hello everyone!! my names nick and my local club is SMAG i have been a member on tmf for over a year not but never really checked up or posted on here!! only the last month really!!
i just checked the technical section again (this appears to be me haunt) and most of the posts had my name in it!! so i figured id better come on here and say hello so atleast u know who i am!!
i've had many many minis over the last 9 years or so and to be honest i really must have come across about every single problem on the buggers from having a blow out at 80mph 4 up to having the loom catch fire to dirty earths!!, i've had a wheel cylinder explode on me(literally crack and go bang) i've done suspension work for track days built my own cammed 1098 i have even worked on stuart meads mighty green beast many a year ago when it was first on the road, it used to melt throttle cables regularly!!
the only job i havent done is rebuild a gearbox tho i have changed a few and built bus ones at a previous job. Never having much money to myself i've always had to repair/bodge/find an alternative to what i've had so if and of my experiences can be of help to any of you id be more than happy to throw in my 2 pennys worth!!
my current project is a bare shell rebuild of a 1979 v-reg clubman (not 1275gt)!! im going all out race running gear with the exception of a luke warm engine tho a 1293 with a 276 cam and big valve head on a 40 webber + 6" manifold shudnt be too shabby in a car that has a only what the fia says it has to have!!! no heater and no back seat, no door pockets and no boot floor (thats where the alli fuel tank is) ooh and a fibreglass front end!!
she is nearly complete and should be on the road for next year!! there are some pictures of her on http://spaces.msn.com/fikus01 i've just finished my custom loom!! i have to plumb in a mount my fuel tank and flip front and thats about it!! OK it looks loke a round nose flip front on it but only because one came in cheap)
future plans include a 7 port head and straight cuts before getting bored with a-series and having something sillier!!
see you on here and at shows
nick (fikus01)
