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[lindy119]

Well, have been doing some thinking and have finally done some work on the mini!!

Been a bit busy these last two weeks with getting into uni and then scraping into halls for the first year!!

Soo, this is the damage in pictures:









and heres a vid! As my exhaust has come loose it now sounds like a dragster/tractor/car-with-no-exhaust....



Anyway, the plan is to strip it down over a year (maybe/most probably longer) and turn it into a track day car.


I am unsure as yet of what engine to use and of course there will be lots of questions as I attempt a nut and bolt (sort of... ) rebuild!



tucked away for the night...

Edited by lindy119, 01 September 2010 - 07:05 PM.

[yousmeg]

Sorry to hear

[lindy119]

I've got over it now. (Just... ) Looking forward to learning about it so much more. Stripping it down and then rebuilding it hopefully!!

When I first got it it seemed to be in such nice condition that I didn't want to touch it! But now I just want to get straight in!! Any ideas for track day engines?

[AndrewJ530]

Are you wanting to keep the A series or convert?

[lindy119]

Open minded really. I've heard that it is quite expensive to go fast in an A series, in comparison to conversions... is that true?

[AndrewJ530]

It depends how fast you want to go really. You could always build a fast road a series and move onto a conversion further down the line if you think you are lacking in pace.

[danrock101]

Open minded really. I've heard that it is quite expensive to go fast in an A series, in comparison to conversions... is that true?

I don't think so really, the actual inital cost of the vtec or vaux or what ever engine you buy might be cheap, but by the time you've brought a subframe, throttle bodies, manifolds, looms, ECUs etc it's probably the price of a all singing all dancing a-series, that you could drop straight in, in the same day (obiously when it's built). If you go a-series turbo you can easily end up with more power than alot of the engine conversions.

[lindy119]

So, just for some suggestions then, feel free to add any more or tell me to cross some off the list!

A Series

Supercharged and highly tuned 998
1275 with mods such as Weber carbs
1330/1380 also with mods like racing cam etc.

Non A Series

Promotive
vTec
Vauxhaul conv.
BMW twin cam bike head (K1200 etc.)



Any other suggestions?

[lindy119]

or 7/8 port head on an A Series?

[DaveVader]

or a suzuki swift engine

[AndrewJ530]

A 7 or even 8 port would be good. There's not many about so it would be deifferent. Mayswell run injection with that though to make the most of the head.

EDIT: And with injection it can be made to fit under a standard roundnose.

Edited by AndrewJ530, 03 September 2010 - 12:29 PM.

[lindy119]

Right. Changed my mind...again.

Having stripped a load of stuff off the mini (pics to follow) I'm getting it ready now for it to be repaired.

I don't really think tho that i could face crashing the car again, especially if I'd just rebuilt it, so it will be built to a 'fast road' spec.

So what has everyone got to make them go fast!??

How does this sound for starters?

1275
Stage 1 Kit
SW05 cam
Webers

Edited by lindy119, 07 September 2010 - 11:19 PM.