So Matt, when are you going to make a conversion kit to run one of Bens SC kits with the 16V heads?

Does the kit include the head, or would we need to source that elsewhere?
Any idea on the probable cost?

Don't take my word for it but I think you should know your way around an engine before attempting this... But don't let me put you off, the best way to learn to swim is to be pushed in the deep end.

There's a fair amount of machining work to be done on the block ( plugging up holes, re-drilling the new head stud pattern, etc ) which the machine shop would be able to help with. Not sure if you have to stuff around with bore centers...?

And then there's getting the head on and all the belt drives, jack shafts and stuff setup.

I'm sure Matt will give you the run down

1275 blocks don`t need stuffing with regards to bore centres, but the small bore blocks do

plugging up the old holes in the top of the block & re-drilling for the Bimmer pattern is easy,,, then just a quick skim the block nice & flat & you`re away

bolt it all together & plumb up your carbs or injection & bolt on the extractors or turbo manifold, whatever you want to do is totally up to you

You just have to decide 8v or 16v ,,,, Naturally asspirated or turbo,,,, before you build the donk

simple really,,, same as building any engine

ring me or PM me for a price &/or any other details after tomorrow please

cheers
Matt

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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.

This is what you get--->

1x alloy front head plate 2 suit 8v or 16v (your choice)
1x alloy lower flange piece to suit that front head plate.
2x alloy upper pulley bosses,
2x cam pulleys, 2x sandwich plates for those pulleys,
6x bolts to secure the sandwich plates to the pulley bosses
& 2x bolts 2 secure the pulley assys to the Bimmer cams,
plus 2x oil seals.
1x alloy front engine plate,
1x steel mini cam pulley boss & 1x mini cam pulley, 3x bolts for same,
1x crank pulley,
1x steel crank pulley spacer,
2x oil seals,
1x timing belt & 1x timing belt tensioner
& a bag of bolts & screws to secure the 2 plates to your engine.

You also get a pair of alloy fitting plugs, to allow you to set up the front cyl head plate dead central so you can dowel it to the cyl head for no oil leaks.

there was a pic up on another thread recently of all the bits but telstra in their wisdom have stuffed up somehow tonight & i can`t access it for some reason,,, so i`ll sort that in the next day or so & get a pic of all the bits up here too

I have some 2nd hand 8v cyl heads here for sale

& i have some N/A extractors made ready to go & also have some turbo manifolds & dump pipes made & ready to go too.

Ring me or PM me for prices & other details please,,, sorry but there`s just way too much to go into differnet engine combos & arrangments & assortments here.

I`ll have a pic of the whole kit up here shortly

Edit--> some kits allready sold,,, got to be quick or they`ll all be gone.

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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'll mean if you have a sticker on your mini saying "genuin mini, no BMW parts" you'll have to take it off.

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Sunday Morning Mini Sprint http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtGuzqBQ32Q my "rendezvous"

ok ok ,,, you got me there Andrew

see you at the muster,with your BMW-less mini

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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.

Twinky Cyl head conversion kits are up on e-bay starting at lower than my own cost

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Mini-Twin-Cam-Conversion-Kit_W0QQitemZ170260650611QQihZ007QQcategoryZ33612QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

there is a whole pile of these engines being produced all around the world now

These guys are doing their own dyno shoot-out next february in Englan-->

http://www.efiminis.olicentral.com/index.php?topic=204.msg2439#msg2439

& there is a bundle more of them happening in the States now too

A Build guide is going onto CDs & will be sent free of charge to the purchasers of my fitting kits at a later date (once it`s finished, probly be a month or 2)

I am sending a bottom rad hose "S" pipe to adapt the bottom radiator hose to clear the timing belt & also giving a braket for the L/H engine steady bar to bolt to the front cyl head plate to the first few kits sold,,,

I`m allready making up a pile of oil feed hoses to the cyl head (for those of you who don`t want to groove your front cam bearing & re-drill the cyl head oil feed hole to line up with the one in the mini block) so these will be avaliable shortly.

As you should allready know,,, i have jigged up & made both N/A extractors & turbo manifolds with dump pipes to fit under the bonnet & they are avaliable right now

& i am in the process of making alloy inlet plenum chambers to suit both siingle throttle bodies & carby flanges (most probably suit 1&3/4 carb , so an 1&1/2 carb will obviously also fit if you so desire) This will be a fairly cheap way to run a carby & dizzy for those who havn`t got the cash to set up Engine managment systems straight away, so should be able to bung the SU carb on, stick your old dizzy in the hole, swap 2 ign leads around, start the car & drive away-ish

If my wiring man (Jonno) got off his arse then we`d allready have a pile of wiring looms sitting here to suit the Adaptronic computer, & very soon we should have a start up program sorted to simply dump into the computer to get you going should you decide to go the std Bimmer quad throttle body injection route.

I`m also developing a crank & cam angle sensor package (not the one inside the dissy like what is on the moke atm, but seperate external type ones with brakets & pulley to simply bolt to your engine & plug the loom into them... & of course dump the program into the computer, start the car & drive away-ish

Obviously there will be some more tuning than that depending on your engine , inlet & exhaust specs, but our initial "start up & run" program should get you on the right path

Hoping we can get some go forwards with all this & have them packaged up by early in the new year, so if you`re thinking of doing a Twinky conversion but are maybe a little worried about what to do , or lack of support, or can`t make all this stuff yourself,,, Please don`t be affraid,,, i will be continuing to make & develope stuff to suit this cyl head & most of the gear i make will be avaliable for sale once they`re done.

I have already spoken with a few guys that race these & have started talking turkey about the cost & avaliability of a larger cam & valve package & i have already started opening up the ports on one head, so keep an eye out for a sooped up version in the later half of next year.

Now----------->>>>>Potential of these cyl heads you may ask????

Ok--> RB Racing in the States has produced well over 300hp from their own turbo version fitted to only a 1200cc donk,,, there`s lots of power avaliable

Another friend of mine set one up in his mini & has allready seen over 200hp & still climbing with more development happening


More happening with these all the time

Grab one before they`re all gone

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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.

Umm 132hp at the flywheel from a 970 http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=m_sd7StOLnU

or 107 at the wheels from a 1293 and it's only a 8 valve

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=WBToBq6Oejo

or the full monty 127 at the wheels 1380 16 valvehttp://au.youtube.com/watch?v=00Y0fQFqbpY

and also 178hp at the fly 1399 311cams all steel internals 16 valve
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ymPuRbmlPJU

what more do you need

great work matt

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'65 NCF MINI.....
'69 MINIMATIC.... 9 year resto still on the go

want name the company but they have been putting Metric Bolts where Imperial bolts should be. This has been as the Cam and the reason many have been leaking Oil

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I can't seem to google a translator for that ^^ Can we have that in english, not beerlish?

Extract from another Forum

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yeah,well, my kits have the correct sized & length bots for the cam pulleys, including the correct thick, stepped washer,,, however a little drop of locktite-515 on the threads will help seal the threads as the cams have oil pressure inside while running,,, so now you can picture a cam shaft actually physically running along the road with an oil pump up it`s bottom

Back onto the wrong thread thing,,, it`s a bit like the first few years of A+ verto stuff landing here in Aust,,, for some silly reason quite a number of people just "Ass-umed" that the threads for the flywheel puller were corse thread UNC,,, but they weren`t were they??? no, they weren`t,,, so how many verto flywheels have stuffed threads now do you think??? yes & i won`t mention any names but quite a number of well esstablished mini repair businesses called me for help with regards to this very situation funny hey?

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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.

hay Matt..In now way did emply you were but a UK company, as per where the Quote/Thread was taken from

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