1973 Austin 1100 - DOOMED :(

Wow! this just got a whole lot more interesting! ;D

get on www.turbominis.co.uk if you arnt allredy

I looked into Supercharging, but £1300 is just to much for one componant IMO

The BMW head sounds good, but alot of work (for me)

And since the CR (with a 12g295 cyl head) will be 8.0:1, i've already got a good start, without having to remove tuns of metal.
Tho if could find some, BLMC did do a LC version of this engine, with a CR of just 8.1:1.......... Now these would be perfect, if I could find some

ebay is where to look, there is a brand new eaton m45 sitting right next to me, and i certainly didnt pay £1300!!!!!!

Well the 'kits' you can buy (£1300 ones) just have the charger sitting on a custom inlet manifold sucking through a hif44 connected to a long pipe so it sits down on top of the bellhousing. They just run a belt straught from a custom crank pully to the blower. Easy if you have the equipment to do it yourself but if you don't then 1300 is alright money for what you get imo! its not just one componant, theres many componants in the kit and alot of development done for you. In the same way as fitting a turbo isnt just a case of buying the turbo.

Well i'm not selling it now, it's to good to let go ;D

Went out today and found me a fully sorted gas flowed big valved mother lumper of a head that i'm going to 'do a deal' with my old cyl' heads (aparenty the suply of standard 1275cc heads has all but dryed up )
So hopfully it won't cost me the earth

Also ordered a set of 1380 pistons, as a turbo won't go, this is the route i'll be taking, so if anyone's got any tips on building a 1380, please advise

And the MAJOR NEWS, fingers and toes crossed, I might have found me a set of slotmags to fit it 70's-tastic!

Hi guys, just joined this forum and found stuff on your 1100. I did see a page which had pics of an 1100 wiht a vtec motor. Can anyone give me more info or pics on this? I am doing a toyota starlet conversion into my 1100 and hope to build it up to look very similar to that yellow 1300 GT pic someone photoshopped.

www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22593

Click this link to follow the build up. (not got very far yet).

Cheers

Madmorrie

how's it going

I'm missing mine now i scraped it
we had some fun together

Nothing to report, can't beleave anyones actully botherd about my project a'side of some of the other grander projects on the site.


Any way, since then i've repainted the subframe.
Also found time to build the engine after 4 weeks, only to find the the main shells are wrong- so had to strip it all down again, and hope that I'm working in Sheffield again soon so I can pick up the right ones


Pretty much scint myself doing this, If there's One more major problem, I might have to just call it a day......
Still got to sort out a set of drop gears yet, where from......F@@k KNOWS!

Mini ones should fit shouldn't they? Are you going straight cut or sticking helical?

All the projects are interesting to most people here. very few of us can afford/ do a mega build (but do enjoy watching them happen) and seeing some one getting on and modding or restoring a classic is always interesting, especaly if it's an unusal/ unloved type by the masses. keep up the good work chap