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bump..
easiest way to get engine into mini imo:
step 1: put subframe on ground
step 2: drop engine into subframe, do up bolts
step 3: using highly technical milk crate jack stands to assist, lift car over engine and lower it onto subframe
engine is in. first time since 2006 that it's had a motor.
hook up steering rack..
then wheels on and bam, suspension fine tuning and negative camber arms to come
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Nice, what is the size if the engine, is it a 1275.
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yup 1275 from a clubman GT, mild cam, ported and polished, LCB exhaust and that's it. expecting maybe 90hp tops before the carbs run out of puff.
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90 bhp in a 600ish kg car's gonna be great fun.
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also i forgot to mention i repainted it again before the engine went in.
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Do you have SU carbs on your mini, if so what size.Originally Posted by clutch-monkey
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A very nice Mini engini i whish i had in my mini at a Mini show.
Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you."
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yep SU, twin 1 1/4" carbs, would be reaching the limits of those before i could go any further.
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suspension on the mini is pretty simple, the rear having no means for adjustment, so..
rear camber brackets to get rid of the degrees it has from factory.
they are pretty basic and you can make them yourself, but they are only $20 to buy so not worth the time lol
they go on the end of the suspension arm where it mounts to the subframe, levering it upwards and thus angling the wheel back;
the plates slot into each other using those groves, so you jack the arm up until you can get the required setting then bolt it on.
all covered up!
super simple and super easy to put on, would do it to any mini no problem.
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away it goes..
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nice work sam been a while since we talked good to see you're little mini project going well (i used to be known as ballast) not to bad for a first attempt at painting
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rear wheel travel is ultimate...
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hi mate! what are you up to these days?
yeah that was me painting following the instructions on the paint tin.. my second attempt was much better haha
yes, to fit the hilo suspension you have to wind it down to it's lowest setting to make it fit easier - i haven't wound it back out yet now that it is in the car.
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but is it street legal to have the wheels stick out that far? (has something to do with pedestrian protection.)
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nope, it will need flares, simple bolt on fibreglass or plastic ones will do. i have some innocenti flares but they don't do a good enough job- have to at least cover all of the tread/horizontal surface of the tyre:
these should do the job, but i am not sure how they attach..
Mini wood and picket type, Plastic flare set 2.5 (no screw holes)
Last edited by clutch-monkey; 10-03-2012 at 04:42 AM.
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