No worries PhatKat, Simon is right (of course) i was the one who did take the snap shot of her snatch pot, (un-be-knownced to me at the time of course) Poor girl tho, i feel sorry for her really, (altho i love her to death, she`s like the daughter i never had & i spoil her rotten ) But my bro is soooo tough on the boyfriend & sex issues that i`m sure she will be the most sexually frustrated female in the history of the universe & will probably sneak out at night or wag school to get some , Bro is only making matters worse i reckon by keeping her locked down
But still she`s got a long way to go yet, she`s only 12

& Phatkat,,, i don`t know how nearly all my threads seem to be able to swing from HP/torque, to girls, to surfing, to wagon wheels, to whatever else is totally un-related to the topic,,, they just do hey?

David,,,, you are truely a lovey wonderful gentle man & i can`t express my appreciation for what you do for me & offer me, enough,,, Thank you again man & i really really mean that,,, not many people offer the kind of help that you do & it should be widely announced, thanks heaps

but i`m actually quite fond (no,,, make that "In-Love") with these carbs,,, they are basically a cross between an SU carb & a Weber so i`m lovin em we are sorting them & i`m sure we`ll get them damn close (if not perfect) , just that they are actually a tad too big for this application so once i have them pretty right i`ll set the injection back up on this donk & throw the carbs onto Matty Archers 1275 Twinky & have another play,,, that way i learn all (or at least hopefully enough) of the set up for them on both small & big bore donks & can give advise to those who end up playing the same bike carb game on their own Twinkys

this is where all the lost time comes into play , some people winge that i take too long to have Twinky engines ready & sorted,,, I`m tryiong 5million different things 5million different ways to sort it all for everyone who`s keen on a twinky or 2,,, But,,, well there are piles of other normal mini customers that i have to deal with to make a living... & then when i can spare some time i either play with more Twinky R&D, go surfing, or work on race minis, maybe i`ll get some sleep one day too

Hhhmmm ,,, time for another wagon wheel & another cuppa , then back to taking the diff out of my hillclimb special i`ll be finished by 12, have a shower & maybe play some guitar to annoy the neighbours for an hour or so

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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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4NmFsgjLf8

this is the little 8v "Baby Twinky" running,,, still havn`t got it spot-on yet but getting there,,, & yeah obviously i am yet to sort the ram tubes & air filters etc, & then we`ll stick it back on the dyno & have another tuning session play

But it`s going past 7500rpms now & with the ram tubes & mixture sorted soon i reckon it will sit on 8000rpms happilly

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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.

you have to get those ram tubes on and get the slides to lift. The air balance is all upto sh*t.
I checked with steve, but he has not found a set of ram tubes to suit them. Most of his kwaka stuff is 1100 and he only has the bits on the go-kart . all the other carbs are all honda stuff.
I tried to sneak his set of CR 45's out of the shed for you but I got sprung.
Even running like that she's pulling but it will go way past 8000 once sort out.

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All this talk of over 8000 rpm is making me excited. Be keen to see how this engine lasts.

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Yeah i`m onto it David,,, the pistons lift most of the way when it`s under load on the dyno but piston type carbs won`t lift full when free reving, unless it`s all sorted & you can hold that free rev for a while (which this one isn`t in both depts)

I just sorted a dodgey fibreglass bonnnet for it,,, i don`t want the rain & any stray birds or bugs to fly in

I`ll be sorting the ram tubes & air filters in a couple of weeks & shove it back on the dyno after that

I`m fixing an oil leak on the turbo twinky moke next week & thern we will shove it back on the dyno too

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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.

Just wanna say a big Thank You to MadMattTheMiniMan for showing me round yesterday (I was even taken for a burn in the V8 Kombi - phwoooaarr!! ).

Great to see some of the engineering and a bunch of Mini stuff. All the Best mate...Mick

(gotta go....off to work at the V8s... )

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