Scottish Elises

I was chatting to TUT the other day and said i would post some pictures of my Mini that i built some years back. in the whole 15 years i have owned it, its turned only 100 odd miles since the bare shell rebuild.

enjoy













Spec list for the car

External / Bodywork
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Tartan red with black roof (as you can see)
De-seamed
mk1 bumpers and over riders
Cooper mk1 grill (i think)
KAD bonnet fibreglass
mk1 rear lights
mk1 bootlid
GP 2 arches with side trim in chrome
7"x10" Spectrum racing 3 piece split rims
Yoko a48 tryes
Body was sand blasted before usual work was done
New front end
new sills
original cooper twin tanks (powder coated)
all external chrome parts replaced with new

Suspension
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Spax coil over shocks all round, donughts removed
fully adjustable suppension geometry all round, set at 1.5 negative camber
all suspension arms and parts powder coated black
all bushes replaced with solid mounts or poly bushes
subframes rebuilt and powder coated

Interior
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7 seats
willians harnesses
safety devices full cage with door and dash bars
brand new carpet set from netwon
brand new door trims from newton
Stack instrument pod
momo swede steering wheel
lowered stearing bracket
all parts that are metal have been powder coated also.
momo gear knob
momo pedals
alloy door furniture
braided fuel lines run internally

Brakes
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Mini sport four pot allow billet calipers
new drums at back
all brake lines run internally
all new ancillaries like master cylinders, back plates (powder coated again)

Engine
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MED 1380 built by MED
1380 11cc omega pistons
crank, balanced, lightened, heat treated, wedged, bladed and knife edged them mated with ultra light flywheel and back plate
crank strengthened by four main bolt cap
MED 310 scatter cam (a bit wild with no power below 5000 rpm) oops
split 45 webbers done by Bill Richards racing
MED Cylinder head to high spec, cant remember vale sizes but they are large
the ports have been machined out to meet inlet manifold
1.5 high lift rockers (work of art)
maniflo full system (loud)
kenlow fan kit
MED matched dizzy (altho considering ECU)
High flow fuel pump
filter king regulator

Gearbox
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hmmmmmm this is a tough one
3.7 final drive
toughened cross pin diff
built by MED
standard gears (ouch that wont last long at KH)
KAD quick shift

Electrics
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Brand new wiring loom built for it
New headlights
new side lights form japan
mk1 rear lights
new battery - now flat


Its been a long time since i put it together but its still minted due tot he fact its been put in the garage and never tyaken out EVER. there is a parts list in a box with all reciepts thats as long as my arms and legs. million more high performace parts that i cant remember. Its literally a new car, i have just got a few things to finish off here and there and its ready to rock and roll.

Wife, kids and dog stopped me playing as much at the weekend so havent really had the chance to get the engine setup properly or run in yet.

Next year for sure

Very nice

Mini porn David. Ricky would enjoy working on that.

From the spec of the engine, do you know what power it should be pushing out?

tut

Cheers Guys,

power should be in the region of 145bhp at crank maybe a little more but around that mark, think i was told it should push 120 at wheels.

To be honest i have thought about it before but there is so much blood sweat and tears that i couldnt part with it.

I got it when I passed my test so have become too attached, that am i have spent about 20k overs the years on it.

Worth a try tho.

You forget how small an A series is

Top job - I love that car

Love the Spectrum's; thought they were image wheels at first but your's are much rarer.

Split 45's


I'd happily take that over my 160.

Cracking spec and build. Don't sell it. The engine spec is awesome.

p.s. Did you loose a radiator cap?

Big D,

correcto, i lost the cap but managed to get a stant one later that month.

Silly boy i am.

Cheers
Dave

davidwilson11 wrote: Spec list for the car

Interior
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7 seats

Hahahaha so you can get the whole family in there then... You should sell your packaging secrets to the big firms













P.S I am aware he means cateram 7 seats

That is LOVELY! Don't sell it - ever!

chrisdb wrote:That is LOVELY! Don't sell it - ever!

But drive it ! thats what it's for

Very Nice.
A labour of Love?

120BHP seems a astonishing amount out of an A series?
Will the gearbox stand up to it?
I am sure McDonald Minis will put me right......

I had a 1968 1071S with all the bits
Lightened and balanced
Special Head
649 Cam
Twin 1 1/2 SU's
Tuftrided Crank
LCB Manifold
C/R Box

75 BHP on a good day but still plenty fast.

Fast enough for a certain other member of the "Still Game" team to roll it on its roof

chrisdb wrote:That is LOVELY! Don't sell it - ever!

unless you want to sell it to me