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1320's New Apprentice

We are pleased to announce that Jack Pirondini has started his 2nd year as an apprentice here at 1320

Jack has already completed his NVQ 1 & 2 back in his hometown of Leeds but really wanted to  further his knowledge of tuning and racing MINIs……..we tried to put him off J but he insisted this is his dream job and was up for the challenge of working at 1320.

Jack already has a huge amount of experience modifying his own MINI One which will add to the http://www.1320.co.uk/topic/21-employee-cars.aspx section

Jack's first Job was to remove the engine & gearbox from this R56 and re-fit it to Old Rattler

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I’m sure you’ll join me in wishing him every success for his future @ 1320.

  

Sprintex Supercharger & JCW Head & Cat Cams breaks 270whp
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We still believe there's some more left on the table :)
Old Red joins the 260 whp club
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Old Red's latest dyno run
Old Red's latest dyno number, the difference from the previous dyno is JCW head with stock valves, 8.0-1 Wossner pistons, 1320 conrods, Mahle race bearings
Hopefully will find some more HP before the RWYB season starts in January at Santa Pod
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KMT Pulley & Superflex Wishbone package fitted £399

It’s always an argument here at 1320 which modification would you do to a virgin MINI first

.Thomas would always go for a pulley first,  whereas Scott would always go for replacing the OEM wishbone bushes with the uprated Superflex bushes.

So it seemed obvious to us why not combine the two as a package, so for £399 including vat you get the following supplied and fitted.

1 x pair of Superflex bushes of your choice SPF2548K or SPF2550K

1 x KMT pulley of your choice 11% 13.20% 15% 16%17 %19%

1 x Supercharger belt to suit your choice of KMT pulley

4 x NGK spark plugs

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1320 Quietflow Cat Back
This has been on the to do list for a long time and as December is usually quiet for us and we're waiting on parts for some of our long term jobs it was an ideal opportunity to get Old Red in and get the experimental 1320 Quietflow Cat Back in and done.
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It has actually met all expectations , its very quiet even with a de-cat so it should pass Bedford Autodrome noise drive by limits with ease, as an added bonus it also makes very good power.
Modern MINI R56 Cam Feature
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We recently carried out some work for CAT CAMS and Modern MINI to produce a great camshaft fitting guide for the R56 , This was Matt Woods http://mwoods.co.uk catching Thomas' good side during the day. Grab a copy in a month or two.
Scott's Renault Engine
Scotts been slowly gathering parts for his new Renault engine, lucky for him we have MINI customers who are ex renault 5 GT turbo owners,

He now has:
Rods
Pistons
Ported head
Steel liners
and a few other goodies,

There's aways a Renault engine build going on here

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1950s tractor block (Renault 5 gt turbo) cleaned and preped and primed

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All painted, now time to add parts and start the measuring and build.
1320 Gear
As winter is here, we now have ICE SCRAPERS, these are free when you visit and you WILL be made to take them home:-)
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Also the Black and Yellow shirt went down real well so now we have light Blue and dark Blue shirts witha slightly different design. These are free when £500 has been spent or £10+vat to buy.

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O'Jager's MINI goes for 4 wheel alignment...
Richard O' Jager's Time Attack machine goes for a four wheel alignment including 90kg added to the drivers seat to represent Richard in the car
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