yeah!!!!!!!!!,,,you guys should hear this thing,,, AWSOME!!!!!!!! sounds more like a super sprint speedway car than a mini

I`ll try to get some footage of it soon, we`re setting up an exhaust system for it now & then we`ll take her to the Qld Mini Muster

Stew doesn`t want to race it, a bit scared of the beast me thinks

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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.

Let me know when you want pics taken to post on the forum.

Are you gonna put up the ones I took of the K1 twinky?

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woohoo someone get a sound recording/video of it

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Sounds interesting... <RUBS HANDS WITH GLINT IN EYE>

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christ.......... at last, it's been sitting in the shed ever since i can remember Matt .... Can't wait till Muster

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yeah,,,we`ll organise a video of it as soon as it`s got an exhaust system on it

it`s a touch loud at the moment

& i`ll also try to have some pics & video stuck up onto my site (needs an update hey?)

& yeah, we should have both Stews 1600 & Garrys 1415cc sports sedans at the Mini Muster

& i know a secret that nobody else knows (Hee Hee)

wait till the muster

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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.

Matt, that is THE understatment of the year or decade..... it seems like that long since the site has been updated....... 3 yrs or so now is it???

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Did you say 1600cc!

That is no misprint right there............. Matt's targa Mini was i think a 1510cc

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How do you get 1600cc? Is it 1380 bore, the rest stroke?

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Don't worry about waiting for the exhaust Matt, put it on your site as is.
Shame we can't all make it to the muster
but put up some pics after - don't leave us in suspense with your big secret!

Be great to see an update on your site!

Mike

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Too many cars, and too little time.

hee hee...yeah, it`s actually about 1591cc ,,,so basically a 1600cc ,,,& it`s a 74.7mm bore (forged Arias pistons) with huge forged stroker crank , YUMMY TELL YOUR MUMMY

& F`ken WOW!!! ,,,it sounds like a speedway sprint car, crisp & clean & hard core, totally wicked,,,the new exhaust has knocked the yukky bark out of it & it`s just sooooo nice now

we`ve run into a problem with the clutch now, seems KG Engineering may not have made enough primary gear bush clearance & it looks like it may have grabbed up on the crank,,,will be ripping all that out today for a gork/gander/look see...

& yeah, sorry guys,,,i have actually organised my phone number to finally be put up on the front page, after years of people e-mailing telling me that there was no contact number, so that`s an update isn`t it???

I wish knew how to do all that computer/web site sh!t, i`d be playing with the site everyday,,,but then, maybe it`s a good thing that i don`t know diddly about all that cause i`d get even less mini work done

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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.

So is this the old K&G engineering 1600 that Steve Evans used to run in his sports sedan

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no,,,it`s a totally different/new engine,,,never seen a start up , totally brand new in every dept & hadn`t turned over till we ran her up here.

a friend of ours (Ken) had organised Daryll from KG to set it all up for him quite a few years ago when we ran the Surfers Paradise Race car club championships with it`s sister 6speed dog box in my green cooper S back in 1999,,,then he didn`t actually finish building this engine so ended up being sold it to Stew & we have it all up & running now

it will be at the Qld mini Muster, we`ve just sorted the clutch dramas(amongst big chunks of other crappy problems we found along the way) & is going back together as i type,,,stew is frantically bolting things back on right now

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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.

good to see that another one lives, K&G were reported to of spent a bucket load on thiers, no 6 speed just a good old fashioned 4 speed SCCR, will have to ask Evo where it ended up at Wakeield tommorrow if he shows up, good luck with it

Jon

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Roundies and Clubbies(except vans) are both ugly that is why I have Midas and a van
1293 Mini Midas Bronze,1275 Clubman van