allegro gear rods...
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... im sure i remember sombody saying they used these instead of mini ones because there longer and sit further back ive just realised i cant reach me stick properly whilst strapped in with harnesses. just wanna check this is right before trying to find one.
if its right and any1 has a spare one let us know

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

I'm sure the metro one is longer - Probably easier to find?

i wanted to move mine back.. but i couldnt be bothered moveing the handbrake, re-welding its mounts, then bodging a cable together :S .. lot of work.

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

It was me. I use an Allegro selector.

I never moved the handbrake, just bent it to the right a bit.

The biggest problem with this conversion is it makes the exhaust a very tight fit, you need to modify the rubber mounts as the tunel is no longer flat and it requires subtle bends to the rods to avoid the underside of the car.

A Metro one might be easier, it's just that I had an Allegro one in the garage.

Wil

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

I moved my handbrake back, still need to sort the cable out, it's a real bodge at the moment, do you know where I can get a cable made?

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Any decent Engineering shop will modify one you supply Jim. MotorSport Components in Bolton did Graemes for him

great cheers dave

Team Racing

The metro one is longer i tried fitting one to my mini recently, if i remember i think it was about a inch longer.

cheers chaps, ill try and find an allegro and a metro one and see the difference

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

Jim, forget the cable, far to much hastle. When I moved my handbrake the cable was replaced with a piece of stainless rod cut to the required length and threaded bothe ends to accept the original cable connections which were drilled and tapped the same size as the rod.

good tip, cheers ngl, I'll give that a go

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