Article by “minimania.com” Note that vehicle weight vary depending on options (e.g. automatic transmission, suspension type) and year of vehicle and is a guide only. The factory has stated different weights for the same model of car, for example. An READ MORE
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SU CARB Dashpot Oil
This subject is a regular message-board poser. Many of us have touted our preferences and discoveries whilst playing about over the years. One problem with trying to deal with it on the message board is the sheer volume of information READ MORE
Austin Version of BMC Paint Color Codes
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Rebuilding the Classic Mini Shifter Mechanism
There are three types of shifter mechanisms on classic Minis. The earliest cars used what is commonly referred to as the “magic wand” gear selector. This was, obviously, inferior. In September of 1961, when the Cooper and Super models were introduced, READ MORE
Lets Talk Motor Oil – Part 7
Article from “www.minimania.com” What is the terminology from SAE and API. Many think that the “W” in 10W-30 means “winter”.From SAE J300 p.2:“Two series of viscosity grades are defined in Table (1): (a) those containing the letter W and (b) READ MORE
Lets Talk Motor Oil – Part 6
Article by “www.minimania.com” A personal recommendation. These are the motor oils I recommend. This is based on information that I just happened to collect. I have not gotten the specifications of all oils out there. My opinion on these oils READ MORE
Lets talk Motor Oil – Part 5
Article by “www.minimania.com” Let’s use top gear: Let’s go racing. I will discuss driving in traffic jams in the Florida summer as well as racing in Sebring though there is no commonality. People lump these two driving situations together READ MORE
Lets Talk Motor Oil – Part 4
It is not what we thought. Article by “https://www.minimania.com/home.cfm’ Now let us finish talking about the differences of mineral verses synthetic oils. I will compare the same weight or grade of oils showing that the operating viscosity is the same READ MORE
Lets Talk Motor Oil – Part 3
Part Three. You have a synthetic mind. Article by “www.minimania.com” Let us compare mineral and synthetic oils. I will not talk about chemical but rather functional differences. We discussed before how mineral oils are too thick at startup yet too READ MORE
Lets Talk Motor Oil – Part 2
Chapter two. It gets more difficult. Article by “www.minimania.com” We left off discussing that a 0W-30 grade oil is not thinner than a 10W-30 oil. They both have the same thickness at operating temperature. The 0W-30 simply does not get READ MORE