hi there love thi mini saw it in mini mag and im thinking about a engine spec very much near to yours without the 60+ boar. firstly i have just bought an unskimmed 12g295 cylinder head and was woundering weather you skimmed the head or just bolted it straight on. secoondly what sort of power are you getting from this engine in terms of top speed and acceleration. my mini is a henley blue 87 mayfair and is also my first car. cheers for any help.
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Posted 13 May 2011 - 09:42 AM
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Posted 13 May 2011 - 09:08 PM
alright mate, ah thanks Sweet! Well we had it skimmed mainly to be on the safe side just in case. As of power, we're still kinda running in so haven't 'really' been able to see exactly what it's capable of. But it seems to pull quickly even when not going for it, and for top speed, again, not really sure. But on the way home from Himley it was keeping up with traffic very well even with 3 people in it, and would sit at 70 all day long with no stress 
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Posted 25 September 2011 - 10:40 PM
Saw your mini at castle combe at the weekend, well i hope it was your car hahaaa,
i will post the pictures up!
may i just ask where you get your plates from? there stunning & the petrol tank bib aswell
i will post the pictures up!
may i just ask where you get your plates from? there stunning & the petrol tank bib aswell
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Posted 30 September 2011 - 07:58 PM
aye aye it was my car! cheers for taking those pictures really like them appreciate that!
i got the bib when i was in Japan and i bought the plates off some other forum i'm on a while back.
thanks!
i got the bib when i was in Japan and i bought the plates off some other forum i'm on a while back.
thanks!
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Posted 06 October 2011 - 12:36 AM
aye aye it was my car! cheers for taking those pictures really like them appreciate that!
i got the bib when i was in Japan and i bought the plates off some other forum i'm on a while back.
thanks!
they were only quick pictures as i was walking past.
Oooo damn you got it from japan!
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Posted 06 October 2011 - 11:53 PM
I'm glad that I stumbled across this thread! I remember seeing it in the magizine a while back. What a car!
I've got to say, yours was one of the cars that persuaded me to buy my mini.
Excellent car mate, I love it!
I've got to say, yours was one of the cars that persuaded me to buy my mini.
Excellent car mate, I love it!
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 07:23 PM
only just seen your reply marc!
thanks very much indeed for that that really means alot to know that! made my day that
cheers mate all the best
thanks very much indeed for that that really means alot to know that! made my day that
cheers mate all the best
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 09:00 PM
wiked car, build, styling! i too saw the car in the magazine, really liked the styling, the lucas light covers suit it down to the indicators!! XD and thanks for saying what the yellow / green stickers were, they got me very confused!
nice one! il have to have a gander when i ( finally) get mine running and go to some shows!
nice one! il have to have a gander when i ( finally) get mine running and go to some shows!
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Posted 05 February 2012 - 10:06 PM
wiked car, build, styling! i too saw the car in the magazine, really liked the styling, the lucas light covers suit it down to the indicators!! XD and thanks for saying what the yellow / green stickers were, they got me very confused!
nice one! il have to have a gander when i ( finally) get mine running and go to some shows!
thanks very much man!
haha no worries glad that cleared it up for ya!yeah definitely do!
well a while ago i fitted a side mount fibreglass bucket into the mini. i always found my red mini seat to be too high and i hated driving around feeling too big for the car basically! and my legs hurt like hell driving it
so i bought this a while ago for the drift car im building, but decided to put it in jimmy instead
i bolted it straight through the floor and behind the crossmember, so i'm basically sat on the floor now and as far back as possible before having to cut the rear bin! can't have a passenger behind me now but hey ho! perfect driving position
and here you can see how the seat back goes behind the b-pillar
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Posted 06 February 2012 - 08:52 AM
Hi mate,
Not checked on this for a while. Looks absolutely amazing! Quite unbelievable that I started mine around the same year as yourself (2006) and how far ahead you are of me! Mines turning out quite similar to yours actually, just little differences. Have a look-see at my thread sometime and lemme know what you think.
Cheers
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Not checked on this for a while. Looks absolutely amazing! Quite unbelievable that I started mine around the same year as yourself (2006) and how far ahead you are of me! Mines turning out quite similar to yours actually, just little differences. Have a look-see at my thread sometime and lemme know what you think.
Cheers
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Posted 06 February 2012 - 07:30 PM
Alright mate.
Ahh thanks very much!! Ohhh i'll have to have a look definitely, do you have a link to your build thread and i'll have a read through?
Jamie
Ahh thanks very much!! Ohhh i'll have to have a look definitely, do you have a link to your build thread and i'll have a read through?
Jamie
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Posted 24 April 2012 - 08:34 PM
got this car up on my mini mag calendar looking cool as ever.
out of curiosity have you done any power runs or anything yet.
out of curiosity have you done any power runs or anything yet.
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 08:24 PM
thanks man.
no not as of yet! would have liked to by now really but i cant afford to do that when my drift car build is soaking up all my spare time and money haha.
i have a 1275 engine sat in the garage that i'd like to build into a decent spec at some point, just never have time!
no not as of yet! would have liked to by now really but i cant afford to do that when my drift car build is soaking up all my spare time and money haha.
i have a 1275 engine sat in the garage that i'd like to build into a decent spec at some point, just never have time!
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