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[GreaseMonkey]

Hurry up and get that bloody turbo engine in there!!

Edited by GreaseMonkey, 16 February 2010 - 10:44 PM.

[rick.spi]

HAHA.

wont be for a while yet. unless my spi engine sells on ebay the turbo engine wont go off for a rebuild and the whole project will come to a standstill lots of watchers but not much action at the moment...

Edited by rick.spi, 16 February 2010 - 10:49 PM.

[Tim1970]

id be on 10"ers right now if the thing that will be under the bonnet wasnt going to cost so much 10"ers are in the future plans either minilights, GBs or some shiny MB splittys lol



its all money tho ay, and it soon runs out

lol

Good shout look forward to seeing what you go for when it comes to it.
Know how you feel on the money front. Always seems to be spent as soon as it comes in.
All worth it though. Best of luck with selling the spi engine and everything.

[rick.spi]

id be on 10"ers right now if the thing that will be under the bonnet wasnt going to cost so much 10"ers are in the future plans either minilights, GBs or some shiny MB splittys lol



its all money tho ay, and it soon runs out

lol

Good shout look forward to seeing what you go for when it comes to it.
Know how you feel on the money front. Always seems to be spent as soon as it comes in.
All worth it though. Best of luck with selling the spi engine and everything.

Thankyou.

[Down&Out]

I spy effects pedal

Marshall vs102r channel changer lol

the amp behind the pictures is my Marshall JTM-45 relic re-issue

I bet its nice to be able to afford such a thing

[rick.spi]

well its all from a few years ago i dont really even play guitar now and dont spent on it anymore, just cant bear to sell them or my 4 guitars .. i traded and traded on amps untill i got something i liked lol, ive had jcms, vox's a fender loads but settled on this 1

[rick.spi]

update:

well sold my spi engine so i now have a £975 cash injection (no pun intended ) to the project so it should start rolling soon.

turbo engine will go off asap.

welding and repairs to body are starting in 2 weeks.

so hopefully its all go now

oh and ive named the car "CROMWELL" reason behind this is round my mates house my nickname was cromwell 1664 lol (its a farm and evryone is hilarious with exelent sense of humours and evry 1 has nicknames for example the dogs are called biggy, smally and fluffy haha), and my mates brothers son mr. big (real name adam) whos only like 3 leant my name as cromwell not my real name and whenever he saw a mini he used to tell his mum and dad thats a cromwell car. so the name has stuck, CROMWELL THE COOPER.

Edited by rick.spi, 21 February 2010 - 10:14 PM.

[Tim1970]

That's great news mate,
Look forward to seeing the build begin.
Liking the name aswell

[rick.spi]

Engine is now at MRA minis for a rebuild.

had a discussion with martain about it all and different options, was very helpfull and knowledgable

final engine decision was:

1380cc
omega piston with deep dish
crank cross drilled
aluminium ultralight flywheel and backplate
SC drops
x pin diff
2.76 fd
avonbar ph2 cam
kent adjustable duplex timing thing
central oil pickup
reconned standard head (for now )
uprated clutch



Recomed MRA minis to anyone... some of the work (machining) i saw there was just outstanding, really good, they where friendly, knowlegable, keen to help.

[Peskett]

Recomed MRA minis to anyone... some of the work (machining) i saw there was just outstanding, really good, they where friendly, knowlegable, keen to help.

Are they local to kettering as there postal address is burton latimer but when i spoke to them ages ago he said birmingham i think.
Nice project bu the way! Would have gone turbo myself if i wasn't offerd a cheap
k series a few years back

[miniallsort]

nice project mate

[rick.spi]

peskett yes they are based in burton latimer but also have a plot in rugby.

i would have gone to a different engine but i love the a series way to much and love the originality of keeping one, id miss one if i had something else.

cheers miniallsort.



bulkhead is being done next weekend.

Edited by rick.spi, 28 February 2010 - 05:41 PM.

[Peskett]

i'll have to give them a ring then as i need a load of parts and there not far then.

[rick.spi]

yes get in contact, they are very helpfull, and have decent prices, and you could save on delivey. WINWIN situation

Edited by rick.spi, 28 February 2010 - 06:51 PM.

[rick.spi]

decided to have my head worked on at the same time now so evrything will be done now exept the internals on the gearbox prettymuch, sticking to a T3, and am going to have a talk with martin about DTA engine managment

hmmm.... who wants to buy a marshall guitar amp so i have some extra funds haha

cheers

Edited by rick.spi, 05 March 2010 - 04:24 PM.