Meet Trig, a modified Rover Mini City E!

Engine, Intake & Exhaust

• 1275cc A+ in place of the factory 998cc engine (early 90s engine designs for catalytic converter non-injection)
• HIFF44 carburettor - Vapour blasted and fully rebuilt with genuine SU rebuild kit
• MiniSpares intake manifold (casting smoothed and black powder coated)
• K&N HIF44 Cone Air filter, with real carbon fibre skinned mounting plates
• Specialist Components Stainless Steel 3-2-1 LCB (Long Centre Branch) exhaust manifold
• Stainless steel 2" exhaust centre section
• Stainless Steel genuine PlayMini SuperSport back box with rolled 2" tips
• Genuine Fletcher aluminium 2 core radiator 
• Rocker cover powder coated in wrinkle black
• Rocker cover red anodised ’T-Bars’
• Uprated (75 Amp) alternator
• Genuine MiniSpares front wiring loom
• Electronic ignition conversion
• New battery c.2022-2023 with 4yr guarantee
• Genuine new old stock fuel pump
• Braided fuel hose front and back (suitable for modern fuels denoted by orange tracer thread)

Gearbox

Fully rebuilt with the following components

Genuine MiniSpares bearings and baulk rings throughout

New thrust washers throughout

Competition layshaft (future proofing or any extra power the next owner may want to apply to the car)

Centre oil pickup (to prevent the common oil starvation issues of the standard pickup)

Casings (including diff housing, diff covers and ‘wok’) powder coated in metallic silver

Borg & Beck clutch kit fitted 2023

Bodywork/Exterior

• New British Motor Heritage Panels
• Front panel

Bonnet

Front wings (sportspack specific with additional sportspack lip stiffeners)

Outer sills

Full inner wings

Scuttle panel (LHD wiper holes welded up and smoothed)

• Fully resprayed in the cars original factory colour, non-metallic Cranberry Red (paint code: COS). An incredibly rare colour that I have only seen on one other Mini. Only available from 1990-1992. A tin of leftover paint from the respray comes with the car for any future touch ups or panel resprays for a perfect match.
• Rover Quicksilver roof (same colour as the Cooper Sport 500 LEs)
• Rover Quicksilver painted bonnet stripes
• Seams between front panel and wings welded, flattened and smoothed
• Genuine Rover Sportspack wheel arches (bought fresh in Rover bags with the car. (inner faces trimmed to suit 7” wheels with lowered ride height)

• Under bonnet painted in Rover Tahiti blue with crossbars painted in white
• Floorpan coated in Gravitex stone-chip and painted in body colour, then painted with black Por-15 anti-corrosion paint system.

• Paintwork has been fully machine polished and protected with Auto Finesse ceramic waxes
• Genuine new old stock Rover green tinted glass throughout (incredibly rare)
• Tex stainless door mirrors
• Stainless steel Sportspack bumpers
• Stainless steel headlight surrounds

Halogen converted headlights

Fog light integrated into the rear light cluster
Brake reservoir holes for LHD cars welded and smoothed
Fuel filler neck relocated into boot, hole welded and smoothed
Internal boot hinges (Mini bonnet hinges repurposed)
Smooth boot lid with internal release mechanism beneath the rear seat

Stainless steel door escutcheons
Chrome door handles
Stainless steel front grille and surrounds
Internal bonnet release
Red anodised grille buttons

Suspension & Body Mounting

Genuine MiniSpares bushes throughout suspension
Polyflex polyurethane subframe bushes
Lowered ride height GAZ adjustable shock absorbers
Lowered ride height front shock mounts
Heavy duty and adjustable front tie bars with rubber and polyurethane

MiniSpares hybrid bush kit

Genuine Dunlop/Moulton suspension cones throughout
Genuine new old stock Ripspeed branded Hi-Lo's (powder coated throughout)

All suspension components powder coated in gloss black throughout the car

Powder coated front subframe
Por-15 gloss black painted rear subframe

Brakes

8.4” MiniSport 40th Anniversary billet CNC 4 pot brakes
Goodridge braided brake lines front and back
Vented and grooved front discs, with powder coated bosses

Metro drive flanges (to suit the MiniSport brakes)
Spacer rear drums powder coated in gloss black
MiniSpares Kunifer brake hose kit installed throughout

Wheels & Tyres

Minilite style 7x13" wheels in full bare metal polished finish (NOT chrome plated)

Custom ‘Trig’ centre caps

4 Brand new Yoko A539 175/50r13 tyres
Brand new stainless steel wheel nuts throughout (c/w new studs)
Stainless steel valve caps and stems

New wheel bearings throughout

Interior

Real carbon fibre 3+3 style dash (not fake carbon vinyl etc, real carbon)
Genuine Rover Mini MPi Magnolia gauges (rare) complete with full metal chrome rings
Genuine Smiths clock
Genuine Smiths oil pressure gauge
Genuine Smiths voltmeter
Alpine single DIN head unit
Glovebox with hidden 12v outlet for charging gadgets
Dashboard upper and lower upholstered in black faux-suede cloth
Rooflining and A/B/C pillars upholstered in black faux-suede cloth
Parcel shelf trimmed in black faux-suede cloth
Door cards front and rear upholstered in premium black vinyl and diamond stitched black suede cloth

Rear seat upholstered in premium black vinyl and diamond stitched black suede cloth
Cobra Monaco cloth/nome front seats
Adjustable seat mounts

MiniSpares carpets
SilentCoat sound deadening installed throughout the interior, roof and door skins 

Red 4 point Sabelt harnesses

Rear harness bar with spreader plates on rear arches

Billet aluminium door furniture throughout
Front air vents removed (rust trap and not fan assisted) in favour of additional speakers complete with full metal chrome rings to match the instruments

Glass mounted radio antenna (so no exterior antenna is visible for a smoother look)

Chrome rear view mirror
OMP Corsica 90mm dished suede steering wheel
Steering column drop bracket

As you have just read this Mini is exceptional and ready to go and WIN some summer shows!