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[drummerian]

double post

Edited by drummerian, 11 September 2010 - 05:28 PM.

[drummerian]

so took Doris for an MOT today (unfortunatly the MOT place was full so will have to try tomorow morning)

So finally got out for a decent drive hit 70mph very quickly. Only problem is it pulling alot to the right under braking....buttt....i think setting up the tracking and camber will sort this niggle out

it is a great engine to drive

[apjmini]

Ian,

Sounds great good luck to you and Doris tomorrow.

[drummerian]

and chance of some help:
http://www.theminifo...howtopic=168878

[jonjosar]

If its only pulling when braking, i,d reckon that it was something in your front brakes. Have a good look at the calipers and make sure that both pistons are free.
Check the hoses as these can collapse and block the fluid. You have a good pedal but basically there isnt much fluid going to the caliper.
Have you bled the brakes correctly? Might be worth having another go at them.
Hope you get sorted, great post. Good luck.

[Burnard]

when u taking me out in this then?

And that alternator is tight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Burnard]

Quick question, how have you got the cable clutch to mate with the standard mini pedals? Something bugging me about my imminent vauxhal conversion.

[drummerian]

todays story!

so took the car to the mot this morning and found it was fine until about half way there....the front brake started sticking again! clearly wd40'in the pistons was only a temp solution! So i turned round and spent an hour swapping back to my original brakes

less braking performance but at least it stops in a straight line!

So she passed!

Soo happy and soo great to drive now, just need to get my tracking castor and camber setup now to perfect it and find the niggles (the first of which was that my clutch pedal came up so much that i couldn't remove my foot from it due to my knee hitting the steering wheel )

Thanks for all advice and support so far

[l_jonez]

great news, bet your chuffed to bits

so glad you took the criticism on the welding so well and changed it, allot of people would have ignored the advice and carried on.

im very tempted to go down this route on one of the minis. possibly ditching the injection and going for some carbs, bit of research is in order

well done again

[drummerian]

thanks for the kind words.

as promised cg13de wiring guide:
http://www.theminifo...howtopic=169642

[apjmini]

As I just posted on my thread:

Ian,

Your a star thank you.

Now trying to get the pics to appear within the pdf guide so I can print off and keep in the garage ready for the day.

Cheers

Andrew

PS will you continue to update your thread with lessons learnt as you go along and perhaps answers questions as we progress our builds ?

[Timtom]

its been over a month now so hows it going? anything broken yet? was it worth it? What sort of performance do you get? whats the cruising revs? (60/70mph?)

I like it though, good work dude maybe one day i'll do it

Edited by Timtom, 08 November 2010 - 05:52 PM.

[Timtom]

cough cough

[drummerian]

calm down!

so far the only thing that has broken is the alternator mount (belt stayed on though!)...this was simply not using long enough studs in the head (i had to space them somthing massive to get clearance to undo the oil cap!)....replaced with longer studs a while back and no problems since (also used split washers! so they dont shake loose again)

totally worth it...soo fast 0-60 happens in around 7-8 seconds but havn't really tested this....you can easily pull away in any gear...and 60-100 happens very very easily on a private road.

basically incredible!

[Timtom]

Hey dude thanks for your reply. I'm definately considering this next summer it sounds so good.