Who did you use James? Same wheel as mine but yours now looks more magnolia than my mankie beige!
Stu.
Jq's '98 Mpi Mini Cooper
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Posted 25 April 2019 - 07:33 AM
The photos make it look lighter than it is. I used Royal Steering wheels
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Posted 25 April 2019 - 10:05 AM
Thanks, I've looked at Royal before and their quality looks superb.
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Posted 25 April 2019 - 10:28 AM
Same place that did mine. Jack does a great job, he's always busy!
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Posted 25 April 2019 - 12:04 PM
Nice! Where did you have those done?
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Posted 26 April 2019 - 08:48 AM
Nice! Where did you have those done?
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Posted 03 September 2019 - 01:22 PM
Well....
Incase anyone was wondering whats going on... I've moved house! Its only taken 5 months since the offer went in...
Anyway, I managed to move the shell from the garage to its new home in Gloucestershire:
I'll be getting a local company to paint it as the guy I had lined up just lost interest!
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Posted 13 March 2020 - 07:15 PM
Jesus. Done pretty much nothing on the car...
Decided to get the block out and give it a lick of paint. This was chemically cleaned at the engine builders, so just gave it a rub down with white spirit and gave it a lick of paint:
Just need to figure a way how to build it without a stand...
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Posted 13 March 2020 - 07:37 PM
I built it on its side then painted it... again. Just remember to clean the bores out with brake cleaner as you'd be surprised how much metal dust is in those cross hatchings!
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Posted 24 March 2020 - 09:44 AM
Been having some fun with piston ring gaps. And by fun I mean a nightmare...
The first one i measured up cam in with a gap of around 0.55mm, which is way out of spec according to the Haynes manual. BUT, the engine has 2 thou worth of wear in the bores according to the engine builder. I've been told that the ring gap can increase by 3 thou for every thou of wear, so by that calculation I am allowed a maximum gap of 0.60mm... So good to go....?
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Posted 24 March 2020 - 02:43 PM
Are the ring gaps square?
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Posted 24 March 2020 - 04:40 PM
Are the ring gaps square?
I assume so..? How would i tell?
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Posted 24 March 2020 - 06:54 PM
The feeler gauge will change resistance as it goes into the gap. Feedback from when my engine was built was they weren't square, but my gaps needed taking out for boost.
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Posted 25 March 2020 - 03:41 PM
The feeler gauge will change resistance as it goes into the gap. Feedback from when my engine was built was they weren't square, but my gaps needed taking out for boost.
I'll have to double check...
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Posted 25 March 2020 - 07:05 PM
As it was sunny I decided to give the block a wash. It did have a chemical clean, but it has been sitting in a box for almost a year..
I'm glad I did as all that stuff came out of it!
Next job was the cylinder head. I've got the Swift tune SW5-7 cam. I got the kit with the double springs. The Cooper S head already had double springs in it, but as I don't know what strength they are (I did ask Minisport what they were but they never got back to me...) I thought it was safer to get the right springs for the cam.
I also lapped all the valves in as they were out anyway (didn't take any pics) The valves were all in great condition :)
If I can find the crank bearings tomorrow I might start building the block...
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