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adamstuart wrote:
A post way back when said it was around 60kg + plumbing


Hmmmm maybe they meant 60Kg less than a A-series...or maybe not!

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The post read something along the lines of "90KG less than an A-Series"

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Your not wrong aaron, it is bloody small, and light, as it sits here it is 65kg with gearbox.

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yes it is correct, the engine as it sat there in that picture less the inlet manifold on my dodgy home scales was around 65kg give or take 5kgs.

Its bloody light and with all the turbo gear mounted and other auxiliaries its still alot lighter then a mini engine. When i first sat the CB80 in the mini its stance was like a 4x4 with the hilos on there lowest setting with old sagged rubber cones !!

I will get the mini on a weighbridge soon for the engineers certificate and let you know the total.

My 4efte mini was 779kg, im hoping for some where in the 600's with this one.

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13secmini wrote:
yes it is correct, the engine as it sat there in that picture less the inlet manifold on my dodgy home scales was around 65kg give or take 5kgs.

Its bloody light and with all the turbo gear mounted and other auxiliaries its still alot lighter then a mini engine. When i first sat the CB80 in the mini its stance was like a 4x4 with the hilos on there lowest setting with old sagged rubber cones !!

I will get the mini on a weighbridge soon for the engineers certificate and let you know the total.

My 4efte mini was 779kg, im hoping for some where in the 600's with this one.


No need for an engine crane then Brad!! :shock:

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No need for an engine crane then Brad!! :shock:


Nope no crane, I used a block and tackle on a flimsy roof joist hehe.

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13secmini wrote:
yes it is correct, the engine as it sat there in that picture less the inlet manifold on my dodgy home scales was around 65kg give or take 5kgs.

Its bloody light and with all the turbo gear mounted and other auxiliaries its still alot lighter then a mini engine. When i first sat the CB80 in the mini its stance was like a 4x4 with the hilos on there lowest setting with old sagged rubber cones !!

I will get the mini on a weighbridge soon for the engineers certificate and let you know the total.

My 4efte mini was 779kg, im hoping for some where in the 600's with this one.


Well..if thats the case...handling will be brilliant...but traction a problem :shock: :lol:

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wow 15's :shock: Alot more wheel choices in 14 and 15 inch, plus my car has been changed to 100 pcd makes life easier.


pcd??? what's that?

I love those wheels!!!

How do you go about getting the car set up for those? With disc brakes, offset & clearance etc?

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wow 15's :shock: Alot more wheel choices in 14 and 15 inch, plus my car has been changed to 100 pcd makes life easier.


pcd??? what's that?

I love those wheels!!!

How do you go about getting the car set up for those? With disc brakes, offset & clearance etc?


PCD = pitch circle diameter.

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Nope no crane, I used a block and tackle on a flimsy roof joist hehe.

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Huh. That's all I use for an A series :D


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Why is it important? (Excuse my ignorance... I'm not a mechanical engineer)

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PCD is the measurement of the holes in the wheels.

So the higher the number, the further apart the holes are.

So a car with 110PCD (A mini) cannot fit a 100PCD wheel.

There are a lot more wheels in 100PCD, so Brad got his car modified to take wheels of that PCD.

Everyone else is limited to a 110PCD wheel.


PS. It's actually 4x4"PCD

Which is 4 studs, in a 4" PCD

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isn't it 101.6mm (4") not 110PCD?

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zulu_warrior1976 wrote:
Why is it important? (Excuse my ignorance... I'm not a mechanical engineer)


If you fit 100mm PCD wheels on a 4" PCD hub, you will introduce a bending load to the studs that they are not designed to take. You will also not be able to correctly tighten the nuts, leading to damage to the wheel nut seat in the wheel.

End result in worst case can be broken studs and/or wheels flying off - neither of which you want.

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yeah

110 is actually extreamly hard to get

very early mazda Rx7 ... and Daihatsu Mira/Move are 2 of VERY few cars/wheels with 4x110

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