Does anyone know where I can find detailed info on the 'E' series engine? I'm looking for cross-sections like this ---

I think there is one on the first page of this thread sam,,, check it out, looks "sectioned" to me & all pretty with colours & everything,,

Ok,,, just kidding,,, i`ll have a look around for you

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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.

Haha, yeah.. I'm particularly after diagrams of the valvetrain, exploded valvetrain views, etc

How about....

Absolutely perfect Morris! Thanks heaps

I have more if you need them.
I have the Marina Workshop Manual and the Morris 1300/1500 Workshop Manual.

Those pictures somehow seem to slow my computer down. And the mouse now has chronic understeer.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

I can't understand it. It was not the British Marina, it was the Aussie Marina.
Aussie Marinas oversteer. They start off with a plough understeer but then you apply the right foot and the power of the red six turns the chronic understeer into a huge oversteer drift (and then into a hedge backwards)

Ok, maybe I'll try to correct with a little more keyboard in the turn.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Nah you just need to lower your mouse closer to the floor about 2" and replace the rubber slider pads with sticky Yokohama ones.

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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

See that's part of the problem right there.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Nah,,, you guys have it all wrong,,, you will definately need to totally re-design the entire front end of the car,,, fit lowered P76 MacPherson struts & Lowered yellow King Springs,,, then fabricate a decent steering rack position mounts ,,, remove the entire rear suspension assy & replace it with a lightweight version of the Datsun independant rear end,,, then swap the engine over the a Twin turbo charged, injected, bored & stroked 5lite alloy V8 from the late injected Range Rover with the 4 bolts mains... add some fuzzy dice from the interior mirror & some clubman GT stripes & then both your mouse & your pussy will become best friends with very neutral handling



easy-peasy

Edit---> Oh & by the way,,, all the above is only to be attempted on the coupe,,, whatever you do, just please don`t try this on a sedan kids,,, Please just the coupe & fit some decent Phat wheels & tyres so it at least looks half tough

& By the way Sam,,, if you want to make that engine work (better) then forget using that engine all together,,, but if you insist on trying, then just stuff a turbo onto it,,, the head design is just pure YUK!!!

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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.

It's not the engine I'm interested in, more the cam carrier and bucket arrangement

Ahaaa,,, i`m onto you Sam,,, If it`s what i think you`re looking at attempting, then we`ve toyed with an idea like that in the past & actually have developed (well my machinist has) an early ford crossflow head with an over head cam carrier & bucket assy,,, once it`s sorted we will have another play with a mini version, but we`re thinking of making it suit something like the elder or the Arden

But don`t tell anyone,,, it`s a secret,,, so Sshhhhh

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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.