The material would be free machining steel, useless for any heat treatment. But when plated, they look nice, so the punters buy them.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Installed a rear sway bar and rear adjustable camber plates. Also adjusted ride height and decided it's time for new cones. They don't look like they've sagged much, but they've gotta be at least 5 years old and feel hard as a rock to the touch. I've also noticed some squeaking back there so I imagine when I replace all 4 cones I'll also throw in new knuckles.

Side note - on occasion the exhaust bounces against the new sway bar and makes an annoying noise. What would you wrap around there to kill the noise without melting?

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1998 Rover Mk VII
2001 Honda CBR 929RR (street)
2014 BMW S1000RR (track)

Got me 2014 kings school entry sticker in section b this year and a 2014 mini club membership card

Hope section b aint to far from the trade stalls

Sticker says 31/8 nsw mini club and other sites say its on the 24/8 just called number on sticker and its the 24/8 the school changed the date after printing the sticker he said

@ Bkozan - Exhaust wrap will do it, but it will wear through very quickly. Better off fixing the mounts so the exhaust won't move that much. My sway bar bolts to the rear sub-frame, so it's well out of the way of the exhaust, even after I got the new stainless one up as high as they could make it. From memory, if I had been more inventive with my sway bar mounting I could have got it up above the bottom of the sub-frame & bolted it to the upper side of the bottom of the C-section at the back of the frame, but I wasn't that worried about it at the time. I hope that description makes sense to you when you look at the sub-frame.

Today, I changed the wiring of the electric fan so it's controlled by the ECU & only comes on at 80 degrees, instead of being on all the time.
I wired up VTEC too. It kicks in at 4,250 RPM. >:) Amazing how much soot & crap got spat out of the exhaust when it activated! She was not happy about the washing still being on the line nearby! I might need that tune now. This arvo I think I'll have another look at the 12v LED indicator idiot lights & see if I can get them working.

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1.8L Sunshine - Legal, legit & lovinit

broke my oil cooler hose
need to try and find one by Monday.

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Current: 1970 Mini K 2014 Focus ST
Past: 93 Rover, 64 850, 97 Rover, 66 Deluxe, 66 Moke
81 Austin Estate, 2006 R53MCS, 66 Deluxe, 1978 Clubbie
2014 Land Rover Defender 90

Is your oil still too hot?

I have no idea?
The mini had it installed when i bought it.. I thought i would clean the engine bay today and i bumped the hose, The crimp where the copper elbow is must of dislodged and it now squirts oil out.

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http://www.flickr.com/by_dan
Current: 1970 Mini K 2014 Focus ST
Past: 93 Rover, 64 850, 97 Rover, 66 Deluxe, 66 Moke
81 Austin Estate, 2006 R53MCS, 66 Deluxe, 1978 Clubbie
2014 Land Rover Defender 90

If you can't find a hose, run the good hose from the block to the filter (bypass the cooler).
All the end fittings are the same.

Sounds like you need some good DrMini style 500psi hoses...

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Put in a new aerial ... took a while.. i had to tiny little mini enthusiasts "helping" (2 and 4 years old)

also put some RainX AntiFog on the windscreen... hopefully it will make it a bit nicer to drive home from work during this typical ballarat winter!

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1975 Hairy Lime/White Clubby
Build Thread: http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=80657

Appreciate the photos & advice re soft Clutch Plungers!

Thanks!

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Select a gear, bring up the revs and release the clutch...off you go!

Oil change, changed out ball bearing for a good old fashioned plunger, quick tune (really need an afr...) and ultra fast tape wheel alignment happy times

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Here am I sitting in my tin can far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do...



“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.” - Jeremy Clarkson

I have a 1098 engine that came as part of my unfinished K project. Was told it was a good runner and the previous owner had given it a paint job rebuild.
Pulled the head off it today and found there was no head gasket whatsoever!!! The head was bolted on and torqued tight without a gasket. Dodgy brothers :/

Welded the patch in the spare wheel well
Welded in the replacement battery box.
Getting closer to Blue Slip time !

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Find a job you love and you will never have to go to work !

That's just how tight the tolerances are on their engineering skills!

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Went to supercrap to get some gl19 points after checking there site http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/online ... From=50304 what i thought not on the rack not even a tag for them on the rack

Was gonna get some bp5es and bp6es plugs stood at the locked cabnet waiting for service for 5 min and walked out empty handed 5 mins is long enough to wait for a staff member walk past i reckon

This was at the penrith store thought id go in as we were next door at petbarn