THE BEST AND WORST THINGS YOU HAVE BOUGHT FOR YOUR MINI.
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The best thing i ever bought was a ultra light steel flywheel from the sandown mini show for ?40 years back and still going strong.

the worst thing was one of them magnectic oil trap from minispares which goes at the back of the box it costs ?18 and i think they are a total waist of time, it was one with the gauze on it and for the first time i used it they was hardley no bits on it but had to remove the gauze as it got bent and it with the gauze removed it picks up bugger all because it isnt realey long enough.

still it would be nice to see what other peoples bits were like!!!.

always looking for them bigger bunches of bannanas

The best thing I've bough was a set of original Ripspeed hi-los for ?20, again years ago, but they're still going strong.

The worst thing I've bought was an engine from Jonspeed. The centre main strap was machined wrong which ment the thrust washers weren't located. They spun round and foocked the block and crank. Needless to say they didn't build my current engine.

Wil

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

best thing: turbo.
worst thing: bent bonnet

kad rear disk brakes, band new 200 quid, over a grands woths of curley bits 600 quid.

worse bits, MED engine

Team Racing

Some cheap shite sound deadning from minisport, they promised me it was the dogs****

but when it arrived it looked like it was ragged out of an old sofa from the tip. i was not impressed

errr... best thing, FAI rollcage, seats,harnesses.

as there are too many Buffoons on the roads.

worst thing - huddersfield mini spares coil springs to replace cones (sold on ebay at last yay)

Best thing - Gotta be forged omega pistons for only ?300 - at the time they retailed at 425 i think...

Best thing. Brand new Minifin alloy rear drums for ?25 !

Worst thing. Turbo bulkhead box that dropped to bits in my hands.

Phil.

WWW.TURBO-MINI.COM

Rear antiroll bar, fking brilliant beyond belief, it just makes the car go around corners right. That's a 14mm bar with no adjustment, you have no idea how good these things are. I can go around corners so much faster. With tracking brackets, you can control the sort of drift you get. Absolutely brilliant.

Worst thing Minispares GP-5 arches, the expensive ones. They look like they have been made by a kid, I'm not sure how they are meant to go on, as they look like they are for a different car. Downright horrendous. If I met Keith Dodd, I would shout at him, he has also sold me some other overpriced shit as well.

The antiroll bar is the 2nd best thing I have, the first being a Bini Supercharger

Bugger off, I'm getting there.

Group A head from vmaxscart,with discount as it was a tad late !!

Metro turbo weekend driver,Mini turbo in the making again!

best thing-waxoyl (lots of)

worst thing-1098 engine that seemed to have covered 9000000miles with no oil change.

-MINI CLUBMAN 1380 TURBO-

God there has been loads of bits...but

a set of S discs complete with shafts etc for ?80 from a scrappy.

also a Bryan Slark head once for ?50..bargain, ran it for a year and flogged that for ?200!!

S disc set up still in use today!

Edited by giallofly on 10th Mar, 2005.

And i thought i done well getting a cooper s disc assembly for ?180!!!!

-MINI CLUBMAN 1380 TURBO-

I got a complete 7.5" set up for ?30,Bloke wasn't even in left them outside-- stick money through letterbox job
Had to have the calipers refurb tho

Metro turbo weekend driver,Mini turbo in the making again!

i bought awhole car with s discs and twin tanks and LOADS! of goodies for ?200!

worst thing was a knackered rev counter that made my car run crap for ages until i sussed what it was....Doh!

loads or replies excellant, but got my s dics with drive shafts hubs and rear drums for ?50 of a bent car( not straight type bent ) plus some new adjustable spax as well they were like new, but when i went back to collect them the car was scrapped but still got a bargain for the discs ect.

always looking for them bigger bunches of bannanas

I got a turbo,head,carb.manifolds the complite setup of a metro at the srapyard for ?35.
Also swapted a full set of coilovers for a days racing in my class 1 grasstrack car.

(IT'S NOT WHAT YOU KNOW IT'S WHO YOU KNOW)

I think my best purchase was probably a complete metro turbo in the scrappy for ?60. I sold the wheels and trim for ?40 and ?30 so made a tenner and got the rest free.

Worst purchase.......Metro engine from a scrapyard with the correct engine number to be unleaded and looked unmolested. It wasn't unleaded as I found out when it ground to a halt in the outside lane of the M40 8 months later when the valve clearances closed up and wore the cam out to a stick with 8 circles on it......

Best: T2 turbocharger
Worst: Lucas Gold coil that caused big problems and lead to me purchasing a weber alpha injection kit, then realising what the problem was!

Best I guess the $2 heater core that helps to keep things cool.

Worst Synthetic 5-50 oil that just leaked out constantly

best has got to be my alpine cd player, i've got rubber cone suspension, basically bumpy as fcuk, it hasnt jumped once !
worst , new cobra monaco bucket seats, not because they were crap oh no infact they were stunning so nice infact that some scruffy jippo chav pinched em !
i also like rain ex for my screen cos my wipers dont,
best my multi meter very handy, oh and my welder !

Best thing is my mini is self. Bought when it was only 3 years old (1991 H) for ?2700 and I still have it. Still worth at least ?1500 so it is the least depreciating car I will ever own. (Just needs a turbo now)

Worst thing is a seat for one of my minis. Soon after fitting it the car was written off. It transpired that every mini the seat had been in had suffered major accidents....it was a cursed seat and has been destroyed.

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best thing ..... mike C`s car for nought
worst thing ...super soft 32r`s, had to reset all front end to get the car to straight

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

another best thing .... samco 90deg bend , bought at avonpark boot sale for a quid .... went home and changed all my intercooler pipes so i could fit this bargin in..

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

LMAO:)

-MINI CLUBMAN 1380 TURBO-

Bugger off, I'm getting there.