1987 Road Legal Track Mini

[Daniel]

Point taken about the Maxi engine.......however....Ebay has thrown up some interesting items

http://search.ebay.co.uk/metro-engine_W ... oQ20engine

Enjoy :thumb:

ahhh... :-D so they do exist, cheers :thumb:

Is there any way you can fit a bike engine in the front of a mini? ie. without going the whole hog with a z-cars mid-engine conversion.
Andy

Yes, there is a R1 engine conversion, but it's the insurance that'll kill me, a bike engine car, with an electronic reverse puts it straight into the V8 catagory :x

yes a 1275 or bigger has to be the way to go

No surprise you saying that :P

[Daniel]

Finally managed to progress with the engine today! after checking the piston rings i wasted no time in putting it back together;







not bad for a couple of hours work and i also took a video of it running (note that the rattling noise it the clutch throwout nut rattling, that will need changing soon) :roll:

[Daniel]

My new catch tank arrived today! i never realised at how nice these little things are

[323ian]

Those pictures are funny! Your alternator is the same size as half of your engine!!

You got quite a knowledge on the minis then mate, if so i have a few questions as a guy at work wants to build a bike engined mini on the cheap.
How much can he get a bare mini shell and chassis?
Do you think a solid rear axle would be driveable on the track?

[duncan]

I love this thread.

Mini engines (in fact Minis in general) are a work of art. Simplicity at its finist but great for cause and effect type tuning. Air = Power.

Glad the engine and rings were ok - it is nasty if the rings go as it means a rebore and depending on the meat left on the block, it could be so much more.

Please keep going with the A series engine in there as long as you can - when I was stripping, porting and building these things were so much less complicated. I cant wait to actually see it in the flesh.... are you at the next meet?

[Daniel]

I love this thread.

Mini engines (in fact Minis in general) are a work of art. Simplicity at its finist but great for cause and effect type tuning. Air = Power.

Glad the engine and rings were ok - it is nasty if the rings go as it means a rebore and depending on the meat left on the block, it could be so much more.

Please keep going with the A series engine in there as long as you can - when I was stripping, porting and building these things were so much less complicated.

Cheers Duncan i will be sticking with the A-series for a while yet future plans are to definatley get a 1380 in there instead 8)

It was a stroke of luck with those rings, it just goes to show how strong these old engines are!

I cant wait to actually see it in the flesh.... are you at the next meet?

Yep, i'll be at the Banzai event, can't wait to watch it

[pigme1000000]

them wide arches look great ,with them superwide mini lights on!! really nice mini dan,looks like you have put alot of time and effort into it and it shows !! :notworthy:

[Daniel]

them wide arches look great ,with them superwide mini lights on!! really nice mini dan,looks like you have put alot of time and effort into it and it shows !! :notworthy:

Cheers Christian

it has been a right long haul getting this car on the road :? but i'm happy with it now and i'm arranging for early next year a complete re-spray, fibreglass bonnet, and new doors fitted too, so more money will be spent on it :roll:

[vpulsar]

Great little car fella, I'm loving those wheels 8) :-D .





Rob

[Daniel]

Great little car fella, I'm loving those wheels 8) :-D .





Rob

Cheers

Those pictures are funny! Your alternator is the same size as half of your engine!!

You got quite a knowledge on the minis then mate, if so i have a few questions as a guy at work wants to build a bike engined mini on the cheap.
How much can he get a bare mini shell and chassis?
Do you think a solid rear axle would be driveable on the track?

Shit, i've only just seen this :ph43r: Sorry Ian

A shell can vary from a rotten pair (