. Opened the bonnet today and found the vacuum advance pipe had been shredded by the fan! I left it flopping about from the last time I worked on the car. New pipe on order!

Edited by Adcuz, 22 October 2009 - 08:12 PM.

[Adcuz]

Been ages since an update! Not done a lot, mostly spent my time pumping out the lakes that form in the footwells every time it rains.

It's got an MOT tomorrow, and I've just taxed it for another 6 months. I'm putting it up for sale!

Edited by Adcuz, 30 November 2009 - 08:04 PM.

[mini mayhem]

looks sweet on the 10s

[The_Great_Estate]

Why are you selling it mate ?

[Timtom]

Dude! don't sell it !

[eden7842]

hey

love the wellers

ur 1275 is an a series, to my knowlege they were all A+ in metros?

[Adcuz]

Well it definitely had all the right metro mounts and stuff. Selling due to need for a car that can handle a commute and satisfy my petrolhead needs! This car only does the latter. Could do with more power on the cheap too, so a different car is needed. No doubt I'll be back in a mini within 6 months like last time.

Was out in it tonight, they decided to start gritting the roads while I was 20 miles from home.. I promised myself I wouldn't drive it after the roads were gritted.

[ScottyBoi]

Don't sell it dude!

Its lovely. I was maybe hoping to see it one day when i am Down in Hayling Island

[Adcuz]

Was at Goodwood on Saturday where there was a really nice estate. Sounded awesome, was supercharged. It really made me want to keep the car, so I am! On with the engine build!

Slight change of plan however, I'm going to keep the current engine in the car, but put a nice head on it and run it for a while. Need to change the clutch over the next few weeks. Should be fun, never done that before!

[Baldspeed Racing]

dude dnt sell mate you know you want to keep it. I so need to crack on with mine at some point to get her back on the road.........I need to stop spending my monies on my golf tho lol

[Adcuz]

OMG! UPDATE!

Still got the car.. bloody love it still The summer weather has really reminded me how great it is to own a mini. So, on with the plans:

Over the next 2-3 weeks I plan to:

Engine
Remove from car
Replace clutch
Fit straight cut drop gears
Fit uprated head (polished and ported, all that jazz)
Full cleanup and paint
New full maniflow exhaust system (smaller than the current fart cannon)

Car
Wash it
Strip interior out, including all sound deadening and current seats
Install bucket seats and harnesses
Ditch some weight
Possibly fit roll cage
Replace discs and pads with uprated ones
Replace rear and side windows with poly
1.5 negative camber bottom arms
Adjustable tie rods

It still looks relatively the same:



I've not done a lot since the last update, apart from wheel bearings which is quite major to me as it was the first time I'd ever done it.

Edited by Adcuz, 05 June 2010 - 07:22 AM.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Looking brilliant mate