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gianluigi

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Registered: 9th Mar 05
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk
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12th Apr 06 at 18:53

I dont knwo if I've mentioned before, but we've got a mini sitting in our garage, recently decided to do something about it. Me and my dad were discussing a range of ideas:
- Repairing it so its completley stanadard/original
- Slight modifying - exterior styling, exhaust etc
- My idea was to strip it, big engine and make it a track day car, but my dad said no

This evening was spent standing and looking at it, and deciding what to do, and what we needed to buy.

Todays Progress Report: N/A

Here's the car:

looking a bit sorry for itself,

side view. the wheels are still good, just need spraying, and a new set of tyres.
note my message for Vibrio

Does anyone have opinions/suggestions/ideas for what we could do with this. The likley outcome will be a nice looking subtle Mini, ready to sell

Iaz, step aside

I know i need to get my camera phone to fuck.

[Edited on 12-04-2006 by gianluigi]

CorsAsh

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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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12th Apr 06 at 18:54

Metro turbo engiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine

CorsAsh

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12th Apr 06 at 18:55

And goddamn all these people with big garages you lucky fuckers.

Robin

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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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12th Apr 06 at 18:56

if it was a MK1 i;d have said keep it original

but... as it appears to be a mk3, then it needs a metro turbo lump, zeemax bodykit, leather interior and 7x13 superlites

gianluigi

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Location: Ipswich, Suffolk
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12th Apr 06 at 18:56

pics of mini's with zeemax kit and metro turbo engine?

freeman(sting)

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Registered: 16th Oct 05
Location: Redcar and Cleveland
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12th Apr 06 at 18:58

find the deepest dish wheels you can find get the biggest arches you can find and slam it and metro turbo it and bravisto*****

Robin

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12th Apr 06 at 18:59

http://zeemax.com/7mini.htm

but looking at it now, im not so keen

maybe just sportspack arches, 7x13s and turbo lump?

Tom B

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Registered: 23rd May 05
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12th Apr 06 at 19:01

sportspack and starmag rims

CorsAsh

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12th Apr 06 at 19:01

Metro turbo engine into a Mini

Sam

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12th Apr 06 at 19:02

GSi kit and Speedlines...

gianluigi

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12th Apr 06 at 19:04

quote:
Originally posted by Sam
GSi kit and Speedlines...

LMFAO

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12th Apr 06 at 19:07

Bike engine in the boot...

gianluigi

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12th Apr 06 at 19:08

Good pic Ash

Tarrantino

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12th Apr 06 at 19:17

quote:
Originally posted by gianluigi

Iaz, step aside

pmsl

SVM 286

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12th Apr 06 at 19:19

K.A.D. unit and a Jack Knight box.

Robin

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12th Apr 06 at 19:20

pmsl, KAD engines are silly, they dont fit in the car

JKD heads are uber cool

gianluigi

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12th Apr 06 at 19:37

some of those zeemax kits look alright, not the full kit, the arched are too wide, but the front and rear look ok.

Paul H

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12th Apr 06 at 19:55

you have to chop the bulkhead out to get a turbo engine in.mine had a turbo lump in it before the 1293 but it went bang.

Matt H

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12th Apr 06 at 19:55

quote:
Originally posted by gianluigi

quote:
Originally posted by Sam
GSi kit and Speedlines...

LMFAO

Anyone else not think that comment wasn't that funny?

CorsAsh

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12th Apr 06 at 19:56

Wasn't just me then

SVM 286

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12th Apr 06 at 19:59

quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
pmsl, KAD engines are silly, they dont fit in the car

JKD heads are uber cool

Yes they do Robin.

The most you need is a tiny bump like half an Avocado on the bonnet to clear the timing cover.

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12th Apr 06 at 20:00

I want one of them, because I want a speed avacado on my bonnet

Robin

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12th Apr 06 at 20:01

tiny bump? the last KAD mini i saw had a bonnet which was about 4" higher in the middle

or was it the birmingham supermini? might have been that, in which case it was a vauxhall engine

either way, Jack Knight heads are better

Matt H

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12th Apr 06 at 20:11

quote:
Originally posted by gianluigi
some of those zeemax kits look alright, not the full kit, the arched are too wide, but the front and rear look ok.

I disagree they look

SVM 286

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12th Apr 06 at 20:12

Nah, KAD lump fits a treat Rob.

Saw what looked like a standard Sport pack Cooper at the Bromley Pageant a few years ago.

It had a small teardrop/elipse bulge on one side of the bonnet that was almost unnoticable.

I was looking at the bonnet and wondering if it had a KAD in it, and then the owner started the engine.

Sounded like a bloody superbike.

I asked him to see under the bonnet.

He obliged and what appeared to be the head off a cross channel ferry emerged from under the tiny bonnet in a TARDIS-like fashion.

It realy fits like a glove. You wouldn't think the bonnet would shut, but it does. It's very deceiving looking and the bump is only for the timing cover.

It looked lovely btw. No air cleaners and forward facing throttle bodies.

180bhp from a 1410cc at just over 10k.

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