hee hee,,,just siffting thru all my pics & found this golden oldy,just thought i`d share



It`s been set up on one of our old speedway minis for years & years & years

notice the inlet manifold with the twin dellortos???,,,made from an Austin 1800 sump guard (believe it or not)

& the old holden con-rod as the belt pulley tensioner



old skool home grown from Norman blower, good old Aussie Engine-new-ity

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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.

thats awesome! what sort of power did it make?

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speed costs....how fast do you want to go...

Looks great , wouldn't the two carbs have been overkill ? What happened to it in the end , still sitting around somewhere or long gone ?

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Never bothered to put it on the dyno,,,i estimate "plenty" lots & lots of torque,,,it could be put in top gear & push started & would chug along on idle, in top gear, at walking speed, more pull than a bunch of schools boys,,,

It did the same lap times at 5000rpms in a 3rd gear as my full house N/A race mini engine did at 8000rpms in 2nd gear (different f/d ratios & tyres sizes tho)

It`s still alive.... sitting at dad`s place happily awaiting another fang

& no, the carbs were sweet,,, altho they did produce some lag, but simply because of poor manifold design rather than a carb problem,,,took a little bit of time for it to develope an air stream thru that big assed air box type plenum thing & was just not a good design,,, i needed to "Time" putting my foot down a little earlier than i would normally have if you get my "drift" (that was a pun )... i eventually switched them over to a single 2" SU later on & was far less lag & still happy to rev.

I`ll get her running again soon,,, we have that car,,,My alloy V8 speedway mini,,,a speedway Van & another little brown speedway mini sedan happening at the moment, hoping to make up a few more to have our own "mini Race" next year

Archerfield speedway (Brisbane) is where we`ll be when the time comes,,,that is unless they close it down before we finish them all ;-(

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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.

I knew there was a use for holden parts other than keeping their engines going! It looks great though.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina