the annual meet up for the QLD mini owners club, all the owners all bring their mini's, projects, parts, whatever, to the meet and put them on display.
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the annual meet up for the QLD mini owners club, all the owners all bring their mini's, projects, parts, whatever, to the meet and put them on display.
Last edited by clutch-monkey; 10-14-2008 at 02:41 AM.
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if someone could tell me what's going on with those engines on the tarp and in the moke... because all i can tell is that it looks like they've taken the head off something else and stuck it on?
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It looks like a twin-cam and cross-flow conversion.
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touring car mini?
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No that looks like a Lotus Exige.Originally Posted by clutch-monkey
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I like the lime green Mini - what version is it?
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heh well it's all british and unreliablesmartarses
custom? or bits lifted from something else? kinda reminds me of a honda engine in some ways. i think i have a promo card from the stall so might ring if i can find it.
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There were custom cross-flow twincam heads made in England for a while.. I saw one in a mini down at my local mini garage once when I was in Perth. Apparently they're pretty damn effective at opening up the top end of the rev range for a worked 1275. I think that one had a weber of some description bolted to the front of it too.
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Can't place what that head is off originally.
VERY common to see that for Minis now as the best/easiest way to get ooodles of power
Also compelte engine transplants are common with frames available to use.
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okay apparently the head is off a 4cyl BMW motorbike engine... the whole package seems to be monstrously tall!
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Hey I've heard of that conversion before .. choose your weapon
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do all Minis in Oz have that Lada-ish front end?
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well the guy who did the ones in the pic live locally..with mine i was going to do the basic s/c + cam route, but these do look interesting...and if they're cheapish...Hey I've heard of that conversion before .. choose your weapon
the thing is they do look a lot taller, may not clear the bonnet haha
the clubman front end? all local built mini's did iirc. round nosed ones were imported, well at least mine was
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Oh, thanks
I like the roundnose better, but the touring car is pretty sweet
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Oz production link:
'Roundnose' 1961 > 1971
Clubman 1971 > 1978
"A total of 176,284 Minis had been built in Australia including a further 26,142 Mokes."
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