bmw head
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Quik question which has being testing me, does any one no who thought of the hole bmw motorcycle head on a mini engine and what where they doing at the time?how long has this conversion being about?.
being asked a few times but dont no the answer.

love that straight cut scream!!!
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Well the first person appears to be a chap called Greg Timken of Canada. Put an 8v k100 head on a serious overbore 850 block in 1985. Then it was bruno rouille an engine designer by trade looking for a good cylinder head on the existing mini block for a race car. He tried several different ones before he found the k100 fitted well.

And i found it when i was searching through a pile of Car and Car Conversion magazines i had bought at an autojumble. I then found the article on bruno rouille's part built engine and saw that a bloke local to me at college done the machining work on it. Went and picked his brains, then it began! That was 28 months ago now and its still not done.


Must have been June 2004, iirc

thats exactly what i wanted wonder why it didnt catch on sooner.
cos it sertainly has now.
youl get it finished one day and know the waight was all worth while

love that straight cut scream!!!
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I certainly hope so. Its not as though i don't have the facilities its the time! Running 8 F1 cars takes its toll during a race season. Now i finally have a little bit of time i'm going for it! Found out i have 284 degree cams in mine so i'm well chuffed! And despite living 5 mins from JohnK i have designed my own bits and pieces as no one was selling the parts when i began mine. All fun and games.

28 months will pu it around mid 2005.

Ive been at mine since February 2005 and ITS still not done

maybe its longer than that then. i haven't been at college for 18 months and started it a year before then. totally o/t anyway, just scares me to think i started it when i was only just 19!

I've been in contact with Greg but he hasn't told me how he came up with the idea! must have been a very exciting moment I would have thought! you youngsters have me beaten on timing I only started in Oct 2005!

Antman for sure will get his home brew on the road in 2008!!

Sprock - hows yours coming along?

JK

If Carling made Mini engines
it would probably be like this one!

Ahh - minis v beetles should be fun if we can all make it there

good idea trying benchmark developments out on the 1400 whilst its a "known" qty.

Christmas was good thanks - plenty of tme in the workshop.lol!

You'll have to saunter over to see us at Bingley for a gander at my new engine, all the hard work is done now - just the real build.hint hint!!

- I'll drop you an email about Feb and set up etc -looking forward to it

JK

If Carling made Mini engines
it would probably be like this one!