MD Customz motors

Hello!

Well the mini is mine, the golf is Gaz's and soon to join the ranks is the kitteh (currently used as a shed... )

MinBin - 1980 Austin Morris Mini 1000. Fully deseamed, R56 spoiler, Zeemax bumpers, Sports Pack arches and skirts, 10x7 deep (4.5"!) dish Weller 4 spokes, GAZ lowered shocks with adjustable stiffness, fully adjustable bottom arms and tie rods, hi-lo adjustable suspension, Stage 3 cylinder head (big inlets, gas flowed, polished), Fast road/rally cam, Pipercross air filter, 3/2/1 exhaust manifold, Cherry Bomb back box, Suzuki buckets, TRS harnesses, FLI install (sort of .. 2 x16", 2 x 6x9s, FLI Trap 12 Twin), very loud very obnoxious going back on the rollers soon to see what hes got!

Tank - 1987 MK2 Golf Type 19 1.3 - coilovers, extended MK1 duck bill, strut braces (top and bottom front), smoked headlights, hella green rear lights, Custom Chrome Racing back box, MK1 cavalier steels with chrome hub caps.

Kitteh - 1978 Reliant Kitten Van 848cc RWD. Thats about it for now!!

And photos....

i <3 minbin.

Once Daniel from autosportnorth see's it i'm sure he will pipe up as i recall he has links with a classic mini company :/

Can Tank get any lower without having constant sump/chassis scrape?

Tank had to be raised 2" to fit the duck bill... used to have 15mm clearance on subframes #win

cool rides

Nice

I shall say no more, for fear of the wrath of Cali

No more. Nothing. I'm saying nothing at all. About being a dealer and North West Mapping centre for Specialist Components.

Yes, thats right, nothing at all about these guys that make lovely stuff for the classic mini -> www.specialist-components.co.uk

Not a word. Nothing.

ah emz i LOVE Minbin <3

and that golf is phiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttt tbf

Well Daniel... thats cool, i'm after turbo'ing the mini next year (££ pending) so i may need something from them. Though im only getting a megasquirt for ignition not really for running as its carb and tbh lightening things is cool but not always warranted. Need some weight to put the power down. Lets face it, a 650kg mini cant always afford to lose any.

MinBin is about 90% recycled tank is pretty much the same.

Honestly Emz, take it from 12 years experience of engine management systems. Loose the carb. It doesn't help in any way, shape or form. Its a relic. Even single point injection is a huge improvement

If you are buying a MegaSquirt (as opposed to a MegaJolt, which is purely ignition) then it makes no sense not to utilise its full feature set, and MegaSquirt is an excellent little Fuel & Ignition ECU.

I dont do injection carbs are easier to fiddle with, and mini electrics are shit. The majority of turbo minis run carbs. Our cars only see a garage for a rolling road set up, I plan on keeping it that way. SPI/MPI minis are poop, taken from a man with 20+ years of autograss racing - he will always choose carb. I'm a crank, piston rings and rebuild away turbo conversion... and those are purely to run the bhp im aiming for, if i settled for lower its about ready to go. I just need to send the head off for some more smoothing - its good for high revving normally aspirated right now, but it will not suit a turbo.

I must be doing something right, at Stage 1 tune the mini was better than your average 1275. Swapping from HS to HIF has helped though, far more tweakable.

Minbin is looking at it's best now

omg i actually think i am in love with the mini I have always wanted one and determined to get one ahaha. I love them. the paint work on yours is amazing.

I might take the silly flowers off mine and do something about more funky to my car