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[danny1]

some charm ahaha.

ahh well at least i cant strip it for bits to build my new engine i suppose

[danny1]

right im gonna pull my 1380 out of my mini as soon as i get chance and im gonna sell it as long as its ok, gonna sell the block pistons and conrods and center strap, crank is need for my new engine, will upload pictures as soon as i find teh time to pull the thing out of the car

so atm i have all the parts i need to build it other than a new arp heat studd set, and the work to be done on my new block

[danny1]

right not been able to do anything this week as work has been mental, and i have perade practise all week.
as i have november cermonial duites to carry out in sherwesbry for my submarine, as my boat is linked to the town.

so if any one lives near by , expect alot of navy saliors to be wondering around in full uniform this weekend


but im of home now to get some pics of my nice new shiney parts that have arrived like my wild 649 cam and bits

[danny1]

opps

for got about this... but to be fair i only been back from sea couple of days.


erm so progress in non

managed to qualify at sea though and got awarded my submariner dolphins, which entitiled me to my 5k golden hand shake, tax free


so atm, i have all the bits to start the engine build, but im now a bit undersisded do i repair my rusty mini shell which needs a hell of alot of work or do i maybe look at finiding a minus or a marcos shell ?

im really undersided.

picture as well seen as i know you all want to see some, well i have a couple to upload but i dont have my holidays till the end of the month.


and to top of this year im duty chef xmas day on my boat, what a way to spend xmas

[Teapot]

managed to qualify at sea though and got awarded my submariner dolphins, which entitiled me to my 5k golden hand shake, tax free

I thought dolphins were US navy. Nice Christmas bonus?

[danny1]

managed to qualify at sea though and got awarded my submariner dolphins, which entitiled me to my 5k golden hand shake, tax free

I thought dolphins were US navy. Nice Christmas bonus?

nah they have some other badge, 2 dolphins is the royal navy.

[danrock101]

Who did the head work? From what I've heard split webers are overated, there was a weber 45'd 998 mini in miniworld a while ago that made atleast 80bhp at the wheels


and what pistons do you have atm, 73.5mm if they're not crap ones will be fine, techically you have another 2 rebores but most only go to 74mm, personally I wouldn't go past 73.5mm as it's cheaper to change the block than the pistons atm lol. I assume your's was ofset bored.

Edited by danrock101, 14 December 2010 - 03:03 PM.

[danny1]

yeah my 1380 was of set bored with omega pistons put in, as im guessing thats what your on about, the engine block is currently sat on my work bench gathering dust as i wont be using it again, i want a smaller bore and a wilder cam, as with running a 1380 ive found they run hotter, and with putting a wilder cam in i dont want to run down the line of having probllems cooling it.


so the 1380 block with pistons and conrods and a 276 kent cam is for sale

and i dont know who done the head work, i purchessed it of a mate, who had been using it but need to sell it to raise some more money to repair his car, but it ran really well in his mini

Edited by danny1, 14 December 2010 - 06:31 PM.

[danny1]

heres some parts ive collected over the months:












oh and i have manged to collect a full set of hardy spicer inputs and oupt shafts and drive shafts.
but i have a spare set of these if anyones intrested, brand new never used still in the boxes and teh green wrapping paper thingy





also on the plus side looks like ive found some were that will do my machine work on my block.

only thing im not sure on is conrods, i like the look of the arrowhead but i dont know what to go for, as teh car will manily be used at weekends when i go home or when traverling to shows, im not really planning on using it for a quick dash to the shops.

any one got any ideas what rods to use?

[danny1]

did a little bit towards the engine today managed to dismantle the 1275 im goign to use so its ready for maching, and i also found a set of drive shafts to use with ym hardy spicer joints.

im running out of things to do to the engine till machine work is done,
concentrating on my works style dash but theres only so much work i can do to that :/

any way heres the drive shafts ill be running

[danny1]

right well thought i maight as well make a post, just purchased a set of h beam conrods.

and ive decided to sell the big bore head that i have as well.

other than that not alot else, i still need to get the engine into the machine shop to have work done its just so hard trying to find a decent one

[danny1]

well im runnign out of time to get this engine built and runnign and see as no one has bought my 1380 block im just gonna risk running the 649 cam in it, and re use the block, so ive ordered my 11 stud head kit, and begging of febuary when im back home im gonna start building the block back up and get it sat back on the gearbox, im just gonna renew core plugs and bearings, nothin wrong with the piston rings or the pistons so ill keep them in the block.

and then when i get a bit more money ill build a 1293.

also decided im just gonna run the bottom end in on a standard head with hiff 44, and then once the bottom end has been run in ill put my new cylinder head on and the webers

but the stage 5 head that i had is still for sale as im not going to be using it

[danny1]

BOOM!

well since the last post ive done nothing to the engine or car till this week.
just been working and shizzle

so monday managed to get my block to the machine shop
and left him with a selection of parts

and picked it up to day with the follwing done:
head skimmed
cam bearings fitted
center strap machined
drilled for 11 stud
re bore +20 to 1293
pistons fitted to con rods
and to little holes drilled and tapped as well for something else

its currently still in teh back of my car so will get photos saturday when i can get it out

and ive made a few changes

[danny1]

dont know if any ones intrested as i seem to be posting to myself but ill post any way.



gonna be using one of these for my engine which was what the 2 small holes that were drilled are for.

hopefully when i go home my new cylinder head will be there

[danny1]

Right I've been thinking of running a megajolt system instead of a dizzy.
What things do I need to get my hands on?