Surely you are kidding.... put a cat on an antique pushrod Mini??:shock:

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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.

Won't the po po get upset if you don't?

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But he's thriving and striving and hugging the turns.

Every car is running unleaded. There are no cars running lead anymore. (except some race cars )
Just because you fit hardened valve seats does not mean you have to fit a cat.
There is no requirement for an old car to be upgraded to later pollution specs.

Not in NSW at least, there's no call for old Minis to meet the ADR emission standards for unleaded late model cars.
And even for those, nobody here routinely tests 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.

It`s not a complete late model engine change, it`s just a cyl head upgrade on an old engine, no ADR requirments to be met, no Dept of Tpt approvals needed... Just Build it, shove it in the hole & drive away.

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

so how is this going Matt? is it running yet? mine is hopefully about to have the last dry build then i can put it together for good(hopefully)

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1062cc k100 8v in the works......

nearly finished, just building a gearbox for it to drop onto & i`ll shove the little thing into my road "S" ,,, i`ve already made a little carby manifold for it & i`m just going to stick a std dizzy in the hole & run her in.

waiting for the radiator to come back & we should be away & running next week-ish

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

It`s now completely built, we fired it up last night & had it running on the floor for quite some time oil pressure almost instantly,,, It fired up first kick,,, feels like a real little gem we had one tiny little oil dribble from the oil feed hose to the head, but easy fixed with a little nip up of the banjo bolt, job done no other dramas what so ever (so far)

i`ll whack it into the roady mini next week i expect...

& thanks for your help lifting it onto the gearbox Gordo,,, you`re a champion

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Congrats Matt, job well done!

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"Not Speeding Officer..........Qualifying"

well done Matt but dammit mine is still in pieces. guess i can be second though!!

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1062cc k100 8v in the works......

That`s ok miniboo,, you`ll get there,,, i have faith in you

I`ve actually made 3 small bore twinky engines, all 3 are done different ways,,, just so happens that this one was the closest to being a runner at the time so we went with it,,, the other 2 should be ready in a few weeks.

get your finger out boy

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Well where are the video clips?

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68 Mini
70 Moke

hee hee,,, yeah i will video it when it`s in the mini & tuned properly,,, I`ve just stuck a single 1&3/4 SU on the end of a plenum chamber & shoved a "starter" mixture needle in there, we whacked a dizzy in the hole & gave it a base timing setting so it would simply run,,, & i`m pretty happy so far, but it will need all 4 tune items looked at in depth once it`s in the mini,,, Cam-timing,,, ign-timing & carb-mixture,,, & temp ... so we`re still got stuff to play with yet But from what it "feels" like when running on the floor is very encouraging to say the least

& this really is about as cheap as you can build one of these things,,, i`ve used quite a lot of 2nd hand bits,,, done as little machining as i could & used the very basic of basic mini parts to make it happen as cheap as possible & i`m going to add it all up once it`s in the car so everyone can get a good idea of the cost of both a full on turbo injected big bore power plant ... & a cheap as chips shopping trolley small bore twinky

Should be very interesting to see the differences in prices between the 2

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

That sounds really good Matt, it will be interesting to see the results of $ per horsepower. I am guessing that it would work out very economical compared to spending $ on a 5 port.

I also presume that cost will depend a lot on what you can do yourself as well.

I just got my 1275 (5 port) going today, yay! So I understand where you are coming from as far as getting everything sorted, timing, etc etc etc...

Anyway keep up the good work!

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68 Mini
70 Moke

Good job Matt when can I drive it

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Respect mine and I'll respect yours.