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[HARBER07]

Shhhhhhhhhhh

[mighty mini jack]

And me

[1275 SPRITE]

Well done on winning the engine. What are you doing subframe wise? Custom made or off the shelf?
What will you be doing with the small bore?

[HARBER07]

Just told dad about the redtop today - wasnt best pleased Will be a custom subby more than likely Well the smallbore will be staying in for a while longer - gives me time to strip and rebuild the vaux lump, build the conversion kit up and wait a bit till I'm near 21 . So the Redtop is a long term plan really. Gives me something to do, and will stop me spending trying to get as much poke as i can from an A-series, as i seem to keep spending on it really with no big effect.

[HARBER07]

Just got home from picking the beast up. Had to work this morning from 5:30 till 9, then shoot straight over to Peterborough and get it - worked quite well

Just been looking through the boxes of bits and it all looks good to me . Paid the sum total of £300 for the lot. Bargain. Gonna spend the rest of the weekend stripping her down and generally eyeing up the engine to find out where everything goes. Is there a haynes for the C20XE lump? Could come in handy.

Pics later

Edited by HARBER07, 19 September 2009 - 01:16 PM.

[ScottyBoi]

Just got home from picking the beast up. Had to work this morning from 5:30 till 9, then shoot straight over to Peterborough and get it - worked quite well

Just been looking through the boxes of bits and it all looks good to me . Paid the sum total of £300 for the lot. Bargain. Gonna spend the rest of the weekend stripping her down and generally eyeing up the engine to find out where everything goes. Is there a haynes for the C20XE lump? Could come in handy.

Pics later

Cool Tom!

All sounds great! I can't wait to see the pictures on this! Woow £300 Result!

[HARBER07]

Pics as promised

















Was too knackered to start stripping it properly, but managed to get some crap off the front of it with a scraper and a shot blaster and took the cam cover off

[ScottyBoi]

Dude that looks amazing!!! I want one now!

[HARBER07]

Get one then

[ScottyBoi]

Get one then

Its just the money situation mate... Plus i have already ordered my fast road cam Pistons and verniar pulley for my little 998

[HARBER07]

Yeah to be honest i had to scrounge for change down the side of the car seats to be able to afford this But i think its money well spent

[ScottyBoi]

Yeah to be honest i had to scrounge for change down the side of the car seats to be able to afford this But i think its money well spent

LMFAO!

Well as you we're scrounging you couldnt scrounge abit more for me to buy one?! Yeah i think it is mate you will defenatly notice the differance power wise!

[HARBER07]

Nope all the money I found I spent Yeah i got a sneaky feeling its got a bit more poke than my 1015

[leaky]

Looking good mate you got a bargain their. A couple of questions. 1 can you buy sub frames for this engine with ease or do you have to get them custom made? 2 Do you have to cut the front of your mini off to get this to fit or does it just fit in without putting an extend front on it?

Cheers.

[HARBER07]

You can get the big block subframe/kit from Allspeed though i think its near on £700 . So I've decided I'm going to make my own up from those kits advertised on 16v (i think its on there?) About £160, then you chop a standard subby and add mounts. I'm still looking into what front fits, A clubby will definitely fit obviously and so will an extended front (though i despise them!!), but it is possible to get it under a standard round-nose with a bit of patience and engineering. I think a bonnet bulge is in order though

Edited by HARBER07, 19 September 2009 - 08:56 PM.