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[BronkoMini]

Sure you'll get it there, look forward to seeing racing round

[duds100]

Be good to see it & hear it at Coombe  . If its dry i`ll come down in mine, be good to get a few of the Pro-Motive minis together

[Baldspeed Racing]

Sounds good to me dude, will try and get you some pics if you all head out on the track :)

[racerlike]

So popped back home today. Hoping to take the mini for a little outing early Sunday morning but not got a lot of time to do anything else as I'm sorting the aircon on the Evo and its become more involved that I first thought. I cant help but want to tidy things up when i see them so whilst replacing the condensor and dryer is straight forward I have a list of other little jobs to-do while its all in bits.
I cannot stand corroded nuts and bolts and I have two handfuls of them which need replacing where possible

[racerlike]

So at long last I have booked an MOT for next Friday which is when I'm back home again. I remember the screen wash pump not working on my last visit but that should be simple to sort beforehand. Other than that its good to go and having a booked appointment means I can get some miles on it and bed the brakes in before the test.
Obviously the day after its castle coombe so you never know, it maybe there...maybe

[BronkoMini]

Hope you pass the mot and get it to castle combe, would love to see it in the flesh.

[racerlike]

So MOT day - turns out no one wants to touch the poor mini. Too low being the first comments and they don't think it will go on the ramps. Can't get it on the rollers to do the brake test.
They were not impressed by the lack of reverse either.
Oh and the mot guy was too fat to fit in it anyway!

[racerlike]

I did get a chance to drive it around for a little bit though and it's quite an experience. It feels unfinished and needs proper suspension set up and wheel alignment but it puts power down surprisingly well.
It's mighty savage! It sings nicely too through the revs and the sound became addictive.

[mad4mins]

slarks will be able to set up the geometry for you. 

[racerlike]

Oh yeh forgot about them. Actually took it there many years ago and had the geometry set up by Neil's brother (who's name escapes me) who did a good job.
Cheers for that

[mad4mins]

Ian?

Need to get mine done when I get around to buying rear camber brackets. Job for the winter

Love to see this at some point as your local Aaron

Edited by mad4mins, 19 October 2014 - 06:05 PM.

[Helldriver]

 

Finally making some progress now. Barnett clutch is fitted.
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And engine loosely bolted into frame - thanks for the help Baz500. Didnt look like it was going to line up to begin with but it did and its spot on. You do get what you pay for - 8 engine mounts and they all line up. very happy so far, its a really well engineered kit

well done that man, barnett is a very good move, yes I ran a standard clutch, and so confident was I that I sold my original barnett rig to Basky as I thought I didn't need it - how wrong was I ??

Keep us posted on progress !

 

 

 

as the r1 engine has only 3000km on it I will leave the original clutch in too till it is burned, first want to get the mini running and get some experience. After that I for sure will take the engine out and modify some parts which will also be the right time to fit the barnett clutch.

[racerlike]

Barnett clutch isn't expensive so I would just put one straight in and be done. Cant tell you how much of a pain it is to have to remove the engine once everything is assembled just to access the clutch.

[Helldriver]

Barnett clutch isn't expensive so I would just put one straight in and be done. Cant tell you how much of a pain it is to have to remove the engine once everything is assembled just to access the clutch.

Thank you for the tip.

I have decided to use the lynx kit so removing engine will be fast. As I will regularly swap from R1 to A-Series (due to in german BCT only A-Series are allowed) and back I will optimize engine bay set up to support this swapping . want to have the mini running with r1 at lowest cost possible and start getting experience with it as it is also my first classic mini. It is pure race tool, so the standard clutch with 5000km on it should make it for some time. Buying a house a the moment, so a bit tight on budget for the mini at the moment.

Also I have three 5pw engines (5000km/8500km/29000km) lying around (got the whole lot cheap from a R1 bike racer who crashed his bike and won't race any more due to wife and kids), so I can easily prepare one with a barnet clutch and swap this in next time.

[racerlike]

That's pretty handy have a couple spare! Sounds like a good plan using the lynx kit if you're looking to swap between r1 and a series. That will be a nice set-up to have