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Is there room in an a series gearbox for baffles?

A bit off topic, but, wouldn't a windage plate biassed to the right hand front help the standard pickup not to starve?

Oh and, roundabouts are fun, on a cruise once we had 4 minis circling one holding up traffic :lol:

Hope you keep the oil topped right up, or have a central oil pickup. Otherwise... you can flog the big end bearings out easy doing roundabouts.
I got 2 1275 motors recently with this problem, one was an 1100S motor the other A+. One had .007" ovality on the big end journals, but the mains were fine... :cry:

The other wasn't quite as bad.

Glad you're enjoying your min NG

Author:	NG [ Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:53 pm ]
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what can i say.. Roundabouts & mini's are awesome i drove through 15 of them SUPER FAST.. just testing it out.. awesome! who loves Roundabouts!!

Author:	Tombo [ Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:09 pm ]
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YEAH One of my best early memories of minis

Author:	drmini in aust [ Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:14 pm ]
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Hope you keep the oil topped right up, or have a central oil pickup. Otherwise... you can flog the big end bearings out easy doing roundabouts. I got 2 1275 motors recently with this problem, one was an 1100S motor the other A+. One had .007" ovality on the big end journals, but the mains were fine... The other wasn't quite as bad.

Author:	NG [ Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:17 pm ]
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YES OILS FULL. full as can be.. i don't know if i have a central oil pickup.. i doubt it. A+ 1994 injected might come std in them no idea.. ill look into it. anyways best fun ever broom

Author:	cush [ Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:31 pm ]
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Is there room in an a series gearbox for baffles?

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Author:	superSeven [ Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:36 pm ]
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if anyone knows the dandy-hastings road in Vic with all the roundabouts on it, well it's usually a chore in the x-trail... but in the mini they actually make the road interesting!!!! Slow to 40kph... say what? Glad you're enjoying your min NG

Author:	NG [ Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:40 pm ]
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yeh who needs brakes.

Author:	drmini in aust [ Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:07 pm ]
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cush wrote: Is there room in an a series gearbox for baffles? There are baffles (centre web) but the damned standard oil pickup is in the RH front corner. Rodchange box is even worse, as the whole LH side is empty (no gear linkages etc in there). Always keep the oil level at full (or even keep a bit above).

Author:	cush [ Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:30 pm ]
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Are you saying that the center oil pick up isn't necessary?

Author:	Asphalt [ Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:25 pm ]
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Go LHD = roundabout problem solved @cush: It is neccesary. The baffle (or centre web) is there, but since the pickup pipe is still in the corner it's effect is reduced (oil get's pushed away regardless)

Author:	Tombo [ Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:28 pm ]
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A bit off topic, but, wouldn't a windage plate biassed to the right hand front help the standard pickup not to starve? Oh and, roundabouts are fun, on a cruise once we had 4 minis circling one holding up traffic

Author:	drmini in aust [ Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:47 am ]
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Tombo wrote: A bit off topic, but, wouldn't a windage plate biassed to the right hand front help the standard pickup not to starve? Oh and, roundabouts are fun, on a cruise once we had 4 minis circling one holding up traffic There already is a plate above the pickup, it holds the rock strainer. Doesn't help when the oilz all exits stage left. The main benefit of windage trays (on race motors) is it keeps the busted engine's whirly bits out of the gearbox... The jury is still out on whether there are really HP gains.

Author:	rehab1964 [ Sat Dec 19, 2009 8:18 am ]
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drmini in aust wrote: Hope you keep the oil topped right up, or have a central oil pickup. Otherwise... you can flog the big end bearings out easy doing roundabouts. I got 2 1275 motors recently with this problem, one was an 1100S motor the other A+. One had .007" ovality on the big end journals, but the mains were fine... The other wasn't quite as bad. Thanks Dr - that makes some sense of why the 1100S engine in Ms Plum seems to loose oil pressure in a right hand bend, doesn't even need to be a tight one, just a sweeper, drops perhaps 30lb then as soon as I straighten up it's back to normal

Author:	NAV [ Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:53 pm ]
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superSeven wrote: Glad you're enjoying your min NG I'm glad you like my mini in your sig pic I love roundabouts too, i just have to take care with them, it's how the bearings in my motor got starved of oil and died.

Author:	mini is my ride [ Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:09 pm ]
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I am more worried about CV's than then anything else with corners and roundabouts.. should I ?

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