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[minimk1]

Just brought a cooper s lightened flywheel off ebay for £50 bargain

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Edited by minimk1, 19 June 2013 - 06:36 PM.

[minimk1]

Also I have no more exams !!!! Which means I have 9 weeks off of school to crack on with my car

Updated engine spec

998 cooper engine
D top pistons
Kent 266 cam
Cooper s lightened flywheel
Worked 12a185 head (with larger valves than a 12g295)
Double valve springs
Twin 1 1/4 carbs with trumpets and upgraded needles
Duplex timing gear
Lightened cam followers
Centre oil pick up

This is the spec so far

[minimk1]

All I hope for is it to have 55bhp like it should standard and any more ill be a bonus if I'm honest as I do not believe that it would have kept its 55 from factory

[minimk1]

Brought a draper gravity fed spray gun today I am now planning on spraying the car myself as it means I can apply the paint to my spec and have been reading up on it and doesn't sound too hard, there is a spray shop local to me so he will help me with it and doing it myself also saves a lot of money

[minimk1]

Forgot to add that this flywheel cost me £50 and only weighs 3.56 kg ! How good is that ! So light for such little money, ironic that you pay more for less of a flywheel isn't it ? :)

[MiniElliott]

Really enjoyed reading through this. Have you got any twin carbs yet ?

[minimk1]

Yes I have got a set that I need to rebuild picked them up for £30 with the manifold

Edited by minimk1, 21 June 2013 - 02:35 PM.

[minimk1]

Brought an mg metro cam for my engine it's the 3 pin type camshaft

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[minimk1]

so i split my block from my gearbox today and wow ive never seen so much sludge in all of my life but some light cleaner and a blow of my air gun got rid of most of it, i have some light suface rust on my crank,will this be a problem or could i just lightly sand it off ? pictures to come later when i can find my sd card adaptor

[minimk1]

Brands hatch tomorrow, where I will pick up my cam and have to walk past anything evolving money as I'm skint at the moment it's the minis fault :)

[minimk1]

Flywheel arrived today and wow is it lighter than standered it's ridiculously light, but i love it that and the metro 3 pin cam I picked up from brands hatch the car should have a few more bhp ;) which is always a plus

[Ben_O]

I hate to be that person but  I couldn't help noticing that on that roof corner and post you salvaged from the white shell, when you fitted it, you should have staggered the joints on the windscreen boxing plate, windscreen frame and door aperture frame. Welding it in like you have will only leave you with a weak joint which could shear in an impact. Too late now I guess though! 

 

You are doing a great job though. When I was your age, I didn't attempt half of the things you have.

 

Ill be watching this with interest!

 

Ben

[minimk1]

[quote name="Ben_O" post="2834242" timestamp="1372209920"]I hate to be that person but  I couldn't help noticing that on that roof corner and post you salvaged from the white shell, when you fitted it, you should have staggered the joints on the windscreen boxing plate, windscreen frame and door aperture frame. Welding it in like you have will only leave you with a weak joint which could shear in an impact. Too late now I guess though! 
 




What do you mean stagger the joints ? And surely this weakness would be easily compensated by my roll cage ?

[Ben_O]

Ill try to get a picture and help explain it. But yes a  roll cage would help.

[minimk1]

Also I don't understand how it would create a weakness if the welds are strong enough which they are how could this be weaker than the original, don't mean to come across angry I'm just confused :)