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Between June and July 2014 I roller painted most of the car. Also did various mini related things which I ahvent transfered from my mini forum blog End of July 2014. First movement by own power, exhaust system shown in full with variable valve video also My photos are all nicely uploaded :)...

July 2014 Brake lines I've been cracking on with he brake lines however and they are now all done So that's the front brake lines all sorted, they are all wrapped in insulating rubber and then polyester braiding due to the small tolerances through the areas they have to go through. Brake...

June 2014 Engine back together and back in the mini, new exhaust made also Engine all retimed and back together :) Inlet painted and new gaskets fitted New exhaust made, as everyone who came and looked at the car pointed out the crappy DIY one! Garage tidied and engine ready to return to...

May 2014 Fixing engine and new exhaust Valves lapped in Valves refitted New headgasket on Head all on and torqued up, had to buy some fancy angle gauge also so yet more money spent :(

May 2015 First engine broken So then people, there has been a lack of updates First off I've finished the gear shifter and put the centre console back in, it's modded to give me a shorter shift too which is nice However on the first warm up run I seem to have gained a bit of an oil leak/petrol...

May 2014 Alternator, ignition and cooling system So people, thankyou all for your comments, they are very helpful :) In regard to the engine mounts, I've since strengthened the rear one but when I change to the 1275 micra engine I'll redevelop it again Alternator bracket redesigned, thanks...

Clutch, inlet manifold and painting So people, next update :) today I've been cracking on with the cluch, inlet manifold and gear shifter :) Also finished primering the bulkhead :) Bit of cheeky radiant red for the rocker cover :) Bulkhead painted and bits and pieces put back In place, all...

Carbs, engine frame completion and first trial fit Well then people, I think it's time for the next update, it's three days of work :) Day one! Bike carbs have arrived :) got them at a good price too which is nice Started on the front engine mounts. It's difficult to think where to put...

Frame continued Next update of the micra mini then :) Made a start on the subframe :) got the first side done and cut out And the other side Engine fits which is always a winner! Pretty snug on the drivers side I had to trim around where the passengers side inner cv is to give it some...

Making the frame Cheers mini moke, it would be nice to have a bigger garage but hey Ho I'll have to make do with what I've got :) Update from the Friday just gone I've started fabricating the exhaust manifold for the k11, got it all modeled on the mini lcb so I can still fit standard mini...

March continued Engine in the micra stripped out ready for removal :) It took me about 4 hours to remove everything. Half the bolts snapped! Soo annoying Garage once the micra engine was out and the car rolled out Micra left out on the road Mini up on blocks, poor car looks so dejected...

March 2014 bought this Ohs what's that I hear you say, a micra??? :) With one of these bad boys inside :) I also got a actual saxo tho if anyone cares about French cars So my new plan is ditch the a series for now :) keep the engine however for another time as it's a desirable metro gta...

Ooh comment already :) it's an interesting read with two fires added for fun! I won't put the mini restoration on here but just the engine conversion part :) March 2014 post to uploaded soon

I'm over at NR11 near aylsham and do occasional welding, depends what the extent is needed tho as I've got a busy schedule and not much time. Some pictures would be very appreciated also Lawrence

So the people, I though I would make a thread on here all about my micra engine powered mini :) most of the posts will be copied across from the mini forum as I have a long standing blog on there also! That's the link to my main blog, I'll try and keep the mini and micra parts seperate if...

Ohs so I need one type of clutch plate and drill out the rivets etc. I know what you mean. I'll look into it. L

Right I've read that blog after a bit of googling. Many thanks. So I need to fit the old engine flywheel to the new one and buy a 180mm clutch kit? Then the gearbox will fit ?

right guys I've got a question regarding clutches My car needed a new 998 engine so I sourced one that happens to come with a clutch still attached. Took the broken engine out of the car And carried it to the garage Plan was to take the gearbox off the rubbish engine and fit it too the new...

Well that's not a problem as I have plenty of dead space in that part of the engine bay. I'll make a new thread sometime in the new year then. Cheers Lawrence

Well it's the engine+gearbox so the plan is to just drop it in :) cheers for your information frank your well helpful. I should make a build tread on here tbh about my Micra mini! Lawrence