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[rids]

finally a video. a bit bouncy and poor quality but its the only 1 ive done. There's fuel starvation on a couple of corners as i was running on an empty tank!.

Edited by rids, 20 May 2012 - 06:18 PM.

[Spiffingly Good]

Thats fantastic, and what a luvely sound it makes.

[l_jonez]

So thats 0-60 in about 10/11 secs? Not bad at all

mine is about that aswell, I'll have to time it properly

[batespeed]

looking (and sounding) good ! well done .seems prety low geared too, which will make the most of the power whats it like in 5th ?

i employ the "denture cam" technique, for in car footage,
a bit of pvc tape over the back of your digital camera , with a loop that you can catch between your teeth, (you cant give a running comentary though, the damn thing falls out of your mouth!)

[MiniElliott]

Can I ask how the manifolds ended up costing around £350. Was it materials or labour or both? Sorry if its a noobie question but I'm interested in this conversion and trying to work out costs.

Thanks

[lucas1amps]

sounds amazing cant wait to throw my 1.3 in =}

[rids]

Can I ask how the manifolds ended up costing around £350. Was it materials or labour or both? Sorry if its a noobie question but I'm interested in this conversion and trying to work out costs.

Thanks

the exhaust was £200 off the shelf then modified. I bought a nissan K11 4 branch in the hope it would fit straight on, turns out they dont! (next time i would do what mr jones has done, i think it would work out cheaper)

inlet, raw materials cost £65 and i paid a further £50 for welding, + gaskets, seals etc

[rids]

looking (and sounding) good ! well done .seems prety low geared too, which will make the most of the power whats it like in 5th ?

i employ the "denture cam" technique, for in car footage,
a bit of pvc tape over the back of your digital camera , with a loop that you can catch between your teeth, (you cant give a running comentary though, the damn thing falls out of your mouth!)

It cruises comfortably 75- 80ish pulls strong through to about 95-100 then runs out of steam.
I think its a bit under geared and would benefit from the almera box, however my daily drive is a transit and a audi diesel so i may just be used to low revs high torque motors now

[l_jonez]

Yep my manifold cost £47 in total and it was brand new :)

[Spiffingly Good]

Lucky bugger, mines gonna cost about £45 secondhand, out of interest can u remeber the specific model yours was from jonez?

[l_jonez]

It's from a Rover 200 or 400 K series Twin Cam 1.4 its the non cat type

[Spiffingly Good]

Thanks, just good to know as there all almost the same, but I have noticed some little difference's.

[traffordt59]

Hi love your project .. i am currently doin the same project with the 1.3 16v nissan micra engine .. just wondering .. what radiator did u use?.. what was it out of?

[rids]

standard mini, filler neck removed and soldered up. Rad then turned upside down and expansion tank tube fitted. inlet and exit hoses now point the right way......Ive had no cooling issues at all

Edited by rids, 16 June 2012 - 02:49 PM.

[minidream94]

hiya mate, currently helping my mate build his 1.3 micra mini, just wondering if you could get me some pictures of your cooling system? hes using the original mini radiator and has tryed to splice the 2 bits of the cooling together for some reason :S but yeah a few pictures to show what goes where would be great thanks :)

Lovely car by the way