My Project - K1200RS 1310
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Hello all,

I may be mad, but this is the first time iv worked on the car, let alone a major rebuild! So am a COMPLETE novice. My appreciation goes to Mr Haynes!

This car has been modded over the years. Its an 1989 Mayfair, used to be 998cc but had an MG metro unit installed. Iv had it since I was 16. Am now 25.

Anyway you've all been very helpful, giving intuition when most needed! So thought id post some pictures of the progress as I go.



Before I laid a spanner on the engine! The very first step to removing engine.



Another picture of engine still in bay.



Finally managed to remove engine after much sweet blood and tears! I made this engine adapter to suit. I used both oil filter bolts, one alternator and the PRV. Stripped down ready to be sent to Mr John Ks workshop.



Picture of engine removed. What a sight for the first time!





Supporting subframe ready for removal...





Hey presto sub frame removed! (first time genuinely worried - its only half a car!)



Starting on interior - stripping out.

Iv taken loads of pictures, and put the various bits and bobs in named bags so im not (hopefully) completely stumped when I come to put it all back together again :)

Thats the progress so far... I work full time, so only get evenings and weekends. But all in the name of good fun!

Edited by Mr Mini on 6th Jan, 2009.

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You'll very soon have a nice meccano kit to play with over christmas!

JK

If Carling made Mini engines
it would probably be like this one!

Excellent

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any point calling it a 2008 build? lol

look forward to seeing your progress mate.

Avon and MITP should be very interesting events this coming year, much like it should have been this year!!

On 17th Dec, 2008 James_H said:
any point calling it a 2008 build? lol

look forward to seeing your progress mate.

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sounds great,dont put too much faith in that mdf though!!

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

I knew id eventually find a use for those crap kitchen units

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Just think how many crappy kitchen units could have been recycled into those crappy kitchen units, lol. Is it like recycled paper, where the quality drops the more its recycled

Hi,

Have made some progress :)

























Next stage is to fit oil jackshaft, timing chain. Going to order some ARP head studs, so looking forward to installing head.

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its looking good, do you have much bodywork planned aswell??

looking good mate, shall be a beast im sure!

Yeah, I have bought something to fit my angle grinder, going to take the bulkhead, parcel shelf and boot area to bare metal, and paint with rustbuster epoxy mastic :)

Am also replacing the floor pans inside as they are worn...more expense!

Chris.

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looking good, how much has it cost to have the block prepared for the head? if you don't mind

I could give you a figure, but your better off asking John from Specialist Components...

But its reasonable considering the amount of work involved :)

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That engine looks pretty tasty. Is it a strip down to a bare shell job?

Yeah iv stripped it right down...took the headlining out etc (and leaving it out!)

I got it looking good on the outside, but it was SHOCKING mechanