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[clubminiflip]

thats not bad to be honest cost wise, would you send me some measurements as a 1st guide for cutting the pockets in the block, i have an old dremal copy & a new cheapo copy from ALDI haha what tip did you use in the dremal to cut the seats???

on the rolling road guy colin, i think i'll give him a go, i usually got to hi-tech rolling road in cradly/oldbury but its worth giving colin a go me thinks i think you've done well on this engine build,

i have a good 1275 head & a standard a+998 engine & box so i think i'll have a bash!

when you ran the motor for the 1st time on the ground was it strapped down or antything???

[JetBLICK]

thats not bad to be honest cost wise, would you send me some measurements as a 1st guide for cutting the pockets in the block, i have an old dremal copy & a new cheapo copy from ALDI haha what tip did you use in the dremal to cut the seats???

on the rolling road guy colin, i think i'll give him a go, i usually got to hi-tech rolling road in cradly/oldbury but its worth giving colin a go me thinks i think you've done well on this engine build,

i have a good 1275 head & a standard a+998 engine & box so i think i'll have a bash!

when you ran the motor for the 1st time on the ground was it strapped down or antything???

lol -i didn't take measurements - pish Hears how you do it..

take the valve springs off the head
put some bluetack or similar on the top of the bores (where the exhaust valves would hit it)
then put the head on with the exhaust valves in it
and push the exhaust valves down into the bluetack
whip the head off and there are you're templates
now mark the outline of the imprints onto the block face, then add a little extra, just to give a good clearance.

when you cut the pockets go for a medium to high speed
first use the grey stone to get the rough size and shape
then use a fresh grey one to get to the rounded corner (u'll know what i mean when you do it)
then use a pink stone to finish off and get a crisp bottom corner
you will need to go about 5mm deep with the pockets

easy peasy, takes a couple of hours. You should probly measure the CC of the pockets after you're done with a bit of plasticine to make sure they are all the same size - i didn't have any, so i didn't, they looked about right tho - lol

Collins RR is great, all new stuff i think, certainly knows what he's doin, recomend him to anyone.

And finally no, it was not straped down, in fact it was perched on two bricks so that it was off the floor so the exhaust could be fitted - its very very loud without it!!

Dan

Edited by JetBLICK, 25 January 2007 - 11:54 PM.

[Dog]

Where did u go for the RR?

[JetBLICK]

Well, yesterday my mate craig (starmag1275gt) and i embarked on a journey to get our cars sorted at 'Collins motoring services' (www.mini-specialist.co.uk)

[Dog]

How was the service?
What was the damage too?

[JetBLICK]

Colin was ace, really informative, let us help a bit to with simple things like holding revs whilst he set the timing, and helping him check craigs compression. Even tho they're simple things, its nice. Damage wasn't too bad either £45 + vat per for the first hour then it gets cheaper thereafter, plus price of parts if any. All the info is on his website

[Dog]

I noticed, I'm tempted to go up there to get mine tuned...
but I wonder how much it'll be for a full setup....

Think I'll give him a bleep... Cheers dude

[clubminiflip]

i think he's worth a trip going on what you've said & his prices & looking at the website he seems worth a shot,

jetblack, sorryi think i confused u by my cacky typing, hi-tech is a rolling road in oldbury, they are good there been 3 times & had good results, the guy you've been 2 seems worth a shot tho,

my present 998 is nearly f**ked, i will have within a couple of months a very nice/special 998 in my car so i'll do a re-con on the 998 that comes out, pocket the block in a simular manner to yourself & see if i can get some good budget power & get it running on the floor i'll keep an eye for your updates on this mini, its a pretty cool build i think

[mad4mins]

well done dude!! not many peeps can say they built there engine and got it to within 3hp of is max!

now fingers crossed we get to bingley!!

im printing out some "tow truck" and "support vehicle" stickers for the Seat! not that we'll need them *cough cough*

all we need now is a orange flashy light

danny boy i hope you didnt think i was joking .....lol....... heehee

keep you eyes peeled for the skip at bingley people, with either a black or blue mini in Tow.....lol hopefully not...







still couldnt find a flashy light though...

