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[CanadianMiniFan]

either "come on", or "show us (meaning himself " or "what have you been doing".

Pie I think that he's actually working on his car, rather than hanging out with us on here lol not to sound like a prick lol.

[Pie]

He's not, he's not working on Dilly hes fixing Laoni (~yello~)s car lol

And yes mike, i will pester him AND YOU till the cars are ready, and then it'll just be me thinking "oh FAP! ive not got my mini on the road"

[mighty_mini]

Right, maybe this'll shut you up pie I HAVE been working on dilly, and heff.

Piccies...

Not much bigger than my wallet.. Nicely made too.



Using the Rover 400 engine relay box for my distributor of powahhzz.



I opened the box, but as suspeced.. no wizardry in here, just wires n "stuff"



Making of the ITB's - Componants..



Ahah! Its hollow...!







<tim allen> Argh argh argh argh </tim allen>






Hope you like, lots more stuff to show you guys but im going to update my website once my Desktop is up and running again. So please visit there for more indepth babbling.

[The Matt]

Me likey!

Might be keeping a closer eye on you now! I want to see what a 1600 K series can do!

[Pie]

should have gone 1.8

[mighty_mini]

should have gone 1.8

Not hard, just swap the crank... already have it planned at some point. gotta source some firey cams now. rargh!

[CanadianMiniFan]

awesome, should be incredible.

[TimS]

Which ITB's are they Dave? I want to get some for the Vaux engine but they kit from SBD is over £1800

[The Matt]

intent to be running a set of Throttle Bodies off a GSX600R.. these have been successful on a 1600xsi with MAP sensor, piper cams & pullys, stainless manifold and maybe a quick skin of the head

Which ITB's are they Dave? I want to get some for the Vaux engine but they kit from SBD is over £1800

Here y'are Tim.

mighty mini, can I be cheeky and ask how much you paid for the engine and box?

I was thinking about a turbo on mine, but now I've read that IRO 150bhp is possible, well, I may be keeping it N/A!

To be honest, a mini with 100bhp and a five-speed gearbox is good enough! But to think that 150hbp is achievable with three angle valve seats, a different TB and a bit of porting, well, it's all good!

What cams are you looking at? I did look on the piper website the other day (jusr browsing), but didn't find much on there. Don't even know what kinda profiles are standard and how a longer duaration/higher lift cam would behave on one of these engines. Is it not worth looking at second hand Elise 135 heads? Aren't they fitted with lairier cams than the standard K?

I've got a mate who is in the Elise scene, I migh task him to keep an eye out on the Lotus forums etc.

[mighty_mini]

For reference the ITB's cost me £100. Althought they can he had cheaper i used buy-it-now on a set that had only covered 2000-miles supposedly... they are mint tho!

I bought the engine off a guy on 16vMC, but as he was in kent and i was in cornwall, he kindly removed the engine from the donor car and all the other parts i needed. To the hansdsome sum of £250 not bad considering it had 58,000 on the clocks.. got them aswell hehe.

I would like to see some good figures from this setup yes, i think i want something quite tasty cam-wise, lotus' will be better but dont think its quite what im after. A good route if you can be bothered is to get the VVC head and fit the piper kit which also converts it to solid cams. They have better heads on the vvc, valves and ports are larger too.

[mighty_mini]

*sigh*


went down the workshop today, but dont you just hate it when you get the days when it doesnt start well? I had to do some work on ~yello~'s mini and after that i was pretty lost with what to do.

I did however link up the thottle bodies to the pedal. Played with that for a bit and made vroom vroom noises.

Then i got the gear linkage all sorted, it just needs mounting and a rubber boot made for the hole.

And i ground back some rust on the front wishbone which needs a plate welding on as i cant get the bolt out. If i snap the bolt the frame would have to come off.. so im not risking it!



Still in need of a Van/Estate Wiring loom.

[millsminis]

I did however link up the thottle bodies to the pedal. Played with that for a bit and made vroom vroom noises.

LMAO!!!!

I occasionally do that too.....just sit in the car!!

Edited by millsminis, 11 May 2007 - 03:51 PM.

[Bungle]

I did however link up the thottle bodies to the pedal. Played with that for a bit and made vroom vroom noises.

LMAO!!!!

I occasionally do that too.....just sit in the car!!

so does baby bungle

[Jammy]

Bungle, your missus has a toy camper for a hand!!

[The Matt]

A good route if you can be bothered is to get the VVC head and fit the piper kit which also converts it to solid cams. They have better heads on the vvc, valves and ports are larger too.

I've noticed that there is a VVC head with the conversion kit on the MG-rover forum somewhere!