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[john1275]

hi pps i need money fast so am having to sell on my project engine it is a 1275 out of a kit car it was re built by a man who runs classic kit cars , he has ran it in and only removed it because of change of car , i aquired it and the rest is history, anyway the spec.

at the moment it sits on a sump box becuase it had rear wheel drive box atched , i have a mg metro box for it as well as flywheel housing ect! the engine has a bore of 1275cc and im not exactly sure what cam is init cud be hot cam or cud be completly standard i have no idea , the crank is allso to my knowlage out of a mg metro acording to ray brown engineers plymouth it has been lightend , the head is standard 12g94 head with standard valves and double valve springs could do with clean though! like i say i need the money and havent got the time im aware that this sort of engine would go for a fare bit on ebay but i thought id offer it around first to any one on tmf im askin 200 the lot a snip for what i paid for it lol , i live in plymouth if anyone lives near your more than welcome to view hope it goes to good home !

£200 ono phone John 07854493508 any time!

p.s this engine has oil filter at the top left hand corner of the block very handy for quick easy oil changes, just thought id ad that one .

[TWICEmonkey]

This goes in the For Sale section mate

[Dan]

Errm, now don't jump down my throat here but that sounds like a Maestro lump designed for a conventional transmission. They aren't the same block as transverse, drop gear A series engines and can't be converted to fit the Mini gearbox to my knowledge. The problem is the oil pickup, the block is milled to take a threaded insert where the conventional sump oil pickup pipe is fitted which means there is nothing for the Minis O ring to seal against. I may be wrong but I believe that is a real problem. Also obviously the crank will be wrong but that could be swapped.

Not all A series engines are the same.

Edited by Dan, 12 June 2006 - 11:21 PM.

[john1275]

Errm, now don't jump down my throat here but that sounds like a Maestro lump designed for a conventional transmission. They aren't the same block as transverse, drop gear A series engines and can't be converted to fit the Mini gearbox to my knowledge. The problem is the oil pickup, the block is milled to take a threaded insert where the conventional sump oil pickup pipe is fitted which means there is nothing for the Minis O ring to seal against. I may be wrong but I believe that is a real problem. Also obviously the crank will be wrong but that could be swapped.

Not all A series engines are the same.

no ur quite right about the oil feed however i have been advised by engineers in plymouth that a central oil pick up would do the job nicely a series engines are a series engines it can be fitted onto a mini gear box like u allso say by swapin the crank its all there just needs peiceing to gether , thanks again for your input.