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While all the above was going on the engine out of the AE82 was out at the engine builders (the engine pics in the mini above are of a dummy block that had thrown a rod). The block went to Waikato engine reconditioners with a set of slightly oversize Woosner (from memory) 11.8:1 high compression pistons, the block was bored to suit these but before assembling it we decided to get a redtop block due to wanting a 7 rib block with a bigger crank rather than the 3 rib bluetop block. The redtop block was then bored to suit the pistons, and along with forged rods and with the use of lots of ARP bolts the whole lot was put together. The engine was/is balanced with a 3.5kg Aluminium flywheel with steel inserts with an exedy clutch attached. The head was sent up to Franklin cams where it was ported and converted to under bucket shims with a 320 inlet cam and 294 exhaust. The head was then sent to Waikato Engine Reconditioners for them to cc the cylinders and stick on the block. A massive thanks to Wayne at Waikato Engine Reconditioners for the work that him and the boys did. After this other bits, including the shell, were getting prepped for paint, but I will post more on that this weekend

It fits!... sort of. For it to fit under a standard length front the distributor and the exhaust manifold had to go. The front end is fibreglass to save weight and ease of modifying. For fueling the 4AGE we decided on Yamaha R1 Carbs which ment a custom inlet manifold had to be made.

Ok, time for an update.. Ended up pulling it all apart again a while ago. Made new brake lines and fixed an exhaust leak, redid the heat shielding and tidied up the wiring. I added a junction box where the heater was for relays and fuses etc. Im working on an alloy radiator, adapted from an rx3. Also, NEW RIMS! Wiring in the "Lunch Box" Still have to sort out some better fitting tyres and flares. Thinking of wider rims or a sigma diff so the flares dont look unnecessary in the rear.

Gee, spoiler alert Markku, haha.

With the addition of bike carbs the standard pedal box master cylinders and pedal box had to go in the bin. These were replaced with a set of Wilwood reverse mount master cylinders on a balance bar pedal box With all of this going on we had to think of a way to mount a radiator in/on/around the thing. After talking with a few friends that run sprint cars we heard that there are 2 styles of radiators that they use; traditional vertical ones or laid over horizontal ones. After a few pictures were drawn with some rough measurements we sent it off to A1 Radiators who came back with this, as we designed. As you see it sits on top of the gearbox with air drawn through the bottom and up through the radiator, at this point we hadn't quite twigged as to where the air was going to go once it had been through the radiator...ha.

So I had an afternoon session at the track Friday night, was good fun. Tried some second DZ03Gs all rou for drifting, Once warm worked good for a few laps then I cooked them... A friend got some videos from the outside, theres more on his channel of tandems and a couple mishaps... Heres the video in-car

Tidied the garage today, got room for both the cars now...hang on

Here is my new and most fun project! 1968 Yamaha F5 two stroke 4 speed! Brought it off a friend in Lytellton where it sat on a hill exposed to the coastal elements. Everything was siezed on the bike. Cables,flywheel,points,carb slide, oil pump,throttle. So after a week and 2 cans of crc it was freed up. New fuel and plug and it was running. Removed swingarm and took to work one night then next day i fitted it up with 200mm extension Then modified the rear guard and made some new stays and a new plate mount Then a couple weeks later after a hilly 100k ride i decided some more power was in need so with thanks to Gal i got measurements of his expansion pipe and then whipped one up at work and now it sits on 50-55 mph! not bad for a 46 year old 50cc! Lewis the champion upholstry man gave the seat a tickle up and re foamed and made a new cafe styled seat for it! So comfy and lush looking Not much else to do to this bike really. just ride it!hard! QCR! This is how it was when brought home for the first time Mod swing arm with stock pipe and seat Modified rear guard, New cafe seat, New Expansion pipe

