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[roofless]

well,

she's been a bit neglected since we started working on blue nun, I'm still trying to find the motivation and time to strip her all down again, but I took her for a blast round the industrial estates tonight and tried a few power take-offs - lets face it, the engines gotta come out for a full strip-down and rebuild so I might as well have some fun - I'm really getting the hang of the clutch now, and by christ its fast !!

I roughly measured the tyre marks - 20 foot of rubber before she got grip, another 30 feet and more rubber where I dropped into second probably not the way to do it properly if your in a race, but the kids on BMX's thought it was cool

torque steer in 2nd and 3rd is mad but I genuinely reckon I'm getting a sub 6 0-60. Cant wait to measure it properly - might have my bubble burst but it still feels astounding.

Had to cut it short, too many spectators made me feel it was a bit unsafe, but my heart was still racing when I got home.

I'm still very very excited, and cant wait to get a decent, fully operational engine and gearbox to feel its full potential.

On another area, we've decided to take a pick-up for the speedo sensors off the rear hubs - somehow attatch a series of magnets to one of the minifins, and I think in similar way we're goin to end up taking a feed for the tacho from the drive sprocket with small magnets and reed switch or similar.

more soon, maybe after IMM.

[supermotolee]

hahaha my heart still races for about 10 mins after i've put mine in the garage, i'm having a slight problem with engine temp at the moment as in it can read erratically and very high sometimes but i've changed the rad, fan and have another sender to fit as the one i have is not correct for the year of engine i have

how cool does yours run? at idle its fine fan cuts in temp goes down no probs but at any kind of prolonged speed it can get a bit high but i'm not 100% confident in my sender so thats the next thing to change,

anyway great to see its getting some use and abuse i'l race you at mini in the park if your up for it? lets hope the pro motive boys can make it too!!!

lee

[roofless]

hahaha my heart still races for about 10 mins after i've put mine in the garage, i'm having a slight problem with engine temp at the moment as in it can read erratically and very high sometimes but i've changed the rad, fan and have another sender to fit as the one i have is not correct for the year of engine i have

how cool does yours run? at idle its fine fan cuts in temp goes down no probs but at any kind of prolonged speed it can get a bit high but i'm not 100% confident in my sender so thats the next thing to change,

anyway great to see its getting some use and abuse i'l race you at mini in the park if your up for it? lets hope the pro motive boys can make it too!!!

lee

unfortunately I might not make Mini in the swamp - but john may bring her along if he wants to as part of the club stand - temp wise mines pretty well behaved, on idle it'll take about 10 minutes to get above 80 - 85 when the fan cuts in, and on the run she averages 70-80.

tonight my oil pressure was low going by the guages - only picked up when revved.

I'm having lots of fun, but I reckon if I went head to head on the strip I'd either stall it or stand still and make loads of smoke

didn't you get a rad as part of the kit? I did and it seems to work really well.

Edited by roofless, 20 April 2008 - 09:30 PM.

[supermotolee]

no mine was a bit of a pre production kit, i might phone darren if the new temp sensor doesnt help and buy the rad and hose kit off him, i suspect i may not be getting all the air out of the system too, i'l keep trying haha

[supermotolee]

bit the bullet and ordered the rad at least its done then also ordered a new thingy that fits in the top hose for the temp sendor so fingers crossed we should get some acurate readings, still think my cltuch needs adjusting as the bite point is alittle high and i dont think i have enough free play in the rod,

such a simple thing to play with though but i'm getting there gradually getting the car up to scratch,

[roofless]

bit the bullet and ordered the rad at least its done then also ordered a new thingy that fits in the top hose for the temp sendor so fingers crossed we should get some acurate readings, still think my cltuch needs adjusting as the bite point is alittle high and i dont think i have enough free play in the rod,

such a simple thing to play with though but i'm getting there gradually getting the car up to scratch,

BIte point on mine is very high as well - I'm hoping the barnet rig will improve it some. Have you sorted the brackets to hold the rad as well?

[supermotolee]

they are coming with the rad my brackets are a bit of a bodge lol

what slave do you run for your clutch as i read somewere it had to be a set one?

cheers lee

[roofless]

they are coming with the rad my brackets are a bit of a bodge lol

what slave do you run for your clutch as i read somewere it had to be a set one?

cheers lee

it appears you should use an earlier mini slave cylinder - the type with a circlip in the end of the cylinder - it stops the slave armature popping out of the end of the cylinder. I used the one of my 1380 originally and it simply ' popped ' if you pumped the clutch - not enough resistance from the yamaha spring on the clutch actuation armature.

[supermotolee]

very lazy of me but were did u get it from do u have a link? while i'm in a spending mood i might just grab one so i know for sure mines right

[roofless]

very lazy of me but were did u get it from do u have a link? while i'm in a spending mood i might just grab one so i know for sure mines right

simple minispares order - worth phoning through to make sure you get the right one !

[roofless]

well, what a weekend - IMM was brilliant fun.

she made it there, had to drive in the end due to one of the other minis loosing a wheel bearing on the way, and she didnt miss a beat.

did a run on the 1/4 mile, but i was pretty gentle with her - only 6 tenths off second place time.

guy with a Z showed a lot of interest and said he might build one also !

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[Jammy]

Tis all looking very nice!! What 1/4 time did you run?

[supermotolee]

roofless you drove it all the way to blooming holland? AWESOME!!!

run looks great it pulled nice and straight! what time did you get/?????

are you getting all gears now?

[roofless]

it drove great ! lovely on those big open motorways - even in the very severe congestion ( 7 hours for a 3 hour journey ) no dilemmas at all - no overheating, no oil issues just lots of thumbs up from passers by.

on the sprint I was a wuss - still having concerns on the gearbox, and she was at full weight with a fat bloke behind the wheel I got a happy 16. but no measurable wobblyness, just good wholesome noise.

on the drive down it was finding 5th and 6th, but on the sprint I could only get 4 gears, and later that day the gear selector arm broke

second place was a 15.6 and first place I'm not sure but it was an awesome moke runing a vauxhall on twin webbers I think.

We'll be better prepared next time and without a doubt improve on timings - I'll send john the racing snake on the next one - that'll save us at least a second in weight losses !!

[Shifty]

Well Hello!!

Glad you made it back in one piece(and roofless)

I was worried you may be someones dutch gimp by now!!!

Impressive time as well.