Austin 850 performance conversion

[askalbert]

Some books that may be fun to read are "Tuning the (Classic) Mini" and "More Mini Tuning" by Clive Trickey. as well as "The Wild Card" - History of Vortz Racing. (Need one of these myself.)

Clive Trickey because he was there at the start with 850 racing and illustrates well what can be done with standard parts on a budget.
Vortz because Nick Vorotsos (Vortz) did a lot with the smaller capacity engines, some is outlined by "Jaydee" on the Mini Forum in this link:

http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/top...cing-cars/

I'm keen on this thread as well as I have a '61 shell which eventually (watch the grass grow) is intended to head a similar route. Lovely car there.

http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/top...-ktr-223e/

Some Clive Trickey books in Johannesburg - Chapter1 Books:

Tunini A Mini
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDeta...5157016224

Building and Racing 850
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDeta...5703212743

Modifying Cylinder Heads
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDeta...5426200499