I'm about to paint my reco'd engine and wak her in...

but before that i need to work out the color code, or somthing to the original engine color.... does anyone know it?


or can anyone point me in any direction?

-Cam
my cars a 71 K if there where different colors for different years

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Pretty sure the Ks were same colour as Mk2 S was. I had a K motor here once that looked the same.
I got the `right' colour (supposedly) from Mini Spares at Padstow.
Their p/no is MINI346, Cooper S metallic green.. $40/L tin.
It doesn't look too exciting, IMO. See pics of Barney & Ha-Ha in Anton's engine thread.

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The "K" that I had back in the early 80's had a blue engine.

Yeh well- we had an early model Clubby with a YELLOW 998 A+ donk someone had stuck in. Rover? factory colour, I think.

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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 think the blue may have been the factory exchange engine colour.

I thought the deluxes and Ks were metallic beige.The deluxe engine I had and a K gearbox I bought both had remenants of something like that colour on them which looked original.

ask MistyK - he has a 30000 mile original K that would have the original colour on it still, I'm pretty sure it was like a metallic beige too

Mini K motor was gold yes GOLD in the same tone as the cooper pale green.

Not the rich deep gold used on morris 1100s as seen in czerials Elmo update thread which I think may be an 1100S block with rich gold rocker cover and timing cover.

when I have picture will post.

steve

Can anyone confirm this asap..... i really want to order the paint tomorrow.... can anyone confirm this, or post pics?

PLEASE!!!

-Cam

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Here's the MINI346 Cooper S Metallic Green..

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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.

Anton JAM must have a picture of POPs mini K engine bay surely. I've just asked him.

steve

I didn't know that they had fitted air pumps to the 1275'S? Must have been the late 1275LS huh? (I spotted the plugs in the head)

Did it do much to the performance?

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This particular A+ motor is originally out of a late 1275 Moke.. it was in the 850 I bought, fixed body and then sold to Anton's family.
Dunno what power loss effect the air pump had, but it was used on late 1275 Mokes and the 1275LS.
This one now is a 1293, has rimflo valves, a bit of porting, Toyota Corolla rockers and a Tighe 104 cam..

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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.

What does the corolla rockers do for the performance, I havent heard of using those rockers ?

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Poor mans 1.5 rockers..
They give a rocker ratio of 1.46:1. So, an RE13 cam gives about 0.423" valve lift instead of 0.360".
Fair bit of machining work to make work properly, though. See the high lift rockers thread in Mini Mods.

BTW when modded they fit 1275's valve spacing, I haven't tried them on a small bore head.

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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.