Irish Mini Owners Club

joebe1 wrote:i have a set of the fibre glass arches cut for a clubman if ur interested

Thanks dude but this engine is costing me every spare penny i have so ill pass, thanks anyway!!

Well at long last my new engine is almost ready to go in,
took a bit longer than i had hoped, did plan to go on the MTM.
Will just have to wait till next year!! Hopefully will have it in
at some stage over the weekend.
Cant wait to get it out for a spin!!!

What is your running in procedure ?

The Marcos Graveyard wrote:What is your running in procedure ?

The engine had already been run in as such, it was an ex rally engine.
Short block was left intact for the build!

Where did you get the spacers in the end Sid

CLUBMANGT wrote:Where did you get the spacers in the end Sid

Off Paul hickey, not the easiest things to come by either!!

Been a long road , but the end is now in sight A should be some mover.

Good man Sid. I'm looking forward to seeing this go. Should have no problem chewing up a particular v tech.

StevenR wrote:Good man Sid. I'm looking forward to seeing this go. Should have no problem chewing up a particular zv tech.

wouldn't really call that thing a v tech, there's more oil blowing out the exhaust than anything else!!!!

sid wrote:

StevenR wrote:Good man Sid. I'm looking forward to seeing this go. Should have no problem chewing up a particular zv tech.

wouldn't really call that thing a v tech, there's more oil blowing out the exhaust than anything else!!!!

thats a common thing wit hondas!! they all burn oil at a rate of 1;1 oil to petrol, similar to a 2 stroke! and as smoky

Well at long last its on the road, been a long time waiting!!!
Big thanks to Bert for all the help and annoying questions!!
Its heading up to Llyod in the morning for him set up the carb and the timing,
Really happy with it, plenty of poke!





Its been a bit neglected over the last couple of months so gave it a spit and shine!!





Hope to get it out to a few venues over the summer, would love to go to classic car live
but heading over to the Motogp at silverstone instead

is that a solid state flame thrower coil?
if it is i'd think about changing it a little down the line, they are really meant to be kept in the air flow to keep them cool as with most race and rally cars, stopping and starting in traffic will more than likely see it overheat, degrade and more than likely break down quite rapidly, you'd probably be better off with the road version

Got brought for a spin in this today. Wow its powerful, money well spent Sid.

looks realy well .what did you do with your old engine???

macker wrote:is that a solid state flame thrower coil?
if it is i'd think about changing it a little down the line

Hey Macker, the coil is aldons flame thrower 3.0ohm road going coil,
their 1.5ohm coil is their race/rally only coil!

armo wrote:looks realy well .what did you do with your old engine???

Cheers armo, old engines getting tucked away for a possible future project, or
until their hard to get and worth a few quid

you could just sell it to me

out of pure interest how much woul you sell it for

I seen the mini at 17:03 headin northbound on the m50 taken the exit for sandyford, and it is a beautiful mini, and the shine off the mini was unreal, it is a credit to every one who worked on the m ini because she is beautiful

Steven

Sid is this u????? its karl here from ryr!!! just getting bck into this whole thing!!

Welcome along Karl, yep thats Sid.

Steve

Wow nearly a year since a post on the thread!
I had kinda been getting a bit annoyed with the mini lately, driving it every day in and out to the airport and had started using the girlfriends car instead!
It had been sitting outside the house for a good while with a few issues that i had to get sorted but just couldnt have been bothered!
Then on Christmas night it got bloody nicked!! They didnt get very far as the clutch slave cylinder had given up and a valve on one of the wheels had perished and they got a flat
They had done a good bit of paint damage trying to get into it but it wasnt too bad!
Everything has been repaired along with a good few other issues i had-had with it!
A-Panel, door skin, roof corner, front wing and scuttle so im delighted!
Getting the buzz again and cant wait to get out at the weekend, needs a nice spit and shine and a decent spin!!

Good to hear you got it all sorted and got back into it sid enjoy mate

nice one Sid, well wear

Good stuff Sid, glad you got it all sorted.

Good to hear you got it back,got it sorted and got a little bit of love back for it .Last time I saw this in Wexico it was looking and sounding sweet.