https://youtu.be/Orx2gA7CCHk 

Im starting to get sick and tired of the 998 engine on my mini, although it's running like a champ, it still is slow compared to other modern cars, i want to be able to keep up with the traffic and not be pushed over by mustang,camaro and V8's in my back, although my mini is always a little darling in this town, a lot of people like to take pictures with it, i still am not satisfied when it comes to power and torque. i am very very close to do the vtec or toyota auto transmission conversion but i still have a Stateboard examination comming up, i dont want to be distracted. well anyway, as soon as i pass the exam, i will for sure do this conversion as a gift for myself. Plus this exam will shoot up my hourly rate to $56/hr.  i'm kinda tired of my current $44/hr rate..too low for me.

first i need to find a donor car.. that's the first step., then perhaps save some money for the motor mount which costs $2500, just the motor mount alone.,really? omg!
Then i will save more money to buy 2 catalytic converters and 3 mufflers so that my vtec mini will be quiet.,not like all other vtec minis that are so LOUD.( i'm no attention seeker, mind you). 
and also i wanted to ask if there's anyone who has tried putting an automatic vtec engine on their mini? i want an automatic transmission,i hate shifting gears, plus i'm no teenager anymore ,i don't do donuts and burn rubbers... i want a touring mini, not a show mini....

You know as much about Canada as you do about Minis.

The MMW and or MME should be done in the US,, not Canada... the concentration of mini owners are in the USA, plus geography wise, America is bigger than Canada. and 99% of places in canada is negative in temperature, too cold because it's near to north pole.
California is just the best place for any occassions. , freeways are free, no toll plaza.

sir Dan come on let's face it, in order for a classic mini 998 or even 1275 to achieve a 70mph speed, you should be at WOT, gas pedal slammed to the floor, and that is one of the very thing that i am NOT fond of doing because i am a responsible driver, doing a WOT can kill your engine in no time, remember that, That is also the very reason why i want to put a modern automatic engine on my mini, the modern engine drives 75mph at 2,700rpm only.,that means you can drive all day long without inhaling carbon monoxide from the tail pipe,just what the mini does at wot, expelling monoxide and smoke.
Come december i will start my Project, installing a toyota camry automatic trans engine to the back of my mini....wish me good luck!, i wish a 13inch wheel can fit on a 17inch wheel hub.im sure i can find one with 5 spokes. cutting the drive shaft is easy, i will use my band saw. then weld them together with Hobart 220V welder., i will buy a camry with salvage title so it will be dirt cheap, i dont care about the title,the engine is the only thing i need., and police won;t even know that the engine is not original to the mini, they dont even care., i have not heard of any VTEC mini owner who does the vtec converson then go to DMV and tell them that hey, i have a vtec on my mini and get a special title, nope,nobody does that., although it's really ILLEGAL to replace engines without updating the motor number record on MVD file.
So don't you worry jerseymini, i won't tell the New Jersey MVD that you have a classic mini with a Vtec engine installed illegally...lol

A 998 that can't make the Mini go 70 mph all day isn't running like a champ. A mini engine built for unleaded fuel has hardened valve seats in the head. Without the hardened seats (or a lead additive) , the iron of the head erodes away and the valves recede into the head, the valve clearances reduce and the valves start to leak and would eventually burn. In other words, using unleaded fuel in an engine not built for it will eventually compromise performance to the point the head needs to be rebuilt. Maybe your poor little 998 is overdue from using unleaded fuel. Logical enough?

(Alex; the only reason I posted this is because my muscles are too sore for me to be on the stationary bike right now.)

sir paul, i have been using unleaded gas on my 1977 mini 998 since time in memorial, and no issues so far, and in fact it's running like a champ. ( i guess champ means champion,it's an america's favorite idiomatic expression). aaanyway,  i mean what's in the unleaded gas that prohibit it to be used on an old carbureted engine... honestly,i can't find the logic.

You know what I was going to refute your bullS*** with a bit of basic common sense and knowledge but you know what? I just can't be bothered, you just keep putting in whatever you want to, after all it's your car right?

