She is looking great, its a shame you dont enjoy the 1380 as much, I am sure my van would love that lump haha
My Mk1 Mini Rebuild
#196
Posted 27 June 2018 - 05:31 AM
#197
Posted 14 July 2018 - 03:05 PM
#198
Posted 14 July 2018 - 04:32 PM
Looks great.
Why not just tame the 1380 down a bit?
#199
Posted 16 July 2018 - 05:39 AM
She is looking nice mate! love it!
#201
Posted 21 July 2018 - 05:02 PM
#202
Posted 22 July 2018 - 07:26 PM
The car is looking lovely - what has put you off the 1380?
I'm sure it can be tamed a bit. The straight cut drops whine like my kids during a long car journey. The orange spring clutch is painful stuck in traffic. And although I've admittedly only done a basic CO set up on the idle mixture and ignition timing, it smells like forecourt spillage in traffic (and no, it doesn't have a fuel leak or overflow issue).
To take the edge off I would need to hoik the engine out, replace the drop gears and probably the box (22g1128, worn 2nd synchro hub), and add a decompression plate - the compression ratio is ridiculous, over 14 to 1.
#203
Posted 23 July 2018 - 09:42 AM
Perhaps if you took it to a track day you'd fall back in love with it again!
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