hi guys,
a friend of mine has asked for a bit of help getting a valuation on this engine.
Ok, I am fairly sure this engine is a 998 cooper as the head is a 12g295 and as far as I can tell, the engines fitted with a "1000" tag on the rear were the late 997 blocks and early 998 blocks, someone correct me if I am wrong please. unfortunately the engine number was lost when the block was skimmed at some point, there are markings but they are too faint to gather any info
the engine was built by Graham McConnell shortly before he died, who also built Paddy Hopkirk's mini that attends the shows. unfortunately this is why we don't know any of the build specifications.
I definitely do not want to touch this engine and start taking it apart to see what the specs are as it is a brand new engine which has only been bench tested and it does not leak a single drop of oil. Using a wee camera thing that I borrowed from work I could see that the engine has been over-bored by what looks like 40thou if I read the pistons correctly and the head has new valves and what appears to be bronze valve guides.
the build appears to be of extremely good quality as even the rocker gear was re-built and all the little clips, studs and any other parts which can break over time have been replaced with new items to ensure the longevity of the engine.
We are going to do a bench test of the engine over the next few days as apparently it has a straight cut gearbox and once again I do not want to start dis-mantling the engine to find out so we will just put in gear and find out that way.
here is a few pics
Thanks, Adam