Edited by mad4mins, 27 January 2007 - 05:37 PM.

[JetBLICK]

PMSL Mate, thats mint!!!!! - just hope it doesn't rain :D:D

I got my fuddy light, but i think we could 'borrow' some flashy lights off some of the road works round here

[mad4mins]

haha.. was trying to find a flashy light but no luck.....

got some luminous tape thou.., gonna make viper strips with it..... lol

[JetBLICK]

Well, we made it to bingly and back with no trouble at all - in fact only time we stopped was because the tape on the seat was falling off - lol

The people living up that road loved it when we stopped outside - only in a mini!!!!!

At bingly we picked up my beautiful bucket seats - thankyou smudger Tho, that was a mean trick he played - he got me to sit in a seat, and i got comfortable, then he said: "thats the pro seat, this ones yours" No matter though, the 'non-pro' seats i got are awsome, and i swear i've made heavier poop's than them seats!!!

At the moment i've got a couple of assesments at uni, but after they're done i got lots to be getting on with. At home waiting to fit is:

Full set of lowered spax
Hi-lo's
4 new cones
rear poly bushes
New rear subby bolt kit
Braided rear hoses
Rear camber brackets
Front adjustable bottom arms
Leather straps for front end and boot
Bullit mirrors
Mk1 dials
Rollcage and door bars
Seats
Door squares and a few other stickers
My heater - its sooooooo cold :'(

When the rear subby is off its going to be fully recon'd and possibly powder coated white - in rally stylie! As will the front subby.
the engine bay and under the car in the rear subby area will too be painted white The engine may get a coat of BMC green if it behaves!

In true rally style i plan to mount the passenger bucket on the floor, as far back as poss, without clouting the rollcage. I also want to bring the gear linkage up into the car so that the lever is closer to the wheel, and also tempted by a long hydraulic handbrake right up close to the wheel?? - i can see that gettin me in lots of trouble tho

Speaking of wheels, i've gotta order my steering wheel too, i nice small simple sparco jobbie.

Oh - and as you may have seen, i sold my bike can exhaust and i got this beauty - i acctually fitted this before the RR, but forgot to mention it, my bad. Also got the ram pipes from minispares, which dispite being a pain to fit, are amazing!!!!!!

NOTE TO ALL, GET RAMPIPES - THEY SOUND AWSOME!!!! - kinda like a turbo spooling up - its unreal!!!

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[clubminiflip]

did i see you going up binly road today at all? was a nice black mini on deepdish 12" revo's

how you doing with yours, where did you get your flipfront brackets? they look good, nicely fitted flip too!

Edited by clubminiflip, 08 February 2007 - 04:46 PM.

[mad4mins]

cant have been.. dan's is in droitwich!! lol.. superfastminis rings a bell

[JetBLICK]

yea my motor is in detroitwich fraid. This annoys me, clearly my mini is not 'individual' enough - gonna have to get some stickers on it pretty sharpish then

Yea and the brakets are from superfastminis and the front end is from smudger.

On another note, i got pics of my seats and rollcage that are going in soon

Also started buying cibies of the 'bay. The way i see it, i'm having 6 oscars on the front. Now if i had them new, thats a £360 crash barrier hanging off the front of my car So instead i'm buying them in bunches, usually with a few imperfections, so that they go cheap. So far i've bought a bunch of 4 for £77, one of them is missing a chrome ring, so they where cheap, but apart from that they are flawless. Another bunch like it and ill have a full set with a few spares for peanuts

Ordered some other bits too, like a steering wheel, some other little bits and an omex rev limmiter with that all important launch control

Oh - and how could i forget, i have the most trick 3-point harness' you'll ever see in you're life, but more on this later But lets just say, they're something very very special

I'm considering getting a whole new braking system too, but still gotta price it up to see if its gonna be feesable, thing is if i do that, it means i might as well get a hydraulic handbrake whilst im at it, then it gets expensive tho

Yea, so, keep an eye on here over the next month or two - there will be lots going on

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