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[The Matt]

Get that clutch done asap squire!

Bring yer foot round here and help me bleed it Nick!

[The Matt]

havent you got anyone you can ask you for a hand? if not sum1 off the street and say ill give u £5 to press my clutch down a few times, so i can bleed the clutch hahhaha

Street? You aint seen how 'rural' it is where I live Tom!

Nah, the GF's back now so we're gonna go and sort it out now. Just wish she'd have been here at about 11:00 this morning!

Nevermind, might just take Monday or Tuesday afternoon off and do it then.

[Brawlyrox]

I will be there in 6 hours or I could just post me foot?

[The Matt]

NO, not that foot!



Nah, Jojo's back now, so it's time to go play again!

WOP WOP

[Bean]

Nah, Jojo's back now, so it's time to go play again!

but what about the mini?

[Jammy]

Fixed it yet?

[Bungle]

no he's busy with jojo

[stardude]

whats the engine spec mr matt?

[The Matt]

Fixed it yet?

NO!!!

I've found the cause of the problem though (I think).......

My clutch release arm has sorta straightened itself out. I compared it to a spare one and the end where the pushrod is around 10mm further away from the slave cylinder than it should be. So, I've adjusted the return stop and it's nearly there now...

Looksies....



Not sure if the cranked one is supposed to be cranked though. They've both got the same part number on em, but they are definitely different. Anyway, the cranked one is now fitted, though it does have some wear on the ball where it attaches to the plunger.

Even better news, it's now developed a nasty sounding misfire!!!

Compression tester will tell me more in the morning, but I think it may be one that's gonna make me cry!

Oooh oooh, and my heater rad's leaking too now! YAAY!!!

no he's busy with jojo

Wasn't! Honest!

whats the engine spec mr matt?

It's a 1380, with a homebuilt head and a few other trick bits basically. It's somewhere near the start of the thread in full detail I fink

EDIT: Here y'are:

It's a 1380 A+ block, with Powermax pistons.
Leaded MG Metro head, ported out as far as I dared,
1.5:1 roller rockers,
286 cam,
Maniflow phase 2 LCB,
Megajolt ignition,
Ultralight flywheel, backplate,
Orange diaphragm,
'Rally' clutch plate (IIRC),
Straight cut drops,
SCCR gearbox with X-pin diff and 3.444:1 FD ratio,
Umm, umm, that's it I fink

Oh, the exhaust is a Scorpion stainless steel one, single silencer, 1.7/8" bore.

It's got a 4 blade fan on there too, which is a little noisier than standard one.

Edited by The Matt, 12 January 2008 - 05:15 PM.

[Bungle]

so your a bender

[The Matt]

Yes Bungle!

Anyway, the compression test didn't show any faults, good compression on all four (as it should be on a new engine).

Aaaand, it was basically because I'd tweaked the idle adjusting screws in too far on one side of the 45. I've been out and bought a carb balancer and made sure they're both sucking the same too.

So now it's back to a normal setting, though I think the idle jets are a little too big to be honest as it seems to overfuel a little at idle, then clear when revved.

[Jammy]

Hey dude! Been able to sort out the overfueling or get it MOT'd yet?

[Bungle]

no he's still busy with jojo

[Nickh_16]

This sounds like a beasty project.....i like it

Good luck!

Nick

[The Matt]

MUHAHAHAHA!!!!! MUHAHAHAHA!!!!

I've just driven the FReaK about to miles!!!! fapping

The orange clutch diaphragm isn't that hard to operate either, nice and simple, the only real problem I have is with gearing. I think the 3.444:1 FD ratio is a little too high for my engine spec. When I'm doing about 30 (well, just below) it's really hard to keep it smooth in 3rd, so you need to be in 2nd really. It's all a little high geared for my liking.

Plus, I really HAVE to change the exhaust for a quieter one, it's too noisy, waaaaaay too noisy.

And, it's getting MOT'd at 10 in the morning. I don't expect it to pass, I noticed a rack boot had a little split in it, but I've not had time to change it. I must have nicked it when I cut off the zip ties to adjust the tracking and not noticed

But anyway, I've driven the FReaK I've driven the FReaK and I LIKED IT!!!