Parts for Sale - Classic Mini

Some may or may not know that I also have another car which is done up. Its no other then my first love, 1978 Mini Clubman. I have had the Mini now for about 15 years, and it has gone through at least 6 engine transplant and 4 gearbox change, all in the quest for more power! However, I have had about enough with the A series engine for the Mini and I am looking at other modern engines which will be a lot more reliable and powerful to satisfy my need. Thus I am putting up my entire engine, drivetrain, cooling, intake/induction system up for sale. Currently the engine is in pieces as I was preparing for another rebuild. The engine is A+ block with 9 stud cylinder head. Its been overbored from the standard 1275cc to 1399cc, and with all the parts listed below should make about 110-115hp at the crank. The car previously dynoed at GT Auto rollers with literally one cylinder not working properly (due to the cam) at 56whp. I have since bought a brand new billet cam, matching valve spring, oil pump and lifters from Swiftune UK to replace it but still have not installed it. Everything advertised has been bought new from the UK except for the block and cylinder head. Some parts are of course older and some newer.

I have most of the receipts and all in it would cost more then 25k, but I am looking at 12k for the whole lot. If you are interested then do drop me a line or call me at 0123350607.


1
45DCOE Weber with Earls Al banjo fitting and SS braided hoses & jetting to suit current setup
2
Weber Twin Cable Competition Linkage Mechanism
Bought New
3
PiperCross Twin Ram Pipe Filter
Bought New
4
PiperCross Full Radiused Ram Pipe
Bought New
5
Maniflow 6in Steel Inlet Manifold
6
Swiftune Valve Spring to suit SW10 Cam
Bought New
7
36mm Rimflo Inlet valve
8
Fully Ported, Polished and Gas Flowed Head
9
1275 A+ Block, 74mm Offset Bored, Honed with new water jackets - currently 1399cc
Pistons and rings only done about 2000km since last rebuild
10
Turbo Head Gasket AF460 Payen
Currently no head gasket as I mentioned the engine has been disassembled
11
74 mm ART-Mazda 808-model dome-top pistons
Bought new, now done 2000km, balanced
12
RIK piston rings
Bought new, now done 2000km
13
Modified factory con-rods (A+)
Lightened and Balanced
14
Factory crankshaft (CAM6232)
Lightened and Balanced
15
ACL camshaft bearings
New
16
Centre Main Strap
2 bolt type
17
Swiftune SW10 Billet Cam
Bought New, have not been fitted
18
Vandervall Con rod and Crank shaft Bearings
Conrod and Crank bearings are brandnew items
19
Kent Vernier Pulley - Adjustable, double chain
Bought new, have not been fitted
20
Swiftune Oil Pump
Bought new, have not been fitted
21
Avonbar Balanced Ultralight Steel Flywheel with lightened and balanced Backplate
Bought new, balanced
22
AP Rally Clutch Plate
Bought new, balanced
23
AP Orange Rally Diaphragm
Bought new, balanced
24
Factory Gearbox with Mini Spares Central Oil Pickup Pipe and 3.7 final drive
Original is 3.1
25
Engine Assembly Fully Lightened and Balanced
26
Magnetic Oil Trap
Bought new
27
Aldon Yellow Race Distributor
Bought new
28
MOCAL 9 row oil cooler
29
Minishop Alloy Rocker Cover with Quick Release T bolts
Bought new
30
3 into 1 large bore race manifold with SARD thermal wrap
Thermal wrap needs replacing
31
Alloy Dip Stick
32
Lucas ignition cables
Bought new
33
Lucas Sport ignition coil
34
Filter King Adjustable Fuel Regulator and Filter
Bought new
35
Mini Spares Straight Cut Drop Gear Set with Timkin Idler Roller Bearing
Bought new, have not been fitted
36
Competition Diff Pin
Bought new, have not been fitted
37
Aldon Ignitor
Bought new, have not been fitted
38
A+ Two Step Competition Layshaft in EN36
Bought new, have not been fitted
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Mini Spares 4 pin Diff
Bought new, have not been fitted

If the sale goes through then I will update my plans for the mini!! :)

Rebuild - Part 5

Its been a while since my last post, but here at some pictures of the engine. Hopefully it will be dropped into the engine bay in a week or two. Its getting closer to the finish line.

The cam cover looks very bright

New PE Kevlar timing belt. Nice color contrast

The JD ITB looking good. Making template for my airbox

Well will update more when I have more info.

Items For Sale

I have a few items for sale. All items are in excellent condition and have done very low mileage!