Hi! A few friends said I should sign up and post some pics/stories about some of my minis. So here goes! This is my road car, Originally I go the car when I was 16 at high school and rebuild it with my dad. That was around 7 years ago, Its been on the road now for ~5 years. Its been on the trailer a few times too ha. Originally it started out as a yellow mini 1000. It was pulled to a pieces, repainted with the rust patched etc. Disc brake conversion on the front off a 1275gt, cut the guards to fit flares with 13x7 inch minilite style wheels. Originally the car went back on the road with the 1000cc engine, but then I wanted more power so this was binned for a 1275 swap. Motors got a full rebuild with a bigger cam (can't remember the specs), fancy clutch, and a swish rocker cover. I through Honda Prelude seats in it for awhile but those were swapped out for the standard low-backs- its heaps more comfortable with the standard seats. anyway, Pics! I dont have any of when it was being built but heres some of it as she sits now... its still being fiddled with, The interior is on the on the to do list. These were taken shortly after it was returned to the road. Discussion thread: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/42650-miniman76s-76-mini-road-car/

Dropped these off to pine engineering for splitting and drilling etc Can't wait till their back and on the car! Excite!

replaced the rubber lines. Pedal is rock hard now (shoes adjusted right out into drums), harder than before even. will back off the shoes and give it another test

put some fender mirrors on this today. hoping the have the top half of car resprayed in the next month, just the dark green as its rubbed through the paint in a few spots

holy shit I love it. seems to really fit in the nicely aswell. keep the updates coming man

sweet loaded up pic should just go ahead an ride around the world on it http://www.thepostman.org.uk/ TBH, this was one of the most unprepared trips i have ever read.

so i found an old roof rack in the shed and it fit!! but it was boring and ugly, so todays project was building a wooden slatted roof rack using the same mounts results are as follows!! the old building the new one and first test fit on the car!! so thats was as far as i got with that today, i had to do the first coat of treatment on the timber this arvo, and i also have another brace to put across the middle. another this that happened today regarding the car- i purchased a new air filter as it desperately needed one, and its surprising the difference it makes haha and i went to one of the many op shops in town and brought a $4 suit case for the roof.. think it is fitting and thats pretty much been my day, there will be another post tomorrow when i finish my roof rack, stay tuned!! -> (discussion) <-

Sooo before christmas the pinion bearing changed its mind, went south and ruined my day. bits stripped other bits off the side gears and blew the 4th gear needle roller bearing. basically it had had it. So it went in the shed over christmas/new years however a couple of weeks ago a challenge was laid by some friends to have it going for beach hop so we could take it up along with Gregs (64valiant on here) valiant. Therefore the following occured. The Engine/box came out, gearbox was removed... eventually. many many pieces of stuff were found. see the bits on the left hand side?... yea. Anyway a replacement box was sourced from New Plymouth. the engine was painted and it was all put back together last weekend. So anyway its all back together in time for beach hop in a couple of weeks. I'll throw up another thread of my race car one which has alot more detail/pics involved.

I got the diff out as well, getting new brake shoes, and wheel cylinders for it. Also put some pictures up of everything painted. I took all the brake lines and fuel lines out of the car, and painted them to, abit obsessive , but do it once ,do it right ae. Diff out Diff painted Petrol tank painted Steering box look all nice and new All the tie rods painted, also getting all new boots for these All my suspension, painted and lay out. And finally today, got my engine in! I want to get it running but il have to wait awhile. I need to sort out all my oil fittings and lines

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Another test , power steering pump is abit noisey. Same with fuel pump. Idle is good ,as is oil pressure , water temp to (found dash and triple gauge water temp earth wasn't the best all good now tho.) http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=em-upload_owner&v=7jwKu06Cxso&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D7jwKu06Cxso%26feature%3Dem-upload_owner

just throw a handful of sand in the bores.. its cheaper

Thought he said it's a Mitsi?

riteo pic dump of the car getting painted would like to here some opinions //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/36351-toy-mota-1971-toyota-ms65-crown/ shot

So this is what it looks like now with 15x8 with 0 offset with 195/50/15 and three coils off the front and 3 off the back please let me know what you think photos make it look a lot higher then it actually is. Next on the list is basket rack to get rid off the ugly homemade one http://oldschool.co....rs-triumph-wag/