Bacon ,eggs and gravy

had my new aldon dissy put in by steve the pom it cost me 130 pound delivered and my MINITOPIA built engine lil-ute flies and goes harder than a (gafmo waiting to happen) 14 yo school boy

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busier than a 0ne legged man in a butt kicking competion

I think i blew my head gasket
Dohh!!!

better than blowing a seal or a eskimo

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busier than a 0ne legged man in a butt kicking competion

Thats one way of looking at it. Haha!!

Fitted a oil/water heat exchanger from a Metro. It's cold and I want warm oil to put my foot down quickly

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No speakers, no bodykits, no six-inch spacers, no spak filler, no bullshit

Can't see the logic Buy the time the water is warm so will be the oil

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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!

Yes and no. The water in the smal curcuit will be hot much(!) quicker. If you plumb the exchanger into that smal circuit the water will warm the oil and heat it up.

I have warm water after ~2-3km. The oil is not hand warm at that point!

In Australia it's probably not realy sensible - but over here I guess it makes some sense reducing the time the oil needs to warm up in winter. Additionaly the exchanger can lower the peak oil temp. a bit on long runs with high rpm (autobahn chase?). If the water cooling can cope with it (I guess my setup can do). Of course it's not a replacement for a real oil cooler.

well, at least that's the theory. I'll see. Volvo, saab, VW, Honda - they all fit or fitted them to theyr cars for the same reason. So it can't be that wrong? Quite a few people over here run them with great succes.

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No speakers, no bodykits, no six-inch spacers, no spak filler, no bullshit

Thought "bugger its too hot to do anything" and therefore did nothing

Dicko

chased all the redbacks out of the parts sitting in the shed

Looked at the car and thought - gee, I should get off my bum and work on it. I then had a beer and, well, nothing.......

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1964 Nb Race Car - big bore short stroke & lots of revs - Sold
1969 Mk2 Cooper S - First Car

I walked into the garage to get a part to post off, said "sh!t it's hot" and had a beer instead. It's still too hot, I might just have another...

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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.

wound up the drivers side window... was windy and dusty out...

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tim
68 Deluxe 1293, HIF44, megajolt/EDIS4, daihatsu alternator..

'a mini is for life, not just for christmas!'

youd fit right in around Alice, we started drinking about 11am.

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Aussie Leyland, Aussie Factory, Aussie Mini S.