Our toy's

[chellwil]

my 78 clubby estate featuring a 1275 auto

hubby has a 1985 mini city with a 1275 manual

[(minisniper)]

Hiya
Love the collection they all look in great condition.

Just wondering which do you prefer the clubby estate or the mayfair?

[chellwil]

the estate of course, i even put some of the things from the mayfair into the estate(rocker cover, matts little things like that). So when i drive the estate i have alittle of both. too bad the guy who bought the mayfair destroyed her. he ran her into a ditch then left her parked for months so her mambas are flat, paint looks bad,panels need replacing, even the 998 it broke now poor car. i even thought about buying her back but honistly would cost so much to fix what he has done.

[chellwil]

Well i bought my honda so the estate will soon be housing a D16 automatic motor woohoo!

[clambod]

Sounds tasty. You'll have to get some pics up of the change.

[chellwil]

i'll be adding tons of pic's for sure.

[(minisniper)]

Aug 30, 2010 19:00:32 GMT chellwil said:

i'll be adding tons of pic's for sure.

Can't wait to see the pics

[chellwil]

s737.photobucket.com/albums/xx19/chellwil/D16%20clubman%20estate/
this is our pic album my all speed subframe should be here wensday, then it's test fitting and powder coating the frame.

[(minisniper)]

Great load of pics to look at. Can't wait to see the next lot

[chellwil]

that honda we choped up was really nice but it was a good sacrifice for my mini.

[shoutforjoy]

Great photos.

Are you planning to upgrade any other bits (brakes perhaps) to go with the new higher power engine?

Paul

[clambod]

Nice looking motor. Are you fitting the Honda drive shafts or Honda/mini hybrids?

[chellwil]

hubby already has a vtec mini so we upgraded to metro brake setup and it's great. Ya mini breaks didn't last too long at all the rotors warped and went threw pads pretty quick so metro seems to be taking the beating better. We used the hybrid setup there's a guy on 16v forum we sent him both Honda and mini and he joined them together. Hubby's been driving his for almost a year and no issues so we'll go threw him to make mine. matter of fact we just had a MOT on hubby's today and the guy said the car's great and well done. A funny thing i must mention we have never had any of our mini's do well on emissions (was at .6 up to 4.5 aloud) till today, we both laughed when the MOT guy said how low it was just from experience we normally must tweak a few things for our other motors to pass, of course having a mini friendly guy helps too.

[chellwil]

hubby put a B18 in his mini manual mine will be the D16 auto so maybe not as fast as his but i'm still excited for sure. Here's his: s737.photobucket.com/albums/xx19/chellwil/b18%20to%20mini%20swap/

[clambod]

That B18 looks a really neat job. Did he have to cut any of the inner wings away?
I'm going to be fitting the Vauxhall 2.0L SRI 130 in to my clubby.

[chellwil]

yes both inner wings had to be cut and he had to modify the bulk head as well, so far we are thinking mine won't be so dramatic due to my engine just looking smaller in size when we get the engine and frame loaded in we'll know for sure. All those loving test fittings.

[chellwil]

[clambod]

Looking good. Did you have to modify the bulkhead on yours?

[chellwil]

hey guys wow it's been awhile, well here's my auto honda clubby and her upgraded look i would say she is finished but are they ever really finished. We just did a photo shoot for mini mag and i'm so excited to show off hubby's hard work, keep an eye out for her.

[clambod]

That looks really good. I'll bet you are very pleased with it.