I had my son find an app and downloaded Travel-Tracker for the Red-X Run next Sunday, fitted a SCA mobile phone cradle for the convenience of zero-ing the kilometres. Tim loaned me a Terra Trip last Classic Rally Event which was great but about $350 more expensive than the $2 app. Red car running nicely with new spark plugs. WB

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..still waiting for the Italian Job sequel to see if the bus went down

I purchased a Dremel carbide burr and port matched my HIF44 to my Mini Spares Centre inlet manifold. It is now matched perfectly on the carby (TBI really as I've converted to EFI) side (was roughly a 1.6" diameter hole, when it should have been 1.75" diameter).

I replaced the throttle position sensor, as the old one had become noisy at the idle position; hopefully it is now cured.

I then re-assembled the new 1.5 ratio rockers (well they are new, it's just that I haven't got around to fitting them in the last 18 months!). I must say the Mini Spares rocker alignment is very poor, but luckily I had ordered spacer shims to help get them aligned central to the valve stem. Time will tell if I pick up any performance, and hopefully don't lose to much at the bottom end.

Painted some under bonnet bits, and fitted the newly painted radiator shroud to my $90 Chinese alloy radiator.

Hopefully will have car going again for this coming Saturday (my Birthday!).

Edit: Forgot to say I also fitted my new Cobra recliner seats (my B'day present to myself). Boy are they comfortable!

Yeah!
Jim

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'68 Morris Mini 1310 A+ (Now Sold!)

Put the doors back together what a S#$% of a job , finally worked out how to get the clock spring to go on the handle , bonnet is on , windsreen going in tommorrow , seat belts ordered, grill surround at the chrome place, seats being retrimmed, it is getting there.

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That's why it's good to be.............ME

new shocks, castor control rubbers, bottom arms rubbers and new nylon cross, the Moke handles like a gocart now.

New Exhaust fitted..
Got rid of the holden muffler.

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Current: 1970 Mini K 2014 Focus ST
Past: 93 Rover, 64 850, 97 Rover, 66 Deluxe, 66 Moke
81 Austin Estate, 2006 R53MCS, 66 Deluxe, 1978 Clubbie
2014 Land Rover Defender 90

Washed it in preparation for its hibernation. About to drive it to its new home for the next 6 months or so until we have time & space to get started on it

Sad day, at least I'm not actually getting rid of it though, but the rolling resto has stopped rolling!

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Basil - 1978 Leyland Mini, Brooklands Green, bit of a bitsa, and a park brick in the boot.

Pulled the fuel cell & the remains of the LH drifeshaft from the track mini last night. Hopefully all repaired by tomorrow so I can refit on Saturday.

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Too many cars, and too little time.

A picture says a thousand words

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Spent the afternoon sitting on the front veranda waiting for the damn truck to turn up with my min

Ooh purdy.

What's this for Dave?

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

That is the Test piece, Block of Aluminium, Which I Cut a Modified Combustion Chamber Shape into to Test my New CNC Program.
Round Pockets are to show me where Valve Centers are.
Very Happy with it

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Geezus man!!!!!! Does that give you the horn?

Dave, having this program would ensure each and every combustion chamber is exactly the same? That would take out any inconsistencies done by hand grinding, true?

That is the dogs bollocks. Great research and development. Good luck with it.
Ty
PS. who gave you that design?

Not a new application of cnc but a very useful one. Assuming the measurements and valve centres are correct it allow you to accurately machine identical combustion chambers.

Good for high Hp Na engines, turbo or even roadies. Good for anything really.

Without in chamber sensors and direct injection you have to assume that the data gathered from the exhaust is similar for all cylinders, however inconsistencies in shap and volume means that some cylinders run hotter or have less flow or don't achieve a full burn. This aliviates those issues. Way cool.

Was early getting to my mates place that I'm storing the car at for the next few months so I took it for a squirt through Galston Gorge for the first time. I couldn't have done anything better to motivate myself to get it back on the road as soon as possible, was a blast!

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Basil - 1978 Leyland Mini, Brooklands Green, bit of a bitsa, and a park brick in the boot.

Got another one


Auto 998 with hydro suspension and panel damage

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Respect mine and I'll respect yours.