A trip to Yeovil from Portsmouth saw us at The Great Mini Meet at the Haynes Motor Museum in Sparkford.
Organised by Yeovil Mini Club this can by no means be called a big show and for that reason I really like it. This is a show that’s about the cars, meeting and catching up […]
From about 1986 the powers that were made the decision to update the look of the classic Mini across the range. The decision was to fit 8.5″ brake discs for safety and up the wheel size to 12″ from the 10″ used previously. Of course, these weren’t the first cars to use the […]
If you found your way over here because my main blog is dead, please accept my apologies. Keira Knightley killed my blog. Well, the bandwidth anyway. I am hoping that the blog will be back up and running on Sunday.
I have four Mini and MINI posts waiting to go in here, they […]
As hinted in my last post, a visit to a rolling road is a must for anyone who wants to find out what their engine is doing.
A session on a rolling road will help you identify all sorts of problems. These include (but are not limited to):
Brake Horse Power at the crank (engine) and […]
Daze has a great write up about what to purchase for a Stage One tuning kit for your Classic Mini. He lists:
Air Filter.
Inlet Manifold
Exhaust Manifold
Exhaust back box
Carb Needle
As I already mentioned in the comments of his post, there are a few things to be aware of.
Buy the best you can afford. Many vendors will […]
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