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# Tis OK
new engine in there tomorrow
much easier with a flip front, hence it only took 2 hours to hoof the old one out
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 17:35, archived)
# Phew
in that case, have at you sir!
Clicky for similar wallpaperised version!
Just because it's a mini, ok?
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 17:37, archived)
# Wooo
old school orange indicators !
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 17:37, archived)
# I once had a Manta A series
I put a lovely shiny engine in it, with twin 45 dcoes and a bone shakin 290 duration cam, my friend borrowed it on the dawn of valentines day and blew it up(accidentally), how i cried, that day has always been a sad one for me ever since. /sob
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 17:47, archived)
# aaawww bless
my mates MK1 RS2000 (old stinky) has a pair of 48's hanging off it, 165 brake at the rear wheels
very scary on 1960's suspension
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 17:50, archived)
# really?
My Mk2 Shelby Acoustimamator had 3 125s and a 625-B, and a drop down 4 by 7 blow through donkey flange. It had a lot of grunt up top, but not a lot of rear-sponge action.

Nice little mover though. I had a custom 290 flap action stote-valve on it.

*FACT*
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 17:55, archived)
# ah
you should have gone for the Facet throbble valve, means theres is less of a load on the scrungle shaft at high revs
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 17:56, archived)
# oooh
not with a flap action stote valve, you'll get blow back through the grubnuts.
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 17:58, archived)
# you're just being
a silly lumpbucket now

/slurps tea
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 17:59, archived)
# its true.
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 18:00, archived)
# wooo, nice bulkhead!
I just had to sell my Mini as the bulkheads were all rusted and wouldn't pass the NCT (the Irish MOT), I miss my mini! :(
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 17:47, archived)
# NCT every two years tho
a mini onwers dream that is !

oh well only another 5 years before I move out there
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 17:54, archived)
# oh, how often is the MOT?
I hear the NCT is stricter that the MOT though!
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 18:00, archived)
# every 12 months
from seeing the motors scattered around my future inlaws gaff, I very much doubt if the NCT is more strict than the MOT

At least you have decent driving manners over there :o)
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 18:02, archived)
# fair point, I think I just got them on a bad day.
As for road manners I've never driven in the UK but we do manage to kill about 3 time as many people on the roads per head of population as you guys do!
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 18:08, archived)
# yeah
but at least ur usually pissed when you do, so it can't hurt that much

/makes mental note to start training for paddy's weekend
(, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 18:13, archived)