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[Dog]

Well well well...

Got the old boy started, after a cough n a splutter... started by taking the head off, then my coil poped!! I am mean EXPLODED all over me, hot oil.... nice...

So list to get;

Head skimed and "un"warped decoked,
New head gasket set,
New blanking sleeve for the thermostat,
New sports coil,
Timing strobe.

Its going to be a long weekend

[miniboo]

why not install that 1380 you were on building before? rather than spending upwards of 100 quid on this engine spend it on getting the other one finished

[Dog]

'because the 1380 needs another £300 odd to finish it, and I wanted to build it onto a freshly built subframe with new suspension parts etc etc... so when I fit the 1380, touch wood, everything is ready and awaiting the extra power.... (I was going to do the rear subframe this weekend, but that'll now be done in the week)

[Dog]

UPDATES:!

What happens to a 998 head gasket when it goes wrong lol




You can see where the problem was between 3-4


While refitting - I put my Forged Cooper S 1.3 ratio Rockers on



I also bought a Fibreglass Centre console, liek the old one, but this one is bigger and wider, so I can fit more dials onto it Needs a tidy up, and drilling, but for £10 at Bristol mini day, I'm not arguing, spesh as the bloke wanted £20 to start with


And finially, I shoven him back onto 10's, soooooooooooo much nicer on 10's, but now, thanks to running wider wheels, I've found I now have a trackrod end gone never noticed it when i was on the 12" steelies...

[Pie]

id say its buggered!




















































p.s. 1.4 clio for sale taved till end of september and MOT's till feb2008

[Dog]

Pah small french cars... I'd rather keep my 998 Van

[Pie]

why not have both

[Dog]

because with the Van, and it being 40yrs old... I don't pay tax!
Spesh as my Van will be a 1380, so that close to a 1.4, and its britsh

[camp freddy]

right on dog man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited by camp freddy, 10 June 2007 - 08:56 PM.

[Dog]

Well flubber is having a some treatment now lol

Due to me getting a new job, I can afford the nice bits I've always wanted...
So I've just arranged with guessworks, to get a GT box built... this'll be going on my 1380

And once I've got the pennies, and find out where I can get it setup, I'll also be getting new cones, RAC hi-los, and FULLY adjustable geometry gear too, along with, Minisport 7.5" 4 pot calipers for the front, braided hoses all round...

All the nice bits

[Dog]

ahhh retail Therapy... I love it!

Right new bits arriving

• SUSPENSION PACKAGE OF HILOS AND GAZ STD HEIGHT DAMPERS

-SUSPENSION ONE PAIR OF ADJUSTABLE TRUMPETS
-HILO REAR UNIT RODS AND PLUGS - ONE CAR SET
-DAMPER STD HEIGHT FRONT GAZ ADJUSTABLE SINGLE
-DAMPER STD HEIGHT REAR GAZ ADJUSTABLE SINGLE

• REAR SUBFRAME BOLTS AND BUSHES ONLY FITTING KIT 1976on
• BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER,LARGE PLASTIC RESERVOIR/LM12997
• CONE SPRING RUBBER ALL MINIS METRIC THREAD ONLY
• BRAKE HOSE BRAIDED REAR PAIR WITH BANJO TYPE END
• COIL SPORTS LUCAS
• CAMBER BRACKETS FIXED REAR NEGATIVE CAMBER
• PETROL CAP LOCKING VENTED VAN & EARLY SALOON GENUINE
  
  Engine wise...
  
• SW5-07 Billet Cam
• Duplex Venier Timing
• 1.5 Roller Rockers
• Hi-Grade followers
• Oil pump
• Gaskets

Thats my £850 spending spree
I also can't recommend Nick Swift enough, I had a good 1/2hr chat with him, talking over different cams etc - Nick also said, that I should quite easily brake the 100bhp mark at the wheels

Edited by Ðogmatix, 19 June 2007 - 05:14 PM.

[The Matt]

[*]REAR SUBFRAME BOLTS AND BUSHES ONLY FITTING KIT 1976on

I thought it was a 1960's van, not a '76 on?? :S

[Dog]

Its a dryframe... so uses dry fitting kits

[The Matt]

Aaaah, I C.

Should mine be wet?

It aint, it's a dry one.

[Dog]

Its a dry-frame, I don't think they made a Van with a wet-frame?
I am only restoring it with standard bushes, as I don't think polybushes make no differ at all, to handling, just makes the inside a lot more noisy.

Once the rear is done, and I've got the cam in the engine etc, its time to restore the front subby
Then I guess the engine can in then

Edited by Ðogmatix, 19 June 2007 - 07:41 PM.