Irish Mini Owners Club

Well mini's were always giant slayers a !! I am not surprises the cooper is on there .

Oops I posted 62 !! the red one was owned by a guy from kilgobbin near sandyford he pumped money into it then lost interest and sold it to a mate of mine for a song it has a mk1 rear light conversion an alloy interior ect, it was very nice when it was parked up some years ago . I was asked today if ...

Here are a few shots of a friends 62 . Its original nice condition and he was given it for nothing its an irish built car . He asked me today to get it out and about as he never gets to show it .He has a fiat x19 grand finale, an alfa GTV both for sale and a Lancia monte carlo under a light resto so...

Well its all about keeping them on the road after all a'int that right . Good man keith

Depending on the type of electronic kit you have fitted you may need a ballist resistor and a different coil . The timming will depend on the engine you have its not the same for all minis .
Some other factors like advance curve , type af distributor ,unleaded fuel will have a bearing on it

Keith i have an easy-bleed if you want it . I have it set up to link to my compressor and give about 2psi its very effective . Imight have some info on that problem if you want to call me .

Welcome along that car is a gem well worth doing, but been there done that you need focus
resolve ass loads of time and even more money . So dont give up at the low points . Best of luck

Nice work !! space those wheels out a bit more A!

It depends on the age of the car . Up to 87 will get you the option of a classic policy with some companys like carol nash . If its classic join the ivvcc and you can get a very good deal .
It will all depend on your age and the age of the car, other than that shop arround

I would say so with your chassis number ,but then i dont claim to know everything so ask arround . The only other way i know involves a grinder and a set of number stamps . But we dont encourage that do we.

I dont think so the c o for an injected car is 0.5 . The c o for a carbed car is 1.5 to 3.5 .
To get 0.5 out of an injected car is hard enough . To get it out of a carbed car you would need to screw the needle up so far i think the thing would be running on air!!!

Looked like a great day. I am sick i could'nt make it. Next time deffo !!

I will be there, but cant do the run sadly

Good to have youy along wish i had got involved in mini's as young as you . I might know a lot more about them by now if i had !!!

I have minispares HI LOWS on my car and the spanner size is 30 mm you need two
and it aint easy yo do

on the exhaust side a maniflow is always a good bet . for performance a swiftune s w 5 cam
is an all singing all dancing good for emissions in all engines upgrade if you want to go that far . look into it , it surprised me when i fitted one in my 998

I think we will take it anyway we can get it a!!

Sorry i did'nt get back to you about that spot bar ,only managed to find one in my garage today .Dont know where you are based , i am in south Dublin but if you want to pick it up you can have it ok

Nice to see you now have the car in under cover to work on . Like you i got sick of trying to work on my car out in all weathers and built a shed for it . Trouble is my shed is now full with a car that i dont own . Must get it finished and out so i car work on my own car . Keep up the good progress ...

Yea i hate that i never seem to see another mini wnen i am driving mine but when i am out driving anything other than my mini i seem to see loads of them why is that

You are most probably right about about the cam so . But i did say a knew bugger all about
injection cars so thats me told and back in me box !! I like carbs you just put a bigger one on it to get it to go faster , cool !!!

Welcome along , like the motor , hope to see you and the car at some events soon.

Had mine done in ace tyres sandyford €60 its a four wheel digi machine
sound lads always do a good job for me anyway

I have a gas meter if u want to ring me on 0876154540 i am in leopardstown

No way to know .Only if the valves have recessed into the seats could you say that its a leaded head that has been run for sometime on unleaded fuel . If you use an additive that won't have happened anyway .You could have new seats fitted but its cheaper to buy an off the shelf head . I had mine don...