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jbeenz
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:24 pm 
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i heard of a guy in aus making an 8 port mini head, for ALOT less than an arden or minisport(7 port) can anyone tell me if this is true?
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drmini in aust
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Yes it is true, they are made by Ken Elder & Sons in Sydney.
Available from Graham Russell too.
Here's a pic of one with injection...
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thanks :) im liking the look of that

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... OR put some pressure on Mad Matt to finish his BMW conversion kit :idea:

PM TheMiniMan to get him off his arse!

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true true, any idea on how much the elder is worth?

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I heard around $4K installed in car, + carbs.
But don't quote me... Ask GR.

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To find out more about Elder cross flow 8 port heads, go to www.kenelder.com.au
or contact [email protected]

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thanks dr :)

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hee hee,,,yeah i`m a slack-arse hey? :-) been workin more on the alloy V8 mini more than the Bimmer twinky lately, but i`m back onto the Bimmer after next week.

Marcel has some good stuff on his site about the Elder cyl head--->

http://www.starchak.ca/

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heheh, probably still taking less time to build the bmw head than it would take to earn the money to buy a kad 16 valve!!!

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That looks great, what a neat engine bay.

Does anyone know what sort of power the head adds?

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That engine bay in the photo is in the ute owned by Dean Canto.

you can read all about the ute in Issue 4 of The Mini Experience.

Engine built by Graham Russell, with fuel injection and that Elder head, apparently putting out around 165bhp with 150 lb/ft of torque. Pretty goos for an A-series, and goes like stink. I know - Dean took me for a ride in it. Wow!

Cheers, Watto. :shock:
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Cheers !!

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Very VERY enticing :shock: 8)
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We ran one of those Elder heads on a 1360 last year at Graham Russell's ausmini dyno day. It was on twin Webers (and an RE282 cam I think), power was a bit less than Dean's but I can't remember exactly. 145HP at crank? (proper Heenan & Froude engine dyno, not a rolling road).

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