My 1360 van has HIF 44, Maniflow LCB2, 13/4 and twin box RC40. Makes a nice raunchy sound.

My 1310 Cooper S in comparison has a 45 Weber, Brownriggs, 13/4 and a single Lukey S box (NOS from 70s) and that makes a sensational sound, much deeper, louder and more gutsy than the van. A four blade fan and sc box add to the symphony. Puts the noise coming from most V8s to shame.

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Slide
1965 Mini Van (1360)
1970 Mk2 Cooper S (1310)
1978 Rover SD1 V8 (4.6)
1996 Land Rover Discovery V8 (4.0)

What about 1098 can you still get a great sound out of it in my cooper s it will have a 1098 ive got perry 3 into 1 extractors 1 3/4 pipe and a 1 1/2 su carby. any ideas? i want that great cooper s noise but ive only got an 1100 insurance is cheaper for when i get my p plates.

A tuned 1098 with an LCB and RC40 sounds just like a 1275 would.

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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.

thanx doc what else can i do to get a great noise out of it

cops love P platers who make lots of noise - they always seem to be pulling them over to say hello

quieter minis are much nicer to drive

its not going to be a daily driver it will be on club plates

Put a Weber or Dellorto on it then. You will have more music.

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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.

I can vouch for that. Just fitted a weber on my engine. Love the sound

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'66 BRG Morris Mini Deluxe 60HP ATW

meeni has a 45mm weber, extractors, 2 inch exhaust that goes into 3 inch after the single hotdog and sounds scary! im a p plater and coppers just look at it and go, hey look a mini! im going to buy a full stainless maniflow system for it though from the uk purely for looks, aswell as being slightly quieter with the single box muffler on it.. driving on the freeway for more then 10 mins with my system makes your ears bleed

more on topic with the first post though, i just bought an el cheapo sportex rc40 single muffler system from the uk, with extractors for something like 200 bucks, it sounds awesome on the small bore clubby its not too loud on low revs but go up to 3-4000 rpm and its really crisp.. cant go wrong for that money.. well u can, but i dont care if it does

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the only problem with webers is the insurance. and plus i just spent the weekend learninig how to tune and setup up SU carbys

i didnt know insurance changed with a weber.. why would it? and tuning them isnt that hard, similar to an s.u but without the painfulness

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i checked and they said it is consided an unnecesary performance mod. and hence your premium go up. Was your mini on the front cover of minimag a couple of months ago. ive already got an rc40 exhaust. what motor you got meeni

I'm insured with Shannons and `well over' 30, they don't give a rats what carby is on mine.

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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.

I will be with shannons but i think it will be because i will be in the young drivers category and apparently we are the high risk category. I might be wrong

They must have changed more recently.

Years ago, I told them (I had to go to one of their offices) that I restored my car myself and showed pics of the restoration etc. And they were happy enough to give me a decent insurance catagory. I was 17 at the time and it was expensive for the first year but got cheaper really quickly and they were not fussed about modifications as long as they were illegal. I did get insurance for 1 year at a ridiculous price when I was 16 as the car was rego'd and insuranced in my name, but paid off quickly when I didn't have any claims.

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T