Warning: Read only if you are an open minded person,otherwise click exit.




i just read on the other thread that somebody has a 1966 mini cooper 1275 and he claims that it is not an unleaded motor, when i read it i was like, really???  HOW can it be NOT an unleaded motor? does he mean that he cannot use unleaded gas in it??? my goodness, for heaven sake , first,it is not a modern engine , old engine can take any type of gas except diesel ,  i mean for me, gas is gas !!  i would hesitate to put unleaded on my ferrari but not on my mini, jizz!  mini engine is not picky when it comes to gas ratings.
it just made me laugh when i read that thread,,.oh gawd!
i put the cheapest gas in my mini, and that's unleaded gas period! 

For smaller businesses (like out host for example) and those selling to many different areas of the world, shipping has such a huge range in cost. It would not be reasonable for them to include shipping in their price because their prices would look so high and they would lose local business. It also isn't fair to purchasers to cover part of the cost of shipping another customer's order to the other side of the world.

You would be surprised to learn how may US vendor websites say "will not ship to Canada". Others will provide prices in Canadian dollars and provide a quote for shipping in the 'check-out' process.

you know if i were these across the pond dealers, i will include the shipping cost and tax in the total cost of the parts, and tell customers that it's free shipping,  it's human nature that when we see the word free, we tend to give positive reaction to it.  In asia if you buy a hamburger for example, the tax is included in the price, so if you buy say $20 burger, you will pay $20 not $22,  here in america it's different ,the cost of the comodity is separate from the tax, so when you buy a $500 furniture, you have to pay about $590 including the tax, and you'll be surprised how come $500 becomes $590,and it starts to ruin your day.,, and their logic is for you to know that you are actually paying sales tax, well gosh, everybody knows that we are paying taxes, and don't rub it everytime we buy something in the store....seeeesh!

BTW, on the lighter side, i replaced the steering rack on my classic mini and i watched a tutorial video in youtube ,the title is "common sense"......Oh man, i learn a lot from that video.

No they should not they are in the parts selling business not in the shipping business. You have a choice at check out who you want to ship with, of course you would not know that as you "fix" (bodge in your case) everything with tin foil and bailing wire and that is probably on a good day.

....and should't the Minispare enterprise shoulder the broker fee?? They should right? They should not let the customer suffer paying that $70 , seesh thats a lot of money, on top of the actual cost of the parts plus tax ,plus the shipping, heck maybe there's also a handling fee ,who knows.... Mygad!!

It wasn't me but my 850 would do 78 mph... until one day I experienced valve float and it developed a knock. After that I kept it below 75. Another day, while showing my passenger how fast it could go, I suddenly realized there was a patrol car in the left lane in my blind spot just setting up to clock my speed... pre-radar days. ALMOST got a ticket. But i always wondered if the officer couldn't believe it would go that fast either.

Up to now, i can't stop wondering,and it keeps on comming back to my mind how that one member claim that he was able to drive his 850cc mini at 78mph back in the days, and that the only proof he has to prove that indeed he drove his mini at 78mph is a speeding ticket ... omg, i was like,really!! (rolleyes)...


are there already 123 distributors for sale back in the days??? seeesh!!

Topic:  I want an automatic classic mini with A/C.

