Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
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Club RR Member Number: 140
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Jul 29, 2010 22:52:14 GMT
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Bloody hell!
£850!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hunt the scrappys mate, you only want the oily bits.
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Jul 29, 2010 23:21:00 GMT
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This is rally country. Trust me, there's no minis in scrappers.
Think about it - Corolla AE86s are £6-8k. E30 325 Sports are £3-5k. Quattros and Integrales are insane money. Sunbeam 3-doors require a second mortgage. Mk1 and 2 escorts can make £6k standard and £10k for an unfinished rally prepped one...
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
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Club RR Member Number: 140
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Jul 29, 2010 23:50:24 GMT
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Crickey!
Sounds like it would be easier to pop over to Wales for parts.
Maybe Kevfromwales could sort you out with bits
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as davenger says, it would be easy to get a complete donor mini brought over from wales. If you read it, it only says not to use metro steering arms. And that it's pre 84 ones you want. It was common practise for years, before the number of minis with 8.4 inch disks became so plentiful. but if you read past the first two sentences of that paragraph he says that all metro hubs screw up the handling. yes, fit pre 84 ball joints because the taper is correct mini fitment but you will still need to have fully adjustable suspesion to have any remote chance of dialling out the incorrect geometery caused by the metro hub - quote:- "There’s always a bad egg in there somewhere and the Metro hub/disc set-up has one…it does weird things to Mini suspension geometry. Mainly manifesting it’s self as horrendous bump-steer and huge positive camber gains - even with standard bottom arms; worsening with a much lowered ride height. Bump-steer is so bad that sudden bumps caused by anything including mastic joints in tarmac can fire the car across to the other side of the road" |
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If you read it, it only says not to use metro steering arms. And that it's pre 84 ones you want. It was common practise for years, before the number of minis with 8.4 inch disks became so plentiful. it might well have been common practice but may not be correct. if you read past the first two sentences of that paragraph he says that all metro hubs screw up the handling. yes, fit pre 84 ball joints because the taper has the correct mini fitment but you will still need to have fully adjustable suspension to have any remote chance of dialling out the incorrect geometry caused by the metro hub - quote:- "There’s always a bad egg in there somewhere and the Metro hub/disc set-up has one…it does weird things to Mini suspension geometry. Mainly manifesting it’s self as horrendous bump-steer and huge positive camber gains - even with standard bottom arms; worsening with a much lowered ride height. Bump-steer is so bad that sudden bumps caused by anything including mastic joints in tarmac can fire the car across to the other side of the road" if you are on a budget, then fogeot using complete metro front brake setups and find a complete mini 8.4" setups (but use 12 wheels). davneger has already mentioned this but the other option if you really want to use 10" wheels (not stanard 4.5" steels though) is the mk1 povo spec fiesta caliper conversion but you'll need mini disc set up and some 8.4" discs machined down to 7.9". can work out very cheap and you get a massive pad compared to standard mini pads. the brakes is surperb. have done this cobversion myself on a friends mini. have pic of my brake setup:-   |
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don't forget its the little crappy bits that will be the nightmare, nuts and bolts etc hence the donor car idea.
Plus all the windows and seals, lights etc, it really is endless and soul destroying trying to find little bits and bobs without it costing a fortune.
I am not trying to put you off but it really is a tough ask to do this on a budget, decent rear subframes cost a few quid for a start.
I tried this by reshelling off a donor car and even that was hard enough as a lot of the donor car was shagged also.
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i own 2 mini's at the moment..a 1984 mayfair and a 1985 ritz. the ritz is soon to be coming off the road and hopefully if funds allow and everything goes right, its going down the turbo route! have a read on theminiforum pal, if you want any pics or what not i'll send some over  |
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
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Club RR Member Number: 140
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Jul 30, 2010 11:45:39 GMT
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Well, I never had any problems with a Metro disk set up, but if Kieth Calver says it, it must be true.
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Kyle67
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Jul 30, 2010 12:39:29 GMT
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Well, I never had any problems with a Metro disk set up, but if Kieth Calver says it, it must be true. Seconded and seconded! I must have done this conversion to 50+ Mini's now with no issues unless running on 7x13's, which even on standard drums will cause the bump steer described by Mr Calver. But hey, what do I know? ;D |
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Jul 30, 2010 17:36:50 GMT
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don't forget its the little crappy bits that will be the nightmare, nuts and bolts etc hence the donor car idea. Plus all the windows and seals, lights etc, it really is endless and soul destroying trying to find little bits and bobs without it costing a fortune. I am not trying to put you off but it really is a tough ask to do this on a budget, decent rear subframes cost a few quid for a start. I tried this by reshelling off a donor car and even that was hard enough as a lot of the donor car was shagged also. Comes with glass and seals, and already have a rear subframe provisionally sourced. But the rest of it is going to be the killer like you say. I'm 90% convinced to go for it though - it's a doctor pepper catchphrase situation... |
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Jul 30, 2010 18:13:47 GMT
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Baby/sky blue with black gutter and ivory/old english white roof, on either Dunlops with baby/sky blue detailing or else steels, maybe in ivory/old english. Convince me it will work - can't find a picture but my head says it's gorgeous!
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
Posts: 7,272
Club RR Member Number: 140
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Dunlops will look a bit odd the same colour as the body.
White steels is a timeless classic look
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Jul 31, 2010 17:09:32 GMT
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In light of and in keeping with "tell-me" threads of late, I have just bought a 1986 Mini City E 885cc in red and primer (logbook says blue which is my intention anyway).
Should be picking it up Wednesday evening.
Comes with blasted and painted front subframe, doors, glass, rubbers, pedal box, steering column & rack.
Time to get shopping.
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
Posts: 7,272
Club RR Member Number: 140
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885cc?
Do you mean 998cc?
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Don't do it. I started with this....  and after endless weeks searching out bits at reasonable prices, I had to buy a donor car for the mechanicals, and all the fiddly wee bits of trim and clips and rubbish like that, which are cheap enough on their own, but the costs soon add up. The end result was this....  But it ran significantly over budget, took much longer than expected and sapped every last ounce of mojo out of me. But seriously, go for it but be prepared to go over budget. An awful lot of people seem to be living 10 years in the past regarding mini prices, when you could pick up a fairly decent MOT'd mini for under £500 and new wings were £11 each. Its just not the case anymore. |
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1986 Panda 4x4.
1990 Metro Sport.
1999 Ford Escort estate.
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Nope, it's a Mini 1000 City E on the logbook, with a stated capacity of 885cc... Dave, I wish i could get a van as nice as yours. I really want a van but just un-findable. |
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mini 1000's were 998s, there were no 885cc engines unless its from something else... the only standard others were 850, 997, 1100 and 1275 as far as I remember
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Meh, I dunno. Here:  |
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philly
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there is nothing you cant get or make for a mini!
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spaceframe mini project, bmw 635csi, mx5
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