what is every body's ultimate mini set up?

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floating on fluid

Hydrolastic mini, 1275 with head job, valve work, valve springs, 1.5 rockers, cam work, crank, flat top pistons, good CR, dellorto 45 DHLA, remote change box with S ratio, 7.5 inch S brakes, no flares in red (goes faster in red )... mmm 8000rpm... *drool*

But hey that's just me...

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

Totally immaculate stock looking Traveller. Burgundy with wood kit. Chromed Cooper S wheels (for that original look). Under the bonnet a full-hose 1380 with twin 1 1/2 SU's - 100+hp. Cooper S disk brakes. Inside low back bucket seats in cream leather, wood dash with central gauges and Under dash air.

So far I have the shell, the engine (1275 needs rebuild), the air con and the front callipers. Now all I neded is a spare 20 grand to buy the rest of the bits and a few months off work to build it.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

chronologically speaking, ... the setup i have is my ultimate setup



delux..



you don't ask for much

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Cabriolet in bright yellow

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Hahaha I knew that was gonna come back at me!

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

fibre glass flip front
fibre glass boot
cobra classic bucket racing seats
new seals all round
re sprayed black with white roof in two pac (professionally)
modified boot to accomodate petrol race fuel cell
race fuel cell
vdo guages (tacho, water, temp)
13 inch sprts sterrring wheel
paddy hopkirk racing pedal
master cylinder (clutch, mini spares center)
slave cylynder (mini spares center)
sliding windows
wide arch flaires
roll cage
cooper s disc brakes (brand new)
superfin alloys drum brakes
bridgestone 165 tryes
powder coated subframes

extractors 3-2-1
1275 rebored 30 thou (recently rebuilt)
1275 gear box
avonbar racing turbo head
cooper s radiator
mini sport water heated inlet manifold
hiff 4 su carby
cold air intake system
k+n pod filter

what do u think of that?

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floating on fluid

's alright..

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Well it would have to be roundnose for me, 10" Performance Superlites, some Wood n Pickett arches, maybe painted that metallic green colour that the SS 'dores are all painted these days, a decent motor underneath (1275+, big bore head, Weber/Dell'orto carb, straight cut gearbox and drop gears and a beefy cam. Anything providing over 100hp I'd be stoked with. Or something that revs happily to 9000rpm with a DOHC cylinder head and variable valve timing....)

I'd like to try a Mini with dry cone suspension, I don't mind hydrospastic that much, but properly setup dry suspension would kick arse

Anto.

my mini would be something like this...

Morris or clubman, not sure yet, orange with white roof, black tinted windows. zeemax body kit, huge bonnet bulge, 13" mini lights, slammed to the ground, fibre glass flip front, boot, aluminium doors, and door trims, fibre glass dash pad, with 5" tacho, shift light, oil, water, petrol, boost, gauges, electrical Speedo, turbo timer, manual boost control, relocated quick shift, hydraulic hand brake, 2 cobra high backs, 5 point harnesses, sports wheel, gear nob, terra-trip, window nets, uhf radio, helmet box where back seats were, totally stripped interior unless stated, fire extinguisher, 6 point roll cage, 4 wheel disc brakes, 3" straight through sports exhaust with twin cannon mufflers out rear, turbo V tech type R under the hood, with huge internal mods, front mount intercooler, bov. Huge fuel cell in boot. Shaved door handles, boot, deseamed. Dee guttered.

yummy, once thats done then ill install the flame throwers!!

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Hey Chong, sounds like thou art coveting MY Mini.....

Moi? I just want MORE POWER!!! (without NOS, turbo or a huffer...)

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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.

well,,,mine would be a carbon fibre fastback "Monaco" roofed mini with carbon fibre front panel work, carbon fibre doors & boot lid,,,(full chrome molly roll cage of course)

It would have 1415cc A series with a BMW motorbike twin cam 16 valve cyl head on it fitted with turbo charger & full sequential electronic engine management injection system, 5 speed S/C C/R gear box & S/C drop gears, with 5th gear being an over drive unit,

i`d have just "S" discs up front & 10" "S" offset wheels all round so no flares, with a Marcos beam rear suspension, fully adjustable & coil over shockies, alloy superminifin drums & alloy rear hubs too,,,(all that stuff i allready have on the Targa Tassie Rally mini anyways)

i`d have all the very best of my wood grain interior throughout, with a lovely leather appolstery to make it all smooth quiet & sofisticated & all


then i`d simply make up a fastback Monaco trailer to go with it, only it would be a pop top type camper to sleep in with a small stove & fridge etc


all this i am actually trying to sort out & hopefully it will happen sometime before i`m 90 years old

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Why would you want to turbo a VTEC motor?

Id say more than likely the crap box I got now. But I think one of those Link Automotive Supercharger Kits would be nice.

yeah why would you want something so reliable?

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