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[Zara]

Best thing I did was convert to springs and hi los. Never looked back since.. nice work dude :)

[minimuk]

Best thing I did was convert to springs and hi los. Never looked back since.. nice work dude :)

 

Cheers Zara, I always looked for a conversion to Springs but my wallet never agreed till Shifty found some on a mini and had my name on them....... then it was a must have....I believe the front ones are a pain to put on prob 1 hour each side with any luck, how's you by the way

[Shifty]

I thought I'd seen them before....

[minimuk]

bit of a to do with HUY's head....gasket gone in 3 places after 1000 miles. Then again he had a bitta pounding with the Weber 45 carb and various water issues........so I cleaned all de-choked head, lapped valve seats, taken the mayo out of the rocker cover, weighed a ton........waiting for new springs tmz and putting in a higher compression gasket......

 

 

 

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[stealth05]

not good , 

 

noticed you fit engine using brackets attached to head bolts , did you re torque the head after fitting i never use this method and put a strap around the whole engine / box ,could be a reason for early gasket failure ?

[minimuk]

not good , 

 

noticed you fit engine using brackets attached to head bolts , did you re torque the head after fitting i never use this method and put a strap around the whole engine / box ,could be a reason for early gasket failure ?

 

certainly could be a reason as I fitted the coil bracket after and did not re-torque that one enough, I might attache the bracket onto the bell housing instead this time....

[minimuk]

after a few hours fettling, replacing head gasket installing new valve springs etc, nd taking Stealth05 comment on board he is running nice.....this video is taken of his first start-up B4 timing/tuning 

 

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give him a run laters....

[stealth05]

nice to see it up and running again mate , hopefully this time the head gasket will last a little longer    did you fit a payen one or just standard  ?

Edited by stealth05, 29 April 2014 - 06:58 PM.

[minimuk]

yep still a bit fettling to get him smooth running, but he is running much better, yep hopefully this one will last.....

 

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[minimuk]

compression test done with a push on tester, Cylinder 1-4 148-170-170-170, Cylinder one has 1 old ring which explains the drop, over all happy with the result, engine was cold, if I had used a screw in tester the reading would have been better, compared with the old set-up it's overall an 20% increase

[minimuk]

Su2 twin carb installed nd running

 

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fine tuning fmz

Edited by minimuk, 31 May 2014 - 09:11 PM.

[minimuk]

it has been a while, lot's of changes on the car sinds last post, but all good, got him ready for my 1000mile run/trip last week, new wheels and arches, looks the part for sure

 

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shuttle journey to Calais, Morgan behind and Triumph all the boys toghether....

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nearly ready for IMM in a few weeks....

[minimuk]

Huiy'e has been doing very well as my daily for the last 22 month, his last trip was Stonley Hall,....now time has come to give him an engine re-ferb/upgrade, lightened flywheel, Evo 1 cam, duplex timing Chain, new LCB, new Piston rings...and whatever else I find on this journey....so will be fun for sure

 

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[minimuk]

rebuild is getting on already, crank re-ground and fitted new bearings, thrust washers, idler gear and shims, new piston rings in, new oil pump, Evo 1 cam in, new Duplex on,......

 

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going well

 

[minimuk]

quick update, block and box back together, clutch sorted waiting for woodruff key to set the cam timing +2 degrees for me EVO1.....after that, new steering rack in sort zorst new LCB and drop the lmp back in.......

 

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1 more week.....