My Mk1 change of direction TM style 1293 GT17
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im only kidding (or am i?) lol

so what did you top out at on a 3.9 veg? (werent you running 12s?)

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

Last time I went to your fair Isle the way people drove made me thing you where Serious lol from my calcs a 4.1 with 10" wheels and a Clubman Gt bax should allow a top speed of around a ton at 7500 rpm give or take

lots of mk1 racer pics http://images.google.se/imgres?imgurl=http...sa%3DG%26um%3D1

internationally known as "big" swede

Actually V there is 2" difference.

However if you had of said that the diameter when fitted with tyres (and stated tyre sizes) was the same then i could believe you.

(Hah! Take that Mr pedantic!!)

internet Hi 5 James,

Hang no wate V is on MY N/A side,

Dont mind him I knew what you ment lol

Up Date Time,

Well I have started gathering bits,
KAD Alloy Flywheel and Back Plate

74mm Omega Cast Pistons and A set of Cooper S rods

The real deal none of your MG Midget yokes lol

Steel EN40B 86mm stroke Crank on Standard bearing sizes in mint condition been wedged crossed drilled and bladed

A nice set of MED 1.5 roller rocker, Paul Ivey 37.5mm inlets and 31.5 Exhaust's MED Piper Race valve springs.

Mini Spares Cross pin diff with 4.1 CWP

Thats all I have managed to collect up for now Hopefully I will get a chance to collect the block and other bits by the end of the week then I can Get to putting the short motor together :)

Fit an LSD!!!!!

Also. If you're interested I've got four useable 74mm cast Omegas spare. Not new, but useable.

that crank isnt bladed though, but thats a good thing:)

wow thats a hell of a collection, cant wait to see it finished

1972 998 TURBO SLEEPER

your right its actually knife edged,

I'd be interested in those pistons Vegard but as you can Imagen after buying this lot I'm rather smashed , sure PM me how much you want for them and I'll see what I can do :)

Edited by PaulH on 3rd Nov, 2009.

If I'd have known you were doing that I would have left the 1430 in it!

Nice pic Gareth, I had taught of putting a black bonnet on it but now Defoe think it looks better with the Red. I need to polish him tho you have it looking awesome in that picture.

What did you think of the IDA I half taught of running it on an IDA but want it to look sleeper so ruled that out.

IDA was great, a bit different and sounded fantastic.

Only problem was you could see how bad the engine mounts were!

The bonnet was a hasty 5 minute job with a rattle can and only stayed on cause I didn't want to cut the steel one.

UPDATE:

Well made a bit of progress on the engine Today, I bashed out all the core plugs and Oil gallery plugs and dipped the block which removed all the rust and paint.


I Then seat about repairing a hole the was formed in the block when a piece of gearbox decided I did not want to stay in the sump.
Never the less the hole is in a non critical place so it was wort saving IMO

From this:


To this:


I then set about tapping the block for 5/16 unf gearbox studs, while I was at it I taped the Oil gallery plugs to M14 and fitted some Tapered bungs.

I then Set about fitting the 3 Steel main caps and ARP studs and nuts:

I also blocked up all the water ways in the deck for the dry deck just forgot to take a photo.

The block is now all ready to go off and get line bored and honed It should be back by the end of next week.

Any progress since? Very tasty engine spec.

lets see some pics of the shell

Hi Minimole23,
We had a problem with the block so I had to get a new one bored due to the Snow around here I am snowed is so cant get out to the machine shop to collect the the new block.

There has also been a development on the Cylinder head front but you will all have to wait to see what that is, Mini13 will be proud of me I think :)

masterchief this is the care when Gareth owned it I have done very little to the shell as it was exactly as I liked it I have changed the wheels for some Mini lights but the Splits are going back on soon :)

Does that mean 7 port paul?

Or alloy 5 port

Sorry to hijack Paul, found some pics for masterchef.

Thanks Gareth Some great pic have to say say It look a little worts for wear at the minute due to being on the road for over a year in my hands but it will be going to the garage for some TLC in the next couple of weeks :),

All credit to Gareth this is IMO a great look for a Mk1

Every time I see a mk1 that looks that nice I wan't to strip my shell of parts and start again with a 60's externally hinged mini.

Hmm, anyone wanna buy my shell? Its totally rust free!

It really is a top looking mini.

Im very envious to say the least.