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[Pie]

that "harvest gold" mk1 thing looks Very Nice!!! I want it!

You mean olis El paso beige mk1 lookalike?

[JetBLICK]

10's are the way forward they look ace

That webber looks tempting too I'm watching it. How much would you end auction for?

I've had a fair bit of intrest on the weber. If you want it PM me an offer

[retroracer1380]

Edited by retroracer1380, 28 February 2008 - 03:12 PM.

[ncd3]

Crumbs! Just seen the photo's of at the begging of the thread and your front end looked similar to mine!

[tedmcedd]

i wish that was my driveway....

[AndrewJ530]

Hi JetBlick,
just been reading through the thread and the mini is awesome man. I was just wondering though, how much has it cost ya to get it like it is now? i'm thinking of doing up a mini ya see lol.

Thanks
Andrew

[JetBLICK]

Erm... i don't know, and i try not to think Like a lot of people tho, i keep getting new ideas and trying something different.. so the cars been through loadsa different stages before its got to this, and its still got a way to go in my eyes. I dont think i could tell you how much its cost to get it this far, but its more than i'd ever imagined.


On another note... it turns out my pistons ent great at handling nearly 12-1 CR and over 8000rpm on a regular basis, and one of them has gone all wobbly. Hopefully its just a piston ring and the bore looks fine, so just need a hone and a new ring-set.

[Down&Out]

that "harvest gold" mk1 thing looks Very Nice!!! I want it!

You mean olis El paso beige mk1 lookalike?

gah they all look the same its nice though

[AndrewJ530]

It's probably the best way to think about it lol. Still ... it does look good mate. Keep up the good work.

Andrew

[retroracer1380]

that "harvest gold" mk1 thing looks Very Nice!!! I want it!

You mean olis El paso beige mk1 lookalike?

gah they all look the same its nice though

Not really, heres a pic of both colours together:

[JetBLICK]

Well, heres a little update for you.... Its all gone tits up!

I was driving along the other week and the motor started clonking... we pulled over straight away, to cut a long story short i left it on my drive at uni and didnt drive it, then towed it home a few days later. We got the motor out and found this... one knackard piston..




I'll get pictures of them tomorrow but the big end bearings where also destroyed. The crank however looked okay. Turns out it wasnt I went to the engineers today to have it polished and we noticed a great big ridge in the crank... with the big ends being on 60thou, this means its game over.

We dont have a clue what went wrong, it apears that the broken piston had hit the head, which is understandable because it was flapping about without its skirt on. What i dont understand tho is how the big ends are so trashed, but the mains are immaculate. Its evedent from the mains bearings that there was a little oil contamination, but this could just as easily happened after the big ends got trashed. Gutted as i am, theres sod all i can do about it now anyway, the crank is effectively scrap.

6 weeks it lasted... it was an awesome 6 weeks, but im dissapointed after taking so much effort to make sure it was all correct, that it let go so soon.

Never-the-less, i have a backup plan and the 1071 will be back one day, stronger than ever before

Edited by JetBLICK, 31 March 2008 - 07:11 PM.

[The Matt]

Aaaah Dan mate, gutted for ya

Such a shame after all that effort, but you'll get her sorted and revving into double figures soon!

[Jackman]

Gutted mate

Although can we have some more damage pictures? I love seeing engine faliures.

[JetBLICK]

Although can we have some more damage pictures? I love seeing engine faliures.

Pmsl, mee too. To be honest tho, this one wasnt that spectacular, that pistons probly the worst of it, it didn't take out the 's' block or anything - thank god, that bits worth more than the crank! I'll get a picture of my old 998 pistion that i shattered (literally) tho for you tomorrow, i cleaned it all up the other day.

[retroracer1380]