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[alexcrosse]

ah cant wait to see this finally make a leap forwards, im not back home til the 23rd! and i got a mini to be running in! wots going on :S

How much do u wreckon your going to get done, when u bk to uni?

[mad4mins]

looking good!! make sure you keep the dremmel away from this one!!!!!!

[JetBLICK]

looking good!! make sure you keep the dremmel away from this one!!!!!!

Funny u should say that, i'm breakin it out tomorrow for 'adjustment' to the inside of the block...

Anyways, progress is guuud ent got any pics tho i'm affraid because i've been to busy

Sunday i spent repairing the radius arms, i managed to do them both in a day which was good. So with that out the way i started the engine on Monday afternoon by putting the head back together. Today i've done a test build of the block, to check all the clearances and stuff. So basically built up the whole thing as i would normally, timed the cam in, then put the head on with rockers to check to make sure i'm not gonna have trouble with exhausts valves hitting pistons, following a conversation i had with nick swift yesterday. I called him up for the timing figures for his cam, and he mentioned that i should check the clearance because of the small chamber size then get back to him with the figures... very helpful chap He said that 60thou is the absolute minimum and i've measured 90 without a head gasket (which is another 30thou) so i should be okay, woop!

Also while doing this i found the last cam lobe on the oil pump end is fouling the block casting where theres a little lump of metal left, so the dremels coming out 2morrow before i re-build it

After doin the block, i started the stripping the old mainshaft of 2nd and 3rd, thinking that i'd build the box up tomorrow, turns out it didn't take very long at all and the whole box is now finished more or less. Had to measure up the gaps of various shims that i'm gonna see if i can get from the engineers tomorrow.

I did make a massive schoolboy error, forgetting that the transfercase from the 1071 was pre-A+ with the smaller idler bearing, and my drops and gearbox are A+, which means tomorrow i've got to take one of the 998's transfer cases to the engineers to get it steam cleaned and pop the old bearings out

All in all its goin well and i anticipate that the motor will be nearly finished by tomorrow and in and fired up by the end of the week. Unfortunately tho, theres a few small bits do do for MOT that i dont think im gonna get done in time for an MOT on friday, so i'm gonna have to wait till after christmas

Nite y'all

[mini93]

nice to know your making good progress with this!

is it just a casting error on the block then? i take the blocks 2nd hand how come previous engine builder didnt know about the casted lump or would it be because of the differing cam

good luck with getting mostly built then!

[JetBLICK]

I dunno to be honest, when the oil pumps in the lobe only just skims it. Maybe the lobes are wider on swiftys cam, or its a higher lift than the 286SP that was in it when i got it? I gotta ring him back tomorrow so i'll ask what the specs are on his cam.

[mini93]

oh well if its curable problem its not too much of a biggie, its not too big is it? if you remember take a piccy, saying that i know what its like when you want to just get on and do it

[JetBLICK]

Well, after even after months preparing, trying to get everything ready so you can build you motor quickly and swiftly, i can promise you its not gonna happen. I took the short block apart after doing the dry build to grind the bit away and thats finally coming together nicely tho now, after sorting the correct size thrusters, whey! I think the main problem building stuff like engines and gearboxes in your garage is the lack of spares... namely shims and thrust washers to give you correct endfloats and clearances. Since being back from uni on friday i have been to the engineers on saturday, monday, wednesday, today, and i will be going again tomorrow!

Tomorrows the last chance because after tomorrow they're closed till january 3rd.

I gotta go again tomorrow so they can sort my baulk rings.. see here.. http://www.theminifo...x...c=66760&hl=

So gearbox has gotta come apart again woop... another set back

Nevermind, i'm not really in too much of a rush anymore, since the RR/MOT place aint gonna be open now for a week. Just hope i dont need any more bits from the engineers

Soz for the lack of piccys, theres not much to see to be perfectly honest all looks best when its all together.... so i took these





By the way, thanks to whoever put the 5star thingy on my project, i've no idea how you did it (unless its a moderator thing?), but i appreciate it thankyou

Dan

[Dog]

Nice Diff

Looks smart mate, as I said at yours the other night, I can't wait to see it down the track

[JetBLICK]

Cheers bud

Well, its practically done now... well, that gearbox ent getting un-bolted anytime soon anyway! I've used allen cap 5/16 bolts and my god they are a PITA to do up! If you think doin up your gearbox bolts with a spanner is fiddly and time consuming, try it with an allen key!

Only a few things left now, gotta sort the rocker cover out for the new breather system, block some of the holes and then make some bigger ones Then gotta cut the bulkhead and make a weber box. I'm only gonna do a small one temporarily, because i'll just use some sock filters for the time being till i can decide what the next step is.



Unlike previous pics... all the bits are actually in there now The endfloats where all checked over and everything is shimmed up perfect, the cam is timed to swiftys recommended between 105 and 106.. so i've landed it on 105.5. Checked the valve clearances on the pistons and got a nice 89.5 thou on the inlet, checked the exhausts with plasticine and they where way off so nothing to worry about there. Also noticed while doing this that my piston comes about 10thou above the face of the block at TDC... apparently this is a very good thing and it'll 'pull like a train' according to BES, woop

Probs gonna have to wait till January now tho to get it on the road, as the engineers dont come back till the 3rd and they're the ones who gonna sort out my RR session so that i get a top notch job, woop

by the way if anyones ever looking for engine work to be done in the worcestershire/bromsgrove area i cant recomend BES enough, they've been so helpful, even so far as lending me a couple of deep sockets over christmas so i can do up my head studs (stupid ARP 'star' drive nuts)

Ta Dan


Nite y'all

[Deathrow]

That is going to be one insane motor!

You sound like you really know your stuff sir!

I'd be terrified of ballsing an engine up if I built it myself :|.

Looking forward to seeing it on the road .

[retroracer1380]

We shud have sum fun bak in cov in the new year wen u got urs goin, i got bored of running mine in again after i got bak from the rollers and have just started givin her sum stick, i had a pie moment on way to malvern today up the muddy lanes and got her lookin a bit more 'slaggish' as pie would say:

[tedmcedd]

Im in love! ahhh retro cars rule!

[JetBLICK]

Nice one oli running in is a waste of precious time, do it on the rollers or a dyno, then you have more time to play

by the way i keep missing you wen ur on msn... i could do with a hand lifting the motor in mate, just a 5 min job, dont need the crane or nowt.

As for knowing my stuff deathrow, i dont really, u just gotta talk to the right people when getting advise

[retroracer1380]

by the way i keep missing you wen ur on msn... i could do with a hand lifting the motor in mate, just a 5 min job, dont need the crane or nowt.

Yeh, no worries mate, giv us a ring when u want to do it, i can rob ur strobe again lol, because we had her too advanced again wen i took her down the rollers, so i wana check bluey to, dont wana nail the pistons on that on too!

[miRon]

dan,this is looking awesome!!!!