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[Jammy]

£100 is nothing :mellow: Can I have £100 then? :tongue:

That could allow you to upgrade a cylinder head that little bit more, it can buy you an lightweight flywheel, decent set of rockers, pretty much camshaft, second hand webber, could be put towards straight cut drops, etc.

[Dog]

When I said they won't fit, I was refuring to 8.4" disks, not the smaller ones.... Sorry for the mix up.

to be honest don't go massive, and don't go small, go 1330 best of both worlds kinda.

Ok you won't get smoothness with a 286/296 cam as u would a 1380, but it still won't feel as cammy as a 1293.

Or save money and go turbo

[Jammy]

Ok you won't get smoothness with a 286/296 cam as u would a 1380, but it still won't feel as cammy as a 1293.

What are you talking about? It all depends on the complete engine spec.

[Prawn]

it does jammy yea.... but generally, a given cam will be smoother in a larger CC engine

for exmaple, a kent 296 in a 1293 will be HORRIBLY CAMMY, whereas a 1380 engine of the same spec with a 296 will be much smoother and far less cammy.

ive got a trackday cam in my 1380, which i was told would be pretty fierce.... but its as tame as they get! you could drive it in traffic all day long......

[Purple Tom]

To throw a spanner in the works, my 1293 has a trackday (Morspeed phase 3 - repetudely 280 duration) cam, and isn't cammy at all - will pull from 1500rpm in any gear.

Ok - it won't blob along in 1st at tickover (1000rpm on mine), but anything above 1200rpm in first and it will pull nicely.

[BlAck0ut]

So many opinions and which to go for???

Well the current engine is now running achieved this by changing the headgasket, flushing radiator twice, adding a thermostat LOL changing the thermstat housing gasket and some other bits and peices.

Managed to break the choke though, and we couldnt find the nut and bolt that it uses to attatch to the choke lever arm thing so no choke atm...

Current plans are to add a Hif44 carb (hehe i got given one at work ) then take the car to the local a series dude who also has a rolling road, get the car tuned up and the engine running spot on.

Then going to book it into the spray shop to perfect the spray job on it, remove a couble of small dints and elimante all the body rust.

I can then think about uprating suspension to GAZ adjustables, lowering a bit more and start work on the dash design and new clocks etc.

[BlAck0ut]

Ok so im now going to list all the problems ive had with this mini within the past week: (in no particular order)

Feel Guage dosnt work
Head Gasket Blown
Alternator - dodgy
Bonnet dosnt shut properly
All Dash lights and rear lights have stopped working
No Heating
No thermostat
No fresh air pipes from arches to heater (cut off, causing very cold feet!!)
Head bolts all the wrong torque setting
Rocker bolts loose
Radiator corroded
Internal of radiator was a thick rusty slime
Thermostat housing gasket bolts were wrong size
Nut missing off ultimate engine steady and other threads wrong size
Clutch Slave cylinder major failure and leek
Steering wheel not on straight
Speedo non working
Rev Counter - Optimistic!
Exhaust gasket leaking
Choke cable snapped
Heater tap leaking
Various oil leeks
Exhaust not straight and loose
Passenger door catch is too far out
Bonnet is BENT and dented in serveral places, wasnt obvious at the time...
Carbs out of tune and wrong size for engine



Im sure theres more... will edit post when i can think of them

[BlAck0ut]

So in the last week of owning the car me and a mate have:

Changed head gasket
fitted fan belt
fitted proper size studs to thermostat housing
fitted a thermostat!
fitted brand new thermostat housing gasket
fitted new radiator
fitted recon'd heater matrix
tightened exhuast and replaced one bracket
fixed the throttle cable
fitted a new choke cable
tuned carbs twice
fitted new rocker cover gasket
flushed radiator 3 times
removed brake disc covers
fitted brand new clutch slave cylinder
flushed clutch fluid.
adjusted passenger door catch

Things on my to buy list:

New shocks all round (woody has fitted lowered shocks to a non lowered car causing the bottom of the shock brackets to bend!)

Gear selector leaky thing kit from mini spares

Top hose, radiator mounting bracket and thermostat housing for a 1275, not the 998 stuff that is currently on.

Window seals front and back as these are wrong and leak

Future Plans

Fit the new carb ive bought and sell the twins, get the car rolling roaded and tuned accuratley.

Fit some pipes to take fresh air from wheel arches to heater matrix as these are currently missing and causing very cold feet!

General tidy up, and touch up of exterior and interior over the summer months

Garage car when winter comes and buy a run around, 306 or something...

[BlAck0ut]

Ok now got Gaz 32 point adjustble shocks on the front

Fixed the dog bone engine steady by fitting competition bushes

Added a breather hose lol

and lowered the front

Shopping List (in no particular order)

Saftey Devices rear roll cage with fixed diagonal
Mk1 Grill?
New bonnet
A Series Supplies Dashboard
New Door cards
New Carpet
Oil temp, volt meter and other guages
Chrome door furniture
Mini sport 4 pot calipers
Kad or minifin rear drums
Braided brake hose kit
Negative camber bracket things front and back
Adjustble tie rods
Gaz rear shocks
New knuckles all round
new cones all round
halogen headlights
New 6x9s and comp spekers
comp speakers up front
amp for speakers
new head unit!

Touch up spray over, remove dent in roof and touch up all patches of rust/chips


After setting all this up i will start to build the engine up with all brand new ancillaries (spelling?)

[BlAck0ut]

Ok today after getting increasling annoyed by the quality of the previous rebuild i started to strip te mini!! :'(


So far ive taken off both engine steadys, top hose, thermostat housing (a 998cc one :S) and the radiator bracket (which is an alternator bracker :S).

The general plan is to strip everything and rebuild it, the final rebuild wont look too far off the original except for some 10" wheels and a bit here and there with also a 1380 lump

Watch this space