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This time we’re going to look at just how brakes do what they do, and ways to improve them. Without a doubt the most important point to get sorted at the outset is just what makes brakes do their thing - FRICTION. The sole purpose of the brake set-up on any vehicle .....

Engine - Identification Data Updated

If you have the engine tag still attached to the engine - just in front/below the thermostat housing - or perhaps the original engine number in the log book then the following should help you determine which engine you have. For Metro units, see 'Engine - Metro identification data'. Original engine identification numbers 850cc 8A Austin up to 25000 8MB Morris up to 25000 8AM Austin & Morris 25000 onwards 8AH Austin & Morris Automatic 8AJ Austin & Morris closed circuit breathing 8AK Austin & Morris automatic with closed circuit breathing 8WR Wolseley Hornet & Riley Elf 8AC Moke 85H/101 All variants 1969 onwards Note: third suffix letter denotes compression type, L = Low, H = High, e.g. 8AM/U/H101 denotes high compression. 998cc 9WR Wolseley Hornet & Riley Elf Mk2, pre closed circuit breathing 9AD Austin, Wolseley Hornet & Riley Elf Mk2 with remote type gearbox and closed

Engine - Identification data

Predominantly 13-inchers, but 12s as well, the main thrust of the questions being 'what do I need to do?'

This subject is a regular visitor to the message board and 'Knowledge' section of Mini Magazine for whom I write - fitting bigger wheels. Predominantly 13-inchers, but 12s as well, the main thrust of the questions being 'what do I need to do?' along with 'which wheel arch extensions will I need?' The answer has always been somewhat 'clipped' purely because of the space availability issues both in the magazine and on the message board, so something a little more detailed was required. Although the Mini suspension was designed around the use of 10-inch wheels with cross-ply tyres, a quick dash through history reveals that fitment of these bigger wheel sizes isn't a recent, 'modern' application.

These calipers are intended for use on 12” wheels with 8.4”diameter solid discs.

When fitting vented discs, spacers are required to fit between the two halves (Spacer kit C-AJJ4021) If using vented discs the drive flange must also be changed to the relevant type NAM6450F. When fitting the calipers ensure the wheel studs are sitting flush in the flange or disc as they should be in standard form and not fouling in any way.

These calipers are intended for use on 10”wheels with 7.5”diameter solid brake discs.

The kit contains:-

2 calipers, one right and one left hand. Please ensure that they are installed correctly with the bleed screws in the vertical position (i.e. at the top)
4 longer hub fixing bolts(53K1049)
4 bolt washers(21017Z
4 round spacers (AN1380) which go between hub and caliper where the fixing bolts locate. Bolts and spacers not required when fitting to vented discs
1 set of brake pad split pins (GBK1025) BUT NO BRAKE PADS.

PARTS YOU CAN DEPEND ON FROM MINI SPARES

Parts are still becoming obsolete from Rover quicker than we can produce them, but we are still hitting our target of three new parts per month. Production on some parts such as the right hand petrol tank have taken a back seat as we are putting all our energies into the five speed gearbox, fuel injection for the 8 port head and electric timing management control system. To date Mini Spares Centre carries over 6000 different types of parts with tooling on over 150 items owned solely by us at a cost of nearly £1/4 million. This figure is not hard to realise when tooling costs on each alloy road wheel is in the region of £6000, badges and bezels are £2000 for each one. Even tooling ...

Steady Eddy My first visit to Mini Spares must have been over 12 years ago and while buying the usual go faster bits, I enquired about a Saturday job. A very lean and handsome Keith Calver could only offer me full time employment. I declined and subsequently have spent a small fortune over the years and drunk far too many pints of beer with K.C.

The Monte Minis were entered in the 1300cc Group A category, which demands stringent safety requirements and a minimum weight of 760kgs. Our Mini weighed 760kgs prior to a full removal of all sound deadening material. The new homologated multi point roll cage from Safety Devices was fitted. This is not a job for the average enthusiast.

Wheel of Fortune If there is one aesthetic accessory that commands more debate, confusion, and disappointment it has to be the wheel. Since the inception of the Mini, if any manufacturers have produced a vast array of different designs and' sizes of wheel rim.Many are now defunct, although some of the rims still surface through garage clearouts and the like .. Many of the rims specifically made for the Mini generally fit with no problems, others have been adapted from a rim made for another vehicle.

An American in Brighton You may recall in an ancient issue of Mini Tech News, the picture of a strange chap in a hat, caught at a Californian Mini meet. the caption of 'Would you buy a used car from this man?' was particularly cruel, as Donald Racine Esq. is, in fact, the American agent for Mini Spares, with his Mini Mania shops based on the western and eastern seaboards of the United States.

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