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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 6:51 pm 
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TheMiniMan wrote:
Yeah no probs, but can you send me an e-mail cause my list is inside a folder of my e-mail system thingy :-) & it makes it really easy just to move your e-mail into this folder with the rest of them, rather than me "making up" a pretend e-mail & sending it to myself

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ok, yeah i`m a dork :-) get over it :-)
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As much as I'd love to say put me down for a pre-order I guess I'll wait to see how the final product goes then just pay a premium price

Keep up the good work champ!


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Why, Matt already has a working protoype that has been running for some time!

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Why, Matt already has a working protoype that has been running for some time!

speaking of which, wats the figures compared to standard a-series of the same?
might be a good selling point for potential customers.

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thnx for the push towards the carbonfiber mob in the UK.
what head do you use in your retrofit

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umm just thought i'd add my 2 cents on this.....

love the concept of bmw16valve head.
may just fire off an email and (hopefully) secure one for a future build...

noticed in uk mini mag that minispeed.co.uk already sell kits for such a conversion. they dont list any price, and i'm not calling the uk.
but hey thought you might like to know...(if you didn't already :wink: )


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Yes "MoreSpeed" & "Specialised Components" sell them also, (SC are the people who originally made the kits for MoreSpeed)
There is one of the SC kits offered for sale on e-bay at the moment
I`m now in the "Packaging up" process of all my kits so i will be replying to all the e-mails i`ve recieved with intrest in my kits very shortly, I now have well over 25 interested parties, but i doubt that "ALL" of those people will buy one straight away,,, maybe half will tho-> at a guess.

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Thats still good going Matt whichever way you slice it!! :wink:

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Thanks Archangle, you`re a true sweetheart :-)

These things in the pic are the last little fiddly bits that i needed to finish off that i was talking about a while ago, now they`re all nearly done, just another full day tomorrow to finish them all off & de-bur them all,,, i still have to smack all the dowels into the pulley bosses etc, broach the key ways into the mini cam pulley bosses & i`m in the process of the packaging them all up thing,,, so we`re just around the corner of having them on the market

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There`s actually 2 types of these little thingys,,, one is the 8v type & the other is the 16v type, (both heads are sightly different where this flange piece fits,

so as you can imagine it`s been a bit of work tidying up 2 different programs with such a finicky little ning nong of a thing to design & fit, first the 8v item , make template, make a solid alloy piece from that by hand, measure & copy etc & make up a program for the CNC machin, make up test piece, re-design it a tad & change the program & make another test piece & dummy that one up, then mod that a tiny bit & then change the program again & make another test piece & & & & etc etc etc,,,,

Then do it all for the 16v piece too

:-) fun hey????

Whew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so we`re nearly there,,, bare with me a little longer & i`ll have the whole dam lot packaged & then i`ll get to working out how much it all costs me.

cheers & thank you all for your patience

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Good on ya :D are you looking forward to batch number 2 :lol:
With the BMW heads, compared to a mini head what is the cc difference?

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Yeah, the next batches will be way easier as all the correct programs have already been set & tested with this first batch, so it`s just a matter of claming the blank down, centering & hitting the "Go" button (so to speak)

& the Bimmer 16V heads are 28cc,,, the 8V heads are 21.5cc (roughly)

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is head easy to get?

aslo, this must be much better than the jap conversion which would involve an insane amount of work in comparison.


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i have plenty of Twin Cam 8V cyl heads, i have only a few 16v heads tho

& yes there is way less work doing this than swaping to a complete jap engine conversion

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is head easy to get?

maybe not for you Ryan...

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