OT : Evil Cackle.....

What, a strut brace? Come on Brownz, you can better than that. A couple of
AP racing callipers for a start.


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Do keep up at the back.....

I have the GTTuning 'Spiroslot' Brake Discs + Kevlar Pads fitted at the mo,
a proper big brake kit is next on the list.

 

Brownz (Mobile) says...

I did performance mods to my SV today. There's an extra 4 to 5 bhp
available purely by removing the snorkel from the airbox, and a further
3 bhp if you raise the front of the fuel tank by 15mm. So for the cost
of two 20mm tall rubber doorstops and two M6x40mm bolts, which came to
£1-16, I have approx 10% more power.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2003/2123035288_fb9ecbf45a_b.jpg

and

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2365/2122258961_0bbe7f865a_b.jpg

I love cheap power gains.

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE
Suzuki SV650 K3
Honda CBR600 F-W
Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka
Suzuki GSX-R750L
Suzkui TS50X

 

Don't eat so many fucking pies!

 

How does that work then? Allows more air into the airbox?

 

I said big brake kit, not big bake kit.....

Although I do enjoy the occaisional ginsters moment, tis the beer that is my
downfall.

 

Mark Olson says...

This is true on a carbed curvey model, but the dip doesn't occur on the
K3 injected model I have.

It allows more cold air into the airbox, the gap is quite restrictive as
standard.

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE
Suzuki SV650 K3
Honda CBR600 F-W
Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka
Suzuki GSX-R750L
Suzkui TS50X

 

This was The Thing to do with the carbed Bandit 12, with the addition
of a 2" diameter hole cut in the airbox right next to the ex-snorkel
hole. This was, reportedly, worth a quite remarkable 8 - 10bhp, but a
re-jet had to be undertaken if a K&N or a race can was fitted as well.
Everybody fitted race cans, so Dynojet did very well out of B12
owners, although the extra ~30 bhp for a jet kit, filter, can and a
hole was well worth it.

 

No doubt there are plenty of do-it-yourself mods that work well,
but there are also quite a few mods that don't stand up to
scrutiny, yet still get passed around owner's groups on a "trust
your butt" basis.

Google for "7th gear mod" on the COG owner's forum if you want
a perfect example of the latter type of mod. The only mods that
I believe in, are ones that *can be* proven by dyno runs or actual
performance measurements.

 

"Enough"? This from a biker where even too much isn't enough?


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

What, a mini that doesn't go very far before it turns round and comes back
home?


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Beav says...

This one was built by one of Biz's best friends, and yes, he squeezed a
Rover V8 into the front of a Mini. He's currently putting together a
Mini Van with a 4.0 litre Rover V8 in the back, and his day to day car
is a Mini Clubman with a 16V MR2 2.0 litre engine and box in the front
on a home-made subframe, running on a home-brewed fuel-injection system
that produces more power than a stock MR2. He's a bit nuts, but a nice
bloke really.



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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE
Suzuki SV650 K3
Honda CBR600 F-W
Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka
Suzuki GSX-R750L
Suzkui TS50X

 

brilliant!

My last Mini had a fold-forward fibre-glass front end, and a stupid
"made out of 3" pipes" exhaust system, but I loved it.

Must get another.

 

darsy says...

That'll be what's called an LCB, long centre branch manifold. Unless you
buy a quality one and fit a load of engine stabilisers they crack and
break regularly.

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE
Suzuki SV650 K3
Honda CBR600 F-W
Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka
Suzuki GSX-R750L
Suzkui TS50X

 

Simon Wilson says...

One of my local mates has a Mk1 MR2 on a C plate with a modified 2.0
litre turbo 16V motor from a Jap spec Mk2 MR2 fitted, recently dynoed at
235 bhp. It's having more mods done over winter which should push it up
to about 275 at the wheels. He took me for a drive in it on Sunday, and
even at moderate throttle openings it was spinning the rear wheels up in
4th.

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE
Suzuki SV650 K3
Honda CBR600 F-W
Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka
Suzuki GSX-R750L
Suzkui TS50X

 

Yes. I.Know

I broke it most spectaculary ocver the sped bumps outside Crumlin Rd.
nick - as I went to pick up the pipe of the road, I had several gents
approach me with MP5s.

 

Mine is a 1993 G Ltd non turbo and it's quite unruly in the wet!

 

This is kind of fun:

 

This one...

....has the weight in the right place, but isn't exactly a Q-car.

Much more impressive, though.
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Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"A scone and tea at half past three
Makes the day a little brighter
Keep your cakes and fancy tarts
And stick them up your shiter."

 

I had a '66 mini with a 1440cc engine complete with 8 port head. It was far
too quick for its brakes and ability to go round corners, but great for
getting off the mark. Unfortunately, that didn't do the clutch ANY good at
all.

The new Mini's don't "do it" for me and if I was to stick a bike motor in
the back of one, I think it'd have to be from a 'Busa.




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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19