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[gregh55]

ive just paid for a howley inlet manifold its a very nice looking bit of kit, and ive never seen one on a mini before.

so i was just wondering if anyone had any info on it? like what period it was from and what kinda minis were they used on etc?

many thanks

greg

[Retro_10s]

I've had a couple of these - they're great for improving on the Inlet, been out of production for years and years now.

David Vizard gives the Howley a fair few praises in the yellow Bible, Its got a higher flow rate than most of the usual manufacturers Alloy Inlets supplied that get supplied in Stage 1 kits.

The castings seemed to be good too - I didn't need to weld a half washer onto the flange for the manifold nuts to sit straight which makes a nice change.

Nice find!

[gregh55]

ohh, well thats good then, aslong as its ok on a 1380

heres a picture



cheers

greg

[Retro_10s]

my last one:

[minimender]

my last one:

These inlet manifolds were produced by 'Howley Racing' which was originally based in Howley, Warrington in the sixties. It was an old terraced house where they started which was a speed shop and they used to run a black six wheeled Mini pick up as a breakdown vehicle.
They moved to custom built premesis on Winwick Road Warrington when the old terraced houses were demolished.
Howley Racing raced in saloon car racing and a bit of rallying but shut down I think in the nineties after slimming the company down failed to be profitable.

[Retro_10s]

Nice info, thanks minimender

[welshdan]

think i have a spare small bore one of these somewhere that im never going to use...

[Burnard]

think i have a spare small bore one of these somewhere that im never going to use...

Interested in selling?

[tomsbluemini]

I had one on my 1986 998 stage 1 mayfair.... was VERY good, made the car if i'm honest

[gregh55]

there nice looking inlets to be honest

dunno why, but there pretty cool

greg

[taffy1967]

When I joined my first Mini Club back in 1987 (long since defunct Gwent Mini Club), many of the members had Howley Inlet-Manifolds. I knew because the Club chairman kept a file with all the members car details and photographs.

[mighty mini jack]

Greg- I was looking in the wrong vizards book mate.

Pretty hard when your on the phone!

[gregh55]

LMAO, no worries matey, i paid for it in the end because it looked nice, i just didnt want my trousers pulled down on the description of it on ebay

[welshdan]

i have one on ebay now if anyone interested

http://shop.ebay.co....p;_trksid=p4340

[Burnard]

IF that doesnt sell for a reasonable price let me know, because i would like one, and i am happy to pay a good price.