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Booked into Slark race engineering tomorrow

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Not the best but got as much out of him as we could

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Vid

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Long time no update,

Just took delivery of a turbo 998, paid £750 for it which is not to bad apparently, its spec is as follows:

 

 

"998Ti engine:
Std 998 crank, balanced with VP2 bearings. High capacity oil pump. Centre main strap. Bushed rods and +0.040" Hypatec pistons. MD274 cam. Standard 12G295 head with 28cc chambers, stainless valves, unleaded seats and double valve springs. Duplex. Std gearbox rebuilt with new bearings, centre oil pickup and 2.95 CWP on a 4 pin Diff. Heavy duty verto clutch on lightweight steel flywheel.

Ran 120hp at 12 psi. Done just a few thousand miles since build."

 

 

Here it is with mate in the back ground, the mini it is going in as the engine in him is getting a bit worn:

Other pictures:

First thing it did when we unloaded it was to leak oil all over the drive, I am in big trouble when the parents get back:

The plan is to tidy up the engine, paint, clean etc and run it NA for a bit while I collect the turbo bits.

If anyone has any ideas on anything I should do whilst its out of the car please say.

 

Many thanks

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New straight cut drop gears ordered thanks to coopermans advise ;) old ones ready to be taken out.


Going to clean up the engine and hopefully paint it soon.

Can any one recomend a decent starter motor and alternator?
Thanks

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Straight cut drop gears fitted just need a thinner shim as there's no end float.

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Painted the block, I will paint the rocker cover the same colour and leave the head black and fade it into the red.

Gone for the mat red as I heard it makes it even faster than shinny red.

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Just need to get an engine crane and the engine will be out in once all the ancillaries are swapped over from the old engine.

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The paint ended up being more orange than red so I decided to do something different and try a tiger camo patern, turned out okay(ish) for the first thing I have hand painted since school. The other reason for it, is that it will hopefully hide dirt and oil etc.

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Picture doesn't work in other post, but here it is:

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Looks abit better now

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Bought an engine crane so hopefully I'll be removing the engine on the weekend and having the work done ready for the weekend after.

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Not to bad for an afternoons work, as it was tipping it down this morning, only need to undo the bottom engine mounts and gear linkage then it will be out.

Will be going to the Imm tomorrow in my brothers mini.

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Managed to get the engine out today.

Getting hooked up

And the engine out out, had some clearance issues

Learnt a few things today:

1. Walking head first into the arm of an engine crane hurts a lot

2. Don't trust your younger brother to tell you when the engine is bending the bonnet catch up, when your moving the engine and looking at the clearance at the back

3. Don't go to the mini shop and but all gaskets you need and forget to get the fuel pump one(hope it will not need replacing)

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This is the result of running into a dog at 5mph