Yer getting there with the mini Happy days 👍🏽

Hi Laura cylinder head gasflow &a good cam I specialise in minis worked on them for nearly 40 years if you need any help at all contact me

What year is your mini? Mines a 1998 Rover spi japanese import and it looked pretty much like that before it went into a panel beater! Except as with japanese rover minis mine has air-conditioning and its retro fitted with austin cooper badges and older style mirrors located towards the headlights! I say just restore it to how it came out of the factory(engine and body rebuild)! But with cooper sport or john cooper works spec maybe?

Great 👍

I have SW5 swiftune cam kit if your interested?

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Hi laura, absolutely amazing videos, ive immediately subscribed :D Just wanted to say about the engine mods, John Cooper Garages do a Cooper Si pack for MPi minis. Its afew thousand but adds alot in resale value and gives you about 90hp ☺️

There is a factory lifting tool, and seems to be pretty common out there these days. In the '70's we borrowed the dealers lifting tool, and made a copy of it. It tilts the engine assembly so it lifts out easy, and then repositions to lift the engine off the gearbox.

The A Series engine responses well to head and cam. A stage 3 head, and Swiftune SW5 cam would be a great move. Strong back the centre main bearing, and balance the lightened flywheel and crank. If budget allows, a close ratio gear set, and LSD. Smiles per Mile.

yummie!!!!!!!!!!

Yay the engine is out xx perfect viewing while we have breakfast, keep on going Laura

Hey Laura, Firstly, definitely buying the appropriate lifting tool will ensure you limit the chances of it failing, slipping or damaging the engine (check my videos for tools from minisport). A mild camshaft is always a good mod along with oversized pistons, 040” would be suffice as a starting point. Moving onto head work is also a good option to let it breathe better, but as you add modifications, there will always be restrictions from such things as exhaust system, intake, fueling, ignition timing etc. always best to upgrade parts as you go to get the most out of it. But a cam shaft and pistons would be a great and easy start, plus it’ll give you a full breakdown of the engine internals and what condition they’re in. Hope this helps. Tomo

Once again excellent video laura!!! Cant wait to see the finalized product!!!!!

Enjoying this series of yours. Just doing a complete recommissioning of my Mini Cooper so looking forward to seeing how you get on with yours :)

Monster truck wheels and bouncing when the music's on

Great video Laura and some great advice there on how to remove a engine. I have a Mini similar age to yours but it’s not a copper. I’ve gone with some mods like twin exhaust and some alloy wheels that sit just proud of the standard arches. I’ve also fitted low back bucket seats and 4 spot lights

Wow, perfect timing! My engine is going out of the Mini tomorrow. 🎉

Excellent video Laura! So glad that the engine is finally out 😊 I would make the mini have a Sonic Wrap…ok I might have a slight obsession with the blue hedgehog 😂 can’t wait for more videos from you, lots of success coming your way

Great video but could be made longer and still be as interesting.

That's beautiful 😍 your skills are amazing 👌😄

That's a beautiful car, high on my own wish list 👌🤩

You got really lucky there! What a lovely guys to let you work there. Lovely dogs too ❤

That's a beautiful piece of work, Laura! I just discovered your channel and subscribed. You're doing a good job. Greetings from the Netherlands 👋😄

Great video, took me back to my younger days working on my rot box of a proper mini.

Wow that’s amazing 🤩 👍

I was interested to see your article in Professional Engineer. I am C.Eng. Been working on classic cars for years now but always something to learn. Just taken an online HNC in welding fabrication and inspection. Even though of retirement age. Quite a through study of the ins and outs of different welding sets, and more. Employed part time as design, welding and manufacturing engineer. Good luck with the project. Never worked on a mini myself.

I have an original" Kershaw " -I'm hoping that one day it'll be my pension ;)

What a beautiful picture, well done Laura

Amazing

This was an amazing video! You are def so multi talented and i always look forwards to your videos ❤

Such a great video and it’s so amazing to see how talented you are!

So cool to see the timelapse of your creative process! I'm sure he'll be delighted with it.

Wow superb I wonderd why you hadn't finished the rear subframe on the Mini Classic your to buisy 👍🏽

Wee bit impressed I must say. And I love how you tell a long story in a short video.

Wow, how long have you been a ‘mechanic’ , very impressed, all great stuff. I highly recommend the Minispares subframe - MS45D or MS45LATE (currently out of stock). Half the price of genuine and that rust will just come back on that old one (time and money wasted), trust me, been there done that. Also join the ‘the mini forum’, £5. tell mini spares and they’ll give you 7.5% discount on everything (except sales items) - I’m not affiliated, just love minis (it’s a problem 🤣

Short and sweet. Great vlog 👍

Hi, great vlog. FYI the sills are bead welded in the factory (so no spot welds as such), so is the roof and the seams on the four corners of the car. The bead weld is a semi continuous weld and a right pain. Also MIG stands for metal inert gas, TIG is tungsten inert gas. Any inert gas will work, some are better than others. Gonna watch your other vlogs now. 👍

in Romania the washer fluid for sure is not part of the servicing

Diesel Mazda, are they reliable?

Every car lover loves a wee Mini classic great project and content 👌

Clever clogs ❤

Amazing video

Love the quality of the videos and detail laura. Keep up the amazing work! Cant wait for the next video

Absolutely amazing video and glad the car got a nice clean afterwards, can’t wait for the next video

Way to go! Content, detail and confidence all of professional standard after only 3 videos. Replace all parts hard to get to when the subframe is in place. Do everything properly once and Paddington will repay you for many years to come. Keep the videos coming, I’m feeling very nostalgic. A well presented reminder of my youth. Thank you.

Good work, would have removed the bootlid first to give you better access inside the boot. Personally, i wouldnt bother with shotblast and powdercoat, just wire wheel it back to bare metal, some rust treatment and a few coats of black smooth hammerite does the same job and is cheaper. Would recommend using uprated orange polybushes though on your mounts when you rebuild it, id also do the same to to the radius arms, get them repinned and replace all the moving parts.

1/8 thats a good score, same as I got on the MPI mini 👍

Good stuff, well presented. 👍

Great video