My Mini Resto by minimk1

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well i was just about to update when i looked on my camera and the memory stick was full but it did not tell me this so i thought the pictures i took where saving but they weren't i managed to weld on the final pieces of my lower door repair and grind the welds down and i drilled out the holes in my new door skin for the mk1 hinges and trial fitted this to my door i then clamped it in place and bolted the door to the car, once i did this it was just a case of moving the panel around slightly until i got a good fit, the gaps are good all round except for the bottom left corner, this is probably because the part is non genuine so i shall be tapping this back with a hammer
then folding over the skin edge and a few tacks and the door will be re-skinned, to fit the handle i will need to cut out the dip for the mk3 handle and weld up all the wholes and then i will be drilling out the holes and fitting the handle again, with the lh then completely finished i shall be moving on the the drivers side floor and welding that in. only a small update but i will try to take some pictures of my work tomorrow

Just thinking over my engine plans and its going to cost a lot of money for the setup I want so I am going to be buying another 998 clean it up put a stage one kit on it and run that when the cars done this way i can use the car when it's finished as I would be waiting for the funds to build up my engine. This way I will also feel the power gain of my tuned up 998. However I will still be using the same exhaust for both engines with different manifolds so I will be buying the stage one kit and changing the back box over if anyone has a cheap 998 then just let me know

4-21-2013

Turns out I brought a mk2 998 cooper engine instead :) hahaha well brought it off of this forum off of Austinminimark and collected it this Saturday morning, when I got the engine home it first had some lubricant to turn it over and then once I was happy with how it was turning over I started to dismantle it. Stripping it to the block and gearbox. Today I painted the engine and bell housing with bmx green after a few hours of cleaning and sanding so I left with it to dry and finished up my door skinning. Have the pictures Tuesday as I have ordered an sd card reader to come by then as the one I normally use has broken but I aim for 75 bhp out of the engine which means finding an extra 20 I will be putting in a 266 cam and a 12g940 head a lightened flywheel and mainiflow exhaust

4-26-2013

my 7.5 cooper s discs arrived yesterday and my memory stick arrived today so pictures

with the engine i will be reconditioning parts replacing gaskets and making it all look nice and shiny
the spec is not finalized yet bu this is around what it will be hoping for 65bhp

12g295 head- gas flowed with bigger inlet and outlet valves and double valve springs
duplex timing chain
lightened flywheel
276 kent camshaft
maniflow lcb exhaust manifold
rc40 centre exit
twin 1.25 carbs with sub-stacks
up rated mpi alternator
11 blade plastic fan
alloy 2 core radiator
d-top pistons --- as standard
no boring out just cleaning

lots of pics going to do them all on the next post

what an absolute pig the flywheel was without a flywheel puller it would have never of come off

12a185 head compared to my standard 998 12a is the shiny one

inlet is 2mm bigger

now for the bmc green pictures 

after about and hour of cleaning first!

handy tip the top of a halfords primer can fits perfectly in my 998 chambers keeps dirt out 

then a big box arrived !!!!!!!!

7.5 inch cooper s brakes come with one driveshaft
2 cooper s drive shafts
mk1 switch panel

£200 posted what a deal off a lovely bloke called kevin

the head has had work done with bigger inlet valves they are 2 mm bigger than the standard 998 ones can anyone tell me if this head is any good im considering to get a 12g295 head but would it be worth gas flowing and enlarging the valves on this one? thanks

the shiny one is the 12a and the dirty one is a 998 head