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[danny1]

yay

my engine is ready for collection.

gonna pick it up thursday and then i can spend the weekend bolting it all back together, im so excited now.

so fingers crossed shell be back in the car and runnign very soon

Edited by danny1, 02 August 2011 - 03:16 PM.

[AndyMiniMad.]

WooHoo!! This is great news....Video of the start up please!!

[danny1]

will do im gonna rebuild it all this week end and maybe get a bench test going

[danny1]

picked my engine up today. and to say im happy would be and understament!!!

engine has been built up and is ready to go, just need gearbox and flywheel.

but because my last block went pop so quick ive only payed for new bearings and gaskets, so my 1293 engine is back in the mini, well the boot but its in there ahaha.


so friday when i get home you better belive it im gonna get it all built up, cant wait to have a bit more poke than the 998 im running lol

[AndyMiniMad.]

Take it easy for a couple of hundred miles tho....I was soooo tempted to give mine the beens as soon as it went in.

[danny1]

oh yeah i will dont worry

i cant wait

[MJWarren]

Cant wait to see it, what sort of power are you hoping for?

[danny1]

im hoping for 100bhp, id be happy at that anything else and id be over the moon

i cant get any pics as the engine is in my boot and rest of the bits are at home, im gonna be a busy bee this weekend, need to look at getting my rolling road booked in so they can have the ball ache of a job off getting it running :/

[danny1]

small update

had all this turn up not gonna replace the seals till i get her resprayed asd it will be a waist of money doing them now and then having to take them all out again when i respary

[danny1]

BIG UPDATE!!!

PICTURES SPEAK A MILLION WORDS











hope you like

[AndyMiniMad.]

Mmmmmmm......The dogs danglies......

[danny1]

got lots to do to the engine still

my arp head studs are in my 998 doh!!

so ill put the head on when i drop the block in the car.

i need to get some new oil cooler pipes fitted so i can put it in a better location.

need to tightne the flywheel bolt up and im goign to get a heavy duty clutch arm

and i still need to buy a dizzy so i can get it all running propperly, ive also got to strip and rebuild my carbs without any jets or chockes in so its easyer for the garage im taking it to to set it up.

and with all this ive still got to get my 998 out and paint my engine bay as it looks horrible.

so im no were near having it in the car and getting it running.

but ahh well.

on the plus side my dads just told me about a mate of his who welds rollcages for landrovers for racing, and he said he'd done one for a mini before which was having a honda engine in, and hes offered to weled me a multi point cage into the shell, as well as spray it for me as well as long as i get the paint, and i go up every time im home to help work on it. so im a very happy bee

will up date with pics as and when i can

[AndrewJ530]

Don't waste your time and money with a dizzy. Do it right and get megajolt on it!

Edited by AndrewJ530, 07 August 2011 - 10:08 PM.

[danny1]

it would work out mega bucks for me to use megajolt, as to get my engine running right i couldnt use maps id have to use somerthing else

gonna get me a nice 59d red aldon dizzy suited to my camshaft


plus with megajolt i dont know were to start with one and no one round conrwall is running one so i got no one to come and help me

[MiniLandy]

+1 on the MegaJolt.

I'm pretty sure you could use a MAP system on this, and the advantages of MJ are huge. Easier starting, better tickover, better low down grunt, more midrange, more top end, infinitely tweekable, and above all else, waterproof.

If you got a MJ and a wideband lambda gauge on this car, you'd be able to tweek it yourself. Simple as!