Mini Minor 1960

[JohnA]

Excellent result Steve
Engine must be running well again
Why does in always rain for Barbon?

[billycooper]

are colway mud and snows on the approved tyre list?

Graemec mentioned wets, but mud and snow tyres never came into his suggestion

Excellent result Steve
Engine must be running well again
Why does in always rain for Barbon?

Running better John, but still lacking grunt, or maybe its just me expecting to much from the engine !,



some pics from the day below from the professional photographer, wet wet wet

https://www.flickr.com/photos/srmiller/ ... 2009741824

https://www.flickr.com/photos/srmiller/ ... 4984766515

[billycooper]

Well its been nearly a year since I posted anything on the car, at the end of the last event the oil pressure had pretty much disappeared, and a year on and with messing with other Mini projects it's still sat In the garage as it was pushed in from the last event.

The car was only built with a standard crank, so i'm guessing its run a mains or big end, its a must to get it out again next year, I have another car with a MED motor in it giving 116 at the engine which I may rebuild and swop into KEC, as I have a nice 85 horse road rally engine to go in that !

Nice "arty" pic

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KEC with the car me and Nick are using this year

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[rich@minispares.com]

swopping engines between qual and racing at harewood is going to be fun to watch!!!

[billycooper]

swopping engines between qual and racing at harewood is going to be fun to watch!!!

I was relying on you giving me a hand !

[rich@minispares.com]

oh, im the master of speedy engine changes

done a few this year already...…..

[billycooper]

So at last, nearly 2 years after last using the car , the engines out and in bits !, run a main bearing, as I thought, plus the clutch was infested with oil, which wont have helped its performance, specially up that big drag of a hill at Harewood !

So I have found someone to do the engine and also try to get a bit more power, i'd lost hope of finding anyone to do it and almost given up again for this year, but thanks to a an old friend and forum member on here i've now found someone, not sure on any timings yet, but D day for me isn't till June, so hopefully plenty of time

[mk1]

Good luck Steve,

Hope you get it sorted.

M

[billycooper]

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Couple of updates on KECs progress for this year

Engine now stripped and pretty much scrap ! , oil starvation seems to have been the problem, oil pump, crank or otherwise failing

So brand new engine in build, eek !

Also suspension in bits, few tweaks, and a set of rose petals to join my obsession of wheels !

[billycooper]

New engine built ! , ready to pick up, so Blyton with DJJ and then on with getting it sorted for Harewood on the 1st June

[billycooper]

KEC is up and running again !, need to get some miles on it, then rolling road on the 20th, engine spec is pretty much as it was, replaced the 296 Kent cam with a SW23 from Swiftune, with a matching dizzy / coil and timing gear.

Started off with a fresh crank with standard journals, treated and balanced this time, heads had some work and slightly bigger valves 35 /30, Omega pistons 73.5, all balanced up, into a fresh A series 11 stud block with all new core plugs, water pump, studs, bolts nuts etc etc, this time everything matches rather than bolting on what i had, new comp clutch and a different lightened flywheel

i've dropped down to a 4;1 diff, really wanted to go LSD, couldn't settle on anything then ran out of time this time round

To complement that i've fitted some KAD rear brackets on the subframe, as the rear wheels had some serious camber problems since i built it !

also came across some Rosepetals and decided to dig deep and get some avons to go on them, still got some recent A008s and some half worn A032Rs on other rims, see how I get on

ill report back in the next few weeks prior to Harewood

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[billycooper]

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Few miles in it tonight , just to bed it all in, still running on the Aldon dizzy, I’ll fit the new swiftune bundle in the week

Really happy with the way it looks on the rosepetals, still on A032 s at the mo, I’ve had the suspension set up and it all looks square for the first time ! , Feels really good on the road so far

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[Nick W]

Sounds like KEC will be better than ever on the hill next month
Dont forget to shut the bonnet

[billycooper]

That's the plan, maybe just short of an lsd now, and not sure how good my carbs are, let’s see how the year goes first !

Yeah , I made a bit of a mess of that, i treble checked tonight before my run out !

[Fanfaniracing]

What a nice looking car!

[mk1]

Glad you are up & running again Steve, Sounds like you & your engine guy have pulled a blinder.

[billycooper]

75 Miles on it so far, haven't revved it above 3500 mind, cam dosn't come into band till 4500, so no real idea of performance, rolling road on Monday will give me a better clue, it feels better on the road then before with the suspension mods, Avons came today, ill get them on soon and get a few miles on them,

although KEC hasnt done all the Blyton, I've done all 6 now, the set of event decals are a nice addition to the car

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[mk1]

Glad to hear that things are progressing Steve.

That full set of Blyton stickers must be rare, I don't think even I have a full set of all 6.

[coopertim]

Looking fantastic Steve! My car also proudly wearing all 6 AD stickers!

Tim

[billycooper]

Well that's 2 of us Tim !, i'm not big on lots of stickers, but the AD stickers have always looked good Mark