Has anyone done this before?

Mate is contemplating it..
8 port
5 speed
Adjustable suspension
big brakes.....

Would a 8 port with webbers fit under the bonnet?
CHeers BRett

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There's that cross flowed 8 port that lived in Sydney which is floating somewhere around in SA at the moment.
Numberplate is/was SIKART.

It has two great big holes in which the K&N air filters pop through.
TOUGH looking piece of kit!

Would a 5 speed box be able to take the power that engine would put out?
Why a 5 speed box anyway? Final drive is still 1:1 isn't it?

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WD40'll fix it!
If it don't, use a big hammer!

It would handle it.. MiniSpares has a 5 speed fitted to their 8 port.. and mine is no dramas... 110BHP

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Last time I saw that 8 port Moke willy is referring to it had a couple of eBay electric superchargers (overpriced PC fans) fitted to it.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

Are you saying here that your car has 110 BHP

If so what have you done to get that

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1964 998cc Cooper
1971 Mini K x 2
1972 Clubman GT

It's 1310cc Downton stage 3 head, twin 1.5" hs4 and Downton cam. And lots more goodies.... That's what I was told it would produce from the engine builders...

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

Could be about right, at the crank (real HP measured on an engine dyno). But at the wheels, no way.

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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.

yeah, crank HP, quite possibly, but saying "the engine builder said" is like saying "my mum says I'm handsome"

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

Well said Simon

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1964 998cc Cooper
1971 Mini K x 2
1972 Clubman GT

Brett,
To take as gospel any horsepower figures quoted by an engine builder or Any Body on a forum such as this for that matter is fraught with embarrasment!!!

Dave

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Certainly at crank. I'd love to get it on the dyno. Did it at muster but had a buckled rim. So couldn't get it all the way up, as the dyno bloke was worried

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There was a little red moke in Asia i think with panelled off rear , like a tray & had 8-port on it with the four bell-mouths out the front, big phat 13"x8 or 10" wide slicks,,, looked tough & i bet it went hard to



this isn`t a horspower debate,,, nor is it a debate whether a 4 or 5 or 6 speed box will handle the power

the fella was just mentioning a package that his friend is contemplating putting together,,, asking if it had been done before & if the webers woiuld fit under the bonnet ... cool i reckon,,, i like the idea,,, go for it i say

but i doubt that the ram tubes/air filter would fit under the bonnet ,,, as in--> for them to be of any decent worthwhile length/size i reckon they`d be stickin out the front

hope it all comes together for him, & keep us informed please, sounds like a great plan... gotta love wild hot mokes hey?

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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.

I'd love to see it with armal carbs

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