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[mini_ron]

hey all, newbie in here!

used to drive a mazda 323, but she has gone for the school boy dream.....

mini mini mini mini!!

lookin forward to owning and modding the little beaty!

peace all

aaron

[lewis]

hey mini ron very nice avatar, tell us when you find your mini and put it up in the projects section, looking forward to hearing from you and welcome to the mini forum

[cowboy]

:grin: hi aaron

welcome to the forum i hope you find your dream mini soon enough, and keep us all informed of how it is

:wales:

[Hols_mini]

[marksmini]

good luck and welcome.....

[CharlieBrown]

Hi there welcome to the site! Goog luck with getting a mini!

What kind of mini are you after?

Oh and check our for sale section for a mini

[miniman5]

welcome! have a good stay!

[mini_ron]

wow!

how nice of all to say hi!

i have found the mini, just need to sell my mazda to pay for it, its a 1.3 mini sprite on an M plate, has been used by a lady for delivering cakes (!!!) has a rusty bootlid, not managed to have a good look round it but it seems well looked after

the plan is rally theme... 2 seats, 4 point belts, stripped out, custom dash, not sure about engine, i have big dreams of VTEC for the noise and sheer power, but the weight is a lil bit of a worry!

thanks for a great welcome!

aaron

[CharlieBrown]

Sounds like a great plan, rally minis are cool.

[Sunshine]

welcome to the site... good luck on getting your mini how you want it too!!

[mini_ron]

Sounds like a great plan, rally minis are cool.

heh, yer rally in general has been a love for my father before i was born and me since i was born, so its in me blood!!

i have some wiked ideas for door cards and interior bits, not too sure what to do with the shell, will decide that when i have some cash for things like resprays!! but while were ont hat matter, black with metal flake and silver cooper stripes and roof!

[Dom]

hello and welcome to the mini forum

how far have you got with your rally mini?

[Dan]

Hi, welcome.
Don't worry about weight, the all alloy V-Tec weighs less than the cast iron 1275 A-series. The 850 A-series was quite light, but the 1275 is fairly lumpy. Even the Rover V8 is lighter. Mini's can take a lot of engine weight because the wheels are so far forward. I have seen cars with big Yank cast iron V8s in.

There are at least two companies selling conversion kits for V-Tecs, and one for the 16v 2 litre Vauxhall. They're all talked about on here in various places, have a look around.

[jam2005]

Hi! :grin:

[clubman katie B.F]

welcome to our world. you will have lots of fun, meet lots of great people. you will drink lots of beer and sleep in a tent lots when it's nice. you will find it cool to get a group of mates and drive twenty miles to a chipshop. you will learn to love the looks you get from people when driving in a "mini" convoy. you will find yourself driving all over the country and parking in a field next to another mini....and another mini. in time you will become intimate with your engine bay, and will know all the nut and bolt sizes on your engine. in doing so you will also gain lots of nicks and bangs on the head until you learn to watch your head on the bonnet. you will also think nothing of doing major surgery on your car whilst in the aforementioned fields...but remeber there will always be friends to help with that head gasket...they might be hung over, but they will help anyway. yes your new true love will at times try you (did anyone tell all minis are haunted and usual laws of physics regarding car repairs don't apply) and there will be times when you think to yourself "is it worth it?" But YES it is worth it, minis are the best car by miles, and even though my car can be a *Female doggy* i would rather dip my bits in acid than sell her.
Welcome to the miniforum, we DO know what you will be going through, and everyone is here to hold your hand on your trip through miniland!!! lol