Earlier Fiamm etc compressors needed a drop of oil every pancake day in the orifice provided, to lube & seal the vanes.
But my late model crappo one doesn't have this hole. Doesn't seem to bother it- delay is only a fraction of a second.

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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.

regaring the delay it is only Due to the length on the Pipes, SHorten the so thier as close as you can so thier is no waistedspace and time

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

The Dixie airhorns Big willy sent me for the General Lee work quite well.
I've shortened the air lines dramatically because I mounted the pump right next to the horns. BLOODY LOUD and bloody funny. Especially when I see the local lunch van who has one with the hoses the wrong way around (you can tell because the notes play in the wrong order!!). I saw her a couple of weeks ago and she drove past me and blew her pissweak horn. I saw her setting up her van to sell some food and drove past and blew my horn - she shat!! I reckon she jumped 10 feet in the air, then looked at the car and pissed herself laughing. Well I reckon it was funny.

Ok, so I guess you had to be there

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Duffman Says A Lot of Things - OH YEAH!!

Got a set of ones from Autopro on Ribena. The original compressor kept shorting out though so the guy in the shop gave me another - better than what was in the kit. Really loud and instant noise - Yea, get out of my way sort of thing

Hooroo

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Rod
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v607/Rodney/

I agree that you sometimes have to make your presence known in a Mini to prevent other drivers trying to muscle you out of the way. I find I generally drive a Mini much more assertively than I do any other car because of this.

For horns I picked up a set of Strobel three trumpet / big compressor air horns as fitted to the Jeepneys in the Phillipines. These are alternating, but can also be switched to a single blast. They are extremely loud. I bought these in Manila for AUD 40 and another set for my 4WD (incidentially there are some great Minis and a vibrant Mini Owners Club in the Phillipines).

Not a lot of spare room to fit them in my round nose van so the trumpets went up under the rh guard.

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Slide
1965 Mini Van (1360)
1970 Mk2 Cooper S (1310)
1978 Rover SD1 V8 (4.6)
1996 Land Rover Discovery V8 (4.0)

I have yet to fit these to my Clubman, and I doubt they'd fit a round nose. The idea is tank goes in the boot, with an airline going under the car. The solenoid is between the horns. I got the tank on Trade Me, try this guy as he's the one I bought mine from. Or try Ebay.com.au.

These are mighty loud (note the earmuffs). I mean painfully loud within 5 feet. It depends on how many psi use; I'm not sure what they're safe to, but like I said at 40psi they are awesome. You might want to consider a switch so you can use the standard one for polite use, or possibly two horn buttons.

My 850 uses twin electric horns, quite loud and the tone is nice.

One point: On a mini, with the horns under the bonnet, you're going to cop as much noise as anyone else.[/url]

Yeah, that's the setup i want... although i don't think i need a 5 gallon air tank like that though. That will fill up half my boot!

I am yet to find a local supplier for the air tank... the horns are not too hard to come by, a suitable tank is what i can't find.


Note: 5 gallons equals 18 litres.

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- Simon -

Try truck wreckers.
They are used for truck braking systems.
Come in nice small cylinders complete with drain valves & pressure relief.

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Too many cars, and too little time.

whats wrong with a claxton horn?
I bought a new one ..... 80 bucks

you know the ones that go.... aaaaaoooooooggggggaaaaaaa aaaaaoooooooggggggaaaaaaa


you could mount that thing on the back... might push the car that much faster......?

Um.... at school they taught me that 1 imperial gallon = 4.53 litres..
so it's way more than 18 L....

or are U talking about those funny US gallons we never used.

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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.

I'm talking about liquid gallons (US) because i assumed that would be the unit that they used when listing specs on the product.

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My horns are the standard Morris 1100 twin Lucas electric horns. They are loud as you would want! I blow the horn and people look for a truck!

Take two standard mini horns and adjust them till you get the right amount of Hi note/ Low note sound.
Much more instant than air and more reliable. (reliable and Lucas? )

All gallons are liquid... it's a liquid measure.
Never, ever were US gallons used here or in NZ... they are US only. They just `have to be different'....
Rest of the world used/uses Imperial gallon.

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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.

So when you get your set up are you gonna mount it on the roof to scare the crap outta people more or do you like sneakin up on them and makin them crap them selves.

try a truck wreckers for the tank thats where i found mine and its attached to a 18 inch horn off a Kenworth
its bloody loud
and boy you should see the reaction when someone cuts me off and i blow the horn they think a Semi is about to clean them up as well as increasing there Dry cleaning bill they will think twice next time

cheers
Gadget

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