Long story.. it's how my MiniMatic became S powered..
My mate had a `75 clubbie. Worn out..
A chick at work had a Clubbie GT, (they were basically a Clubbie Cooper 1275S) which got sandwiched F/R in traffic. She got the insurance and the car- then sold the car to my mate for $850...
So... we pulled everything out of the dead 998 Clubbie and stuck all the GT stuff in- 1310S motor, 45 Dellorto, LCB, gearbox, oil cooler, 7.5 discs, twin tanks, subframes, hydro pipes... the works.
6 months later, it blew a head gasket and he had the shits with it (he's a Ford man)- so I bought it all for $1,500.. fixed it and drove it for a bit.
I had a MiniMatic at the time- so a year later I parked them next to each other, let the fluid out of both, swapped the S front subbie and everything on it, with the `Matic one.
Then I flogged the Clubbie for $2,000 with 998 automatic in it and a set of 998 Cooper discs on it
<edit> re dry to wet, I LIKE wet. I don't think the 2 dry Minis at Wakefield PK handled any better than mine the other day, and I think hydros ride nicer when set up properly. And you don't worry about rubber cones going hard, difficult height adjustment (unless U fit hi-los), etc etc.
Wanna lower it? Let some fluid out..
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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.