Howdy! (just kidding, we don't say that )
I'm Kenneth and live in Dallas, Texas, though I'm originally from Florida.
Since living in Texas, I got myself a 1990 Rover Mini Racing Green and have owned it for about 3.5 years so far! It started as someone else's mostly decent attempt at a clean Mini, but there were loads of hidden crimes as I'm sure we're all accustomed to, unfortunately. It started as BRG back in France, but after a collision, it was painted orange for whatever reason, and then the owner before me painted pearl orange on top of that. The engine overheated when I opened the heater valve after 9 months of ownership, and I rebuilt the original 998 before I eventually decided to grab the 1293 engine that ClassicMiniDIY built last year. I couldn't be happier. It has received tons of upgrades, replacements, and I'm on the long road toward improving the styling to meet my ever shifting ideas.
Specs:
1293 A+ built by Classic Mini DIY
Swiftune heritage pistons
Big valve head built by 7 Mini Enterprises
Close ratio Evo gears
3.1 diff
standard rockers
MED ST1 lightened flywheel
Stainless Steel LCB + RC40 DTM twin box exhaust
HIF44/Alloy intake
Lowered GAZ Dampers
Red Dot cones & Hi-lo's
Drilled/slotted front discs & Superfins
Twin tanks
P700 lights
Reverse spot
Wing mirrors
etc.
My longest trip to date has to be from Texas to Virginia, where in one shot I drove from Dallas, Texas to Wytheville, Virginia over the course of 28 hours. I stopped for food and fuel, and a couple hours to wash my car in Charlotte, North Carolina so that Cole could check out the engine in my Mini for the first time. I camped with it for the next two weeks as I drove all around the east coast of the USA and by the time I got back to Dallas I had driven 4000 miles. The only part that actually failed was a weeping water pump which was a quick fix, and a spinning coil inside of its bracket that unplugged the black lead into my dizzy.
I've posted on here before about tuning, but felt it was time to introduce myself :) I'll be posting more in the future and starting my own thread as I begin to dive deeper with styling and improvements, and to document the build so far from where I started. I have a huge collection of photos throughout my ownership!
Here's where I started:
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And here's where I am now!
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Thanks for reading :)