I was having a little think last night and came up with this little(but rather expensive engine dream build)

Ok..... here goes.....

Obviously 1275 rebored to 1360
Then stroked to somewhere near 1412-1430 i'm guessing
8 port head
Probably need somewhere near 13 dished pistons
Sporty cam(RE13)
then to top it off(if possibly as can imagine space might be tight) turbo'd

The only bit i was thinking may cause issues is the turbo, but then again with not having the carb setup direct on the head.... Just maybe!! and it might fit in a round nose!

But hey need some MAJOR lottery numbers for it to happen! LOL

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New from the UK and wanting a NICE little British car!

you're not thinking big enough

my dream a series would go something like this...

- twin OHC KAD 8 port with race cams
- 1275 bored out .114" (1380 with standard stroke) with 86mm stroker crank - 1460cc
- some of those "super you bute" custom made steel billet (I think) con-rods
- injection and distributor-less ignition (use some fancy ecu to control everything)

drop that all onto a KAD 5 speed box (apparently much stronger than other 5 speed boxes - 5th is still 1:1) running a LSD with some of those fancy minispares big competition drive shafts and big CV kits

then hope like hell I didn't break it

I'm sure there'd be much more if I could actually afford to go and build it so if anyone's got a spare 50k they'd be willing to part with nope... oh well... stocky 998 here I come

1360 running about 10psi
3.1 LSD
5 speed
fuel injection
camshaft 2000-6000rpms

If using a 5 port head, why would you bother with fuel injection when nobody had made port injection work properly, yet.
You would have to move the injectors way back up into the plenum, might as well run a carb.

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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.

Do you reckon you could run a turbo with an 8 port head? or would the piping be a bit too extreme and render it PANTS! lol

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New from the UK and wanting a NICE little British car!

Len Read from Vic use to run a turbo on an 8 port back in the late eighties. He won the Doug Byrne memorial race in it in 1989. It was regularly used in the super mini series. There was a feature on this car in one of the early mini magic? mags.

- 1380cc A+
- 1800-6500rpm powerband
- extremely good flowing head
- compresion of 11:1
- Reece carb (of course!)
- JanSpeed exhaust system
- LSD

Not too wild, is it?

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

hmmmm...... sounds similar to the engine I have sitting in my mini's bay:
DOHC 16valve 8 port head
EFI (its got a dissy though!...damn!)
1330cc
5 speed
custom driveshafts
...oh and a turbo too!
hahah... you sound like you want to do a toyota 4efte conversion too!!!

weak.....
V8 small block Chev, putting out 400whp with lsd at the rear. TUFF........................
i have seen two mini's with small block chev's, both hell tuff

1293 turbo, port EFI with front mount intercooler - in round front Mini without cutting anything in engine bay.......

Did it more than 10 years ago now...check video in sig below

Daniel

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Videos - Turbocharged A-Series on Dyno & at Wakefield
Mafs waz not my strong subgeckt at skkol

998 stroked to an 1089 + .60
Ported 12g202 with 1100s valves
Offset rocker bushes
Lightened flywheel
Lightened and polished rods
Lightened hypertec pistons
Ported minispares manifold with a few spacers
Modded 1 3/4 inch SU
RE 13
Pulsar Dizzy
Medium bore LCB
A bling Oil pipe from DOC and a bling filter from ramflo.

Thats how I would roll

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bog stock standard 1275,

you didn't specify mounted on what, go kart all the way

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any parts for a 76 clubby pm me or ring 0405 329 326

http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44717

You missed the title "Dream A series or A+ engine build"

My current dream is a
1098 bored +100 thou
Fully worked head
Sequential bog box
LSD
Low compression
BIG supercharger
FMIC
EFI, no dizzy
Alloy radiator
Sitting on a "Z cars" sub frame in a lightened, street legal car and 10x6 inch mags

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Respect mine and I'll respect yours.

1360
6 Speed box
VF 22 BallBearing Turbo
EFI running motec m800 ecu with antilag to give big flames out exhaust
Super Doper Axles

Cooper S block bored 60 thou
1071cc Cooper S Crankshaft
DKM (minisport UK) 7 port head, semi race spec, Rimflo valves.
1.5" MED Roller rockers, uprated rocker shaft W shaped posts.
Twin 45DCOE webbers
Ceramic coated Mandrel bent extractors, Brownrigg or GR Supapipes.
Lightened MED steel flywheel & uprated Orange clutch, race bonded friction plate.
Romac vernier duplex cam gearset, Romac Alloy Harmonic Balancer
Chome-Moly pushrods, Camshaft? Wild, but not sure what would be best.
Fully Balanced, Blueprinted, and assembled with copper gaskets.

Rev to 9000rpm no worries, smoooooooooth all the way!

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68 Deluxe.... it's shiny..... I like shiny!!