So at the last race meeting for the season last year the old A series had another issue so I am in the process of removing it from the car.
Now I do have a 1380 that needs to be assembled but....the thought of a Bike Engined mini popped up again.
I ride a motorbike every day to/from work and I live in a rural area just north of Auckland as such I have an unsealed road. I recently got my first shaft drive motorbike as I was getting sick of chain maintenance. I also have the nick name of sandtrap from my fellow racers after 2 or 3 visits to the sand traps in the few seasons.
So with the above in mind the only thing that was putting me off running a bike engine was all the kits available use a chain drive
I did recall seeing a kit years ago that was using a transfer box. So I did some Google searches. Bingo it was the miniexvo kits...but unfortunately their website no longer worked and I could not find any contact info past or present.
I did however find a website/build diary from a guy in LA USA who had purchased a miniexvo kit many years ago. Great I thought he might have some contact details. So I sent Joe250 an email. Yes some on here will know of this guy and his project.
We emailed a few times exchanged details and I called him up on the phone.
As Joe had removed the R1 kit to install a BMW dohc conversion A series we agreed on terms and a sale of his miniexvo kit was complete.
It is currently in a container on a ship in the Pacific heading towards me in Auckland New Zealand.
I will post pictures of my project and progress once the engine/kit arrives.
