1987 Road Legal Track Mini

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:19 pm

Cheers

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:57 pm

So, i popped along to a friend of mine who owns a car bodyshop. and i'm pleased to say that to have the car painted in WRC Impreza blue and Nissan Arctic white, also getting rid of the surface rust will cost between

ScoobieWRX · Post by **ScoobieWRX** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 1:19 pm

That will look awesome when it's done.

Mini's Rule!! :thumb:

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:15 pm

Well this morning, i phoned the rolling road center in Cambridge, and booked the mini in for next Tuesday to have a proper tune up

so i'm looking forward to that, and i might even take the video camera along too

Also, this evening i've just bought a pair of competition heavy duty adjustable tie bars on ebay

and whilst i'm at the rolling road, i'm going to ask about a geometry setup too.

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:39 pm

i had my rolling road session today

64bhp at the wheels

so i'm pleased

Miniwilliams · Post by **Miniwilliams** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:18 pm

yes them Tie rods are Ace you'll do well with them, I have a set on mine and they are very stong.
Was your RR at baldwins??

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:22 pm

Miniwilliams wrote:yes them Tie rods are Ace you'll do well with them, I have a set on mine and they are very stong.
Was your RR at baldwins??

good, nice one :thumb:

yes it was

Miniwilliams · Post by **Miniwilliams** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:55 pm

Cool just out of interest. did you get a increase in power that you weren't expeacting?

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:43 pm

Miniwilliams wrote:Cool just out of interest. did you get a increase in power that you weren't expeacting?

yep

me and dad knew that the car wasn't set up properly, so on the first run just to see what it was doing, it managed; 45bhp @ 6000rpm in 4th - 72mph max
then after a lot of sodding around with different needles to get the optimum flow (tired about 7-8 needles in total) and playing around with the electronic ignition we settled on an 'ABD' needle, so on the last run it did; 64bhp @ 6000rpm in 4th - 96mph

but what i loved about the day, was that it was very hands on, i was taking the carb apart and fiddling around with the distributor an that

plus i was doing the driving on the road too :thumb:

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:33 pm

today, i've washed the car and polished it, hoovered it, cleaned the interior, fitted my new 3" harness, and changed my tie bars