go for it! - seen this one? very practical and good details

http://www.users.qwest.net/%7Eshuko/

I'd love to have a go at this with an 850, but bigger fish to fry first...

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I`ve had mine running in normally aspirated form, but only to make sure it all spun up nice & the belt drive didn`t fall off, check any oil leaks/water leaks etc etc etc,,,the plan was to turbo inject it, so it all came out again & we`re now fabricating all that efi turbo crap, pipes, intercoolers, plenum chamber, breathers, oil filler , etc etc etc, most of all that sh!t is done now.

I see no reason why an 8 valve wouldn`t be super cool to Turbo & way cheaper too, as there`s heaps of them around compared to the 16 valve jobs

I have 3 heads now & still looking around for more of em, but i`m not spending a big chunk just to make the bike wreckers rub their grubby hands with glee,,, if i stumble across another one for $600 then it`s mine, but i`m not paying $1200 for a whole donk again, bugga that!!!.



Here it is in one of my old Cooper "S"s with the old plenum & turbo etc,,,it`s way way ahead now & nearly ready for another fit into the Monaco,,,just that the Monaco isn`t ready for "IT" yet that`s how it goes tho hey?



Here`s the Monaco about a year ago,,,it`s had a fair bit more done to it now & will be ready to take to the engineers pretty soon for stress testing & approval,,,will be Citric Acid colour,,,that late ford fluro light green lookin colour

soon people,,,very soon,,,body work is not my Forte, so i`m relying on my good friend & partner in crime--> Stewy to help with the de-seaming & re-paint, but we`re both too busy Racing Down Hill mountain bikes we`ll be focusing on the beast again very shortly.,,,we`ve done a big spirt of work on his 1600cc cross flow 6speed A-series & should be at the Qld Mini Muster, but i won`t take the Bimmer Monaco till it`s ready

cheers guys & get on the Bimmer Band wagon, , , , it`s way cheaper & way better than a lot of those jap conversions, (well in my books it is anyways) & yeah, i`d be pretty keen to do a comparison on --->performance/value for money/effort/handling with a jap engine conversion should be cool to see 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.

thats work of art Matt

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Mmm Monaco.

So that was a Cooper S shell?
Some people would be horrified if it was - I couldnt care less.

Keep up the good work !

Hey Matt, what model bikes did the 8 valve jobbies come off?

Damo

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Big willy,,,no,,,that`s (the Monaco) an old 63 model 850 shell,,, note the fuel tank hole is not drilled yet???

the pic above with the Bimmer engine in it is a 64 model -1071 English Cooper "S" that i bought off a friend of mine who bought it new, i just used it to dummy the engine into & fire it up

Metalfab,,,they were --->8 valve BMW K1000-K1100, ring the bike wreckers if you`re keen, sorry i only have the 16valve jobbys

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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.

Heheheheh you southern guys have no idea what little gems lurk in and around Matts house...... not to mention Jacks world of wonder

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8 valve heads can be found on all K series four cylinder bikes up until the K1, including K100, K100RS, K100RT/LT. 16 valve heads come on the K1, K100RS 4 valve, K1100RS and K1100RT.

Were these a 8 valves a OHC setup?

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All K series bikes are twin OHC.

Cool stuff. Thanks for your input Anto

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That 1600 cross-flow is a work of art! Did Stewy get the linkages finished on Saturday?

Then the Data General "washing machine" servers at Jack's make you appreciate how far computers really have come.

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If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space...

Matt have you Dynoed your donk with the K1 head? what sort of figures are you expecting from it?

How did you manage the oil ways/returns? from Gregg Temkin's site these seemed to require a bit of work, how did you do them ?

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A Deluxe(CG13DE), 2 Clubbies(998 and 1275) and 2 Morris 1100Ss

this might sound dumb or ive just missed something

but where did that roof come from that u put on???

but ye thats gonna look sick when u finish it
cant wait to see the final product

keep it up!!

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never late in a 998

I think he said in another thread somewhere that he has a mould or something

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Roads need more corners
A Deluxe(CG13DE), 2 Clubbies(998 and 1275) and 2 Morris 1100Ss