08-14-2017, 10:58 AM
Good morning from a sunny Cape Town!
I'll try to keep this short; Recently I had a car (1996 Fiat Uno Fire, my dad's) stolen while visiting a mate in Rondebosh last month, so I've been looking around at alternatives and through the many years of my dad's stories I'm also looking at getting a Mini as my first car.
Now I am fortunate enough to have a few project builds being scrapped in the Western Cape that I'm looking into getting my hands on, and I don't shy away from grease up to my elbows, but with this all said I'm hoping for some quick advice I didn't get searching the forums (Guess I'm just blind but I'll keep looking).
1. Who do I stay away from when looking for mechanical parts? (tell me your best and worst experiences with things like filters, seals, radiator pipes, window glass, etc)
2. I do plan to have conversion kits installed i.e. the best brakes I can afford, a Weber carb kit, maybe a MP3 radio system someday. Where do you source your mods from?
3. Chances are its a long term plan, but I intend to convert to a metal-free petrol engine by having hard seat inserts for the valves inserted, I read that it is expensive but it keeps the valves from wearing out faster. Would anyone recommend this, or should I just keep buying LRP while I can?
4. What did you learn with your Mini that you wished someone would have told you about? I take a lot of information in my head for granted because I forget not everything about cars are common knowledge.
Lekker dag verder!
Christiaan Venter
I'll try to keep this short; Recently I had a car (1996 Fiat Uno Fire, my dad's) stolen while visiting a mate in Rondebosh last month, so I've been looking around at alternatives and through the many years of my dad's stories I'm also looking at getting a Mini as my first car.
Now I am fortunate enough to have a few project builds being scrapped in the Western Cape that I'm looking into getting my hands on, and I don't shy away from grease up to my elbows, but with this all said I'm hoping for some quick advice I didn't get searching the forums (Guess I'm just blind but I'll keep looking).
1. Who do I stay away from when looking for mechanical parts? (tell me your best and worst experiences with things like filters, seals, radiator pipes, window glass, etc)
2. I do plan to have conversion kits installed i.e. the best brakes I can afford, a Weber carb kit, maybe a MP3 radio system someday. Where do you source your mods from?
3. Chances are its a long term plan, but I intend to convert to a metal-free petrol engine by having hard seat inserts for the valves inserted, I read that it is expensive but it keeps the valves from wearing out faster. Would anyone recommend this, or should I just keep buying LRP while I can?
4. What did you learn with your Mini that you wished someone would have told you about? I take a lot of information in my head for granted because I forget not everything about cars are common knowledge.
Lekker dag verder!
Christiaan Venter
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