I actually know someone that did the Jag engine thing. My old mate Georgie boy. He's from Runcorn, Brisbane. Bugger he did it soooo long ago and the engine has long gone
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| Author: | Kennomini [ Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:49 pm ] |
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Stumbled across this thread and thought some of yous would find it interesting to look at http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... ead=113031 |
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| Author: | JC [ Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:35 pm ] |
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Wow, some people are seriously committed to the cause! |
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| Author: | TK [ Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:12 pm ] |
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I actually know someone that did the Jag engine thing. My old mate Georgie boy. He's from Runcorn, Brisbane. Bugger he did it soooo long ago and the engine has long gone
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| Author: | MrFail [ Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:39 pm ] |
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Wow, those gearbox add-on bits look pretty interesting... 
They make the twinky conversion look like just swapping a carby. 
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| Author: | 1071 S [ Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:38 pm ] |
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The gearbox kits were done by Bill Quine at Manx Racing. The yellow Clubbie has a BDA fitted to a Mini gearbox using (I was told) one of the kits. Its was for sale at Mini 30 for 5k. If you bought the engine he was throwing in the car for free... The Lotus Twink (orange Clubbie) was at the same show. Cheers, Ian |
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| Author: | mini1990 [ Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:44 pm ] |
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Wow, some pretty nice looking heads there. |
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| Author: | Timbo [ Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:13 pm ] |
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Fancy doing your own conversion? This guy has the patterns and some castings for sale. http://mk1-forum.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4946 Tim |
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| Author: | Harley [ Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:13 pm ] |
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I don't understand why you'd mod a gearbox to take a different block and head? Why not just do the whole engine / box combination? 
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| Author: | mini_mad_matt [ Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:36 am ] |
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At a guess Firstly, im assuming the ford engines used were all N/S so there might not have been a engine/box combo. Secondly, keeping the gearbox means you aren't changing subframe/suspension etc. (This was possibly important for racing classes?) It's kinda like asking why put a BMW bike head on a mini block, why not put the engine/gearbox in? |
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| Author: | Timbo [ Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:38 am ] |
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In the late '60s when they were doing this there wasn't a lot of fwd engines that were any better than Mini ones. Tim |
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| Author: | Kennomini [ Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:18 pm ] |
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My 2c Harley- It saves re-engineering the sub frame, drive shafts etc. mini_mad_matt- A bit off topic but the BMW K1100 head is the only part that will fit in the mini. The block can't be mated to the mini gear box and the entire BMW setup doesn't fit in plus theirs no reverse and blah blah blah I've started a similar (very long term) conversion with a Suzuki swift 1.3L engine onto a mini box. My reason for this is mainly the sub frame issue, it's a lighter engine and can easily make 100bhp in std form if fitted with the GTI twin cam head, comes std with more modern features, parts are cheap and so on. |
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| Author: | simon k [ Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:57 pm ] |
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Harley wrote: I don't understand why you'd mod a gearbox to take a different block and head?
Why not just do the whole engine / box combination? why do we drive 40+ year old cars? 'cos we f*cking want to! love the Jag motor 
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sat Jul 28, 2012 4:14 pm ] |
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simon k wrote: Harley wrote: I don't understand why you'd mod a gearbox to take a different block and head? Why not just do the whole engine / box combination? why do we drive 40+ year old cars? 'cos we f*cking want to! love the Jag motor Another rumour back then was you could cut the back 2 chambers off a Jag head and it could then be persuaded to fit on a 1500 Cortina block. 
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Sat Jul 28, 2012 4:16 pm ] |
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Just buy an XK100 head then... http://www.jaguarpartsforsale.com/parts/Engine/Jag+XK100+prototype+cylinder+head |
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| Author: | simon k [ Sat Jul 28, 2012 4:23 pm ] |
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Morris 1100 wrote: Just buy an XK100 head then...
http://www.jaguarpartsforsale.com/parts/Engine/Jag+XK100+prototype+cylinder+head absolutely.... need two though, one to experiment on, and one to do for real |
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