My dream is to be able to build a classic mini with automatic transmission and with A/C.  i want to use the engine and transmission from say toyota camry, Rav4 or honda(not the manual Vtec please,too common), and put it in the back instead of front., the front mini suspension and tie rods will remain. i will take the engine off and leave the differential still attached, this will hold the driveshaft in place,(although it's not in use anymore,at least the link between the two hubs is intact. I will fit the gas tank in front and as well as the radiator.
if the engine is too big, i may not be able to make room for rear suspension, so it means that the rear will not have any suspension,it may feel like golf cart but hey minis used to feel that way anyway.  So to continue, the front engine of camry will be installed in the back of my mini, i will be needing 1 1/2 high tensil tubings to make the mounting points, the original A-suspension arm will be cut short to fit the mini and decrease the total width so the wheels won't portrude that much. As soon as i install the engine, i will make room for the A/C box anywhere in front or somewhere in the back, tubes extensions will be the big challenge but doable. Since the modern cars works with wires(not cables going to the carburetor) it will be easy for me to make extension wires to extend the switches, and also the automatc shifter (P,D,N,L1,L2) is run by a long cable, it's easy to just shove it in front because the wire is long. 
and on the Drive shaft, i will need to cut short the drive shaft to the desired length, on both sides, i will have our local machine shop do it professionally. all the wires will be pulled from the Camry meticulously including the CPU and relatively and easily place them anywhere in the back of the mini, tucked behind the walls, the power steering pump will be left in the engine but will not be operational, i will just leave it there to maintain the tension of the serpentine belt. The power steering rack underneath the car will not be used. the Brakes may need to be modified.  So basically, as long as i can fit the engine and trans inside the back of the mini i'm all good, the wires will be easy to deal with. My only issue now is the shifter, i believe that before i can shift the automatic shifter lever i need to step on the brake pedal, i need to know what's in the brake pedal that allows the shifter to move, hope it's just a piece of toggle switch,and that will be an easy one then.
And also the cruise control device will be transferred to the mini as well.
oh, and also, the hub that used to be swivelling will be aligned and fixed permanently with strong iron rod because it will be used in the rear and no need to turn.

 The reason i want to do this is because i wanted to do a long drive with my mini with ease and confidence,  i don't want to be like that guy from california who owns a yellow vtec mini who drove his mini 3,000 miles to Canada... i mean who drives a stick shift for 3000 miles??? i don't want to step on the clutch pedal and gas pedal over and over again for 5days,  jeeez,my legs will get numb, im no insane to do that...lol  aaanyway..

if i only have a machine shop like Alex and Minimans and others who owns a complete set of tools ,pipe bender,pneumatic tools,pipe cutter, 220v welding machine etc, i will be able to do this project easily. i dunno why these people didnt think of doing a project like these, they have the time and means... i guess they just wants to settle with A series engines...well not me.,i'm kinda tired of driving my A-series mini around my little town on a weekend waving at people and feeling cute, i want to take my mini across the country,( you think i can do that on an A-series engines? omg!!.

....bottomline, i want to explore, and bring my mini to the highest level.

you know with all seriousness-ness, i dunno why people don't like Automatic transmission on a classic mini, i see nothing wrong with it tho,, it perform flawlessly in my own ridiculous opinion. 
Why wouldn't you want a mini that is step and go?  why do you want a shifter and a clutch? does it make you more manly when you shift?? omg!!   To me,auto trans is awsome!!   
i'm not the one talking on this video, i speak engrish better than him

But first, watch this... very impressive mini---->  https://youtu.be/4RLhAPQHf60 

imo----------->  https://youtu.be/AMq4moNNlOA

Sir Dan, in my 40+ years of existence i never had experienced using a torque wrench on my wheel nuts, never, and guess what, i'm still alive.  The key is you have to clean the nuts and bolt,make sure it doesnt have any amount of oil in it, otherwise you will keep on tightening it because the lug nut doesnt seem to tighten because it slides cause by the tiny amt of oil in it, then it breaks. 
My practice is after i tighten the 4 nuts the first round, i re-tighten them the 2nd round. then that's it.  i do the same on the engine head, people always uses torques wrench to tighten the bolt on their engine head, tightening nuts with a torque wrench is just "numbers" Nuts  gets tighten with or without torque wrench imo. if you feel the same amount of "effort" when re-tightening the bolts on ALL the nuts,it  means they are all tightened equally. i dont see that these needs to be standardized, it's just media hype, so to speak.  
Do you mean to say that if you dont tighten the nut in it's standard torque the wheel will fly?,   course not...!!

ps: i know "ATPG" is fond of using torque wrench... guess who "ATPG" is?  make a wild guess....?






myth.....

Happy Saturday to ya'll.... driving along the lake with my mini. 

Not racist. Political satire.