1. Matspeed 3R 292 (inlet) and 288 (exhaust) spec camshafts - RM1,600.00

2. Matspeed J5 ECU to suit above cam and high compression ratio engine, rev limit at 9000 rpm - RM750.00

3. NGK Hyper Silicone Power cables - RM 220.00

4. Exedy Clutch Cover and Organic Plate, still a lot of material on the plate left - RM 450.00

5. 4G93T inlet manifold fully ported - RM 350.00

6. 60mm throttle body fully ported - RM 350.00

7. Power Enterprise Super Strong Timing Belt, done about 20k km only - RM 300.00

8. Stock 4G93P inlet manifold, like new - RM 150.00

9. Brand new 4G9x SOHC oil pump (front case assembly) - RM 500.00

10. One unit MAF sensor with standard rubber hose and Hot Bits adaptor plate for K&N cone air filter. MAF Sensor Code 455 - RM200.00

11. Two brand new Nokia E71, ori set just out of the box, full warranty - RM1100.00 each

Send me a message if any of the above is of interest, meanwhile I will try to take some pictures and upload it here.

Rebuild - Part 4

Purchased a new seat for the SP as well, only driver side currently, Recaro SP-G Carbon Kevlar. Bought a used one which was going for a very good price and in very good condition. Pictures below

It is quite light and feels good to sit on, not sure about how well it will fare on longer journeys, especially since I have gained more weight!! Hoping to get another one to complement the passenger seat and a lightweight 4 point harness to go with it. Sabelt here I come!!

Here is quite a recent picture of SP outside the workshop. Notice anything different, besides the different color bonnet of course? Sorry picture quality aint that good as it was taken from my mobile phone.

And a sneak peek of whats coming up, was mocking things up for my new airbox.
Till next time!

Rebuild - Part 3

Sorry been quite busy with work and travels.

Well the engine is now off SP. As suspected the previous engine officially died due to loss of bearing on con rod no 4. Didnt take any pictures, so couldnt show the extent of the damage.

Got my pistons and rods, all forged. The new engine will feature, head studs, main bolts and rod bolts all from ARP. I will be running a different induction system now, details which I do not want to reveal now, but some will be familiar with JD.

Hopefully SP can be ready in a month or two's time as it has been out of action since last year November, so I am very keen to drive it again. The build is going on slow, but usually its worth the wait for good things to happen, so I hope!

Got more Ti bolts too, currently for all the oil sump bolts and camber adjustment plates (pillow ball mount) on my Ohlins. Set me back more then Rm500 just for these!! Got more bolts planned, but these will be custom made in Grade 5 Ti to lighten SP further.

I am intending to get my oil sump baffled, but not sure who is able to do it locally? Any suggestions?

Hopefully more pictures next time!

Rebuild - Part 2

Got my pistons ordered at last, hopefully it will be here in 4-5 weeks time. Going for Wiseco with 11.5:1 comp ratio, 82mm diameter. Getting the piston skirt and crown ceramic coated as well. Its funny Wiseco does not like to deal with customers outside of USA, maybe too much hassle. So got my friend in the US to do all the communicating and ordering. They are not cheap as its apparently custom made. I just hope all fits well without any snag!!

This is also a important as now the bottom end build can begin, as soon as the piston arrives. Its been 3 months now since I have driven SP. Its sad watching it on the driveway covered and without getting any action.

This is another item which I have just ordered :

"The revolutionary new KS-4 is our most advanced knock detection system. Offering all the great functionality of the KS-3 but also a fully configurable 0-5v outputand a remote alarm function allows the KS-4 to trigger a remote warning system." more details here http://www.phormula.co.uk/KnockMonitor-KS-4.aspx

This will help when tuning the SP and also on track days, just in case something goes wrong, at least I will get a warning instead of risking damage on the engine. Not sure how I am going to go about doing this but when it detects a knock signal it will give out a 0-5V output which I intend to use to activate the water injection kit. More of that in the next post.

Rebuild - Part 1

Figured that I would just make a quick update on the progress has its been a while since I last updated the blog. Car is still sitting at home and nothing has been done still...as I am still waiting for my pistons. Hope that I am able to receive it in about 6 weeks time and thereafter commence the bottom end rebuild. Starting from a fresh block as the current one is already at its max bore, unless I sleeve it. Also since I will be doing full rebuild, thought I might as well change my clutch, although the current Exedy with organic plate one is still pretty good. This is because I am getting the entire rotating assembly dynamically balanced and do not want to disturb the balance when I change clutch. So hopefully a new clutch will eliminate this issue for a while. Getting the same clutch again as its grip is pretty good and doesnt judder during takeoff...also that it lasted 4 track days...

Also thinking of changing to the Mythelogy LCP with the rubber damper, as Fluidamper do not make one for the 4G93 engines. For EVO engine they have got some models...other than that dont have.

Also received my water injection kit, thats something else that needs to be hooked up along with a few other accessory. I am going a bit mad this time, and also have purchased a 6 point Safety21 roll cage, which I probably install after the rebuild is done.

Will update more when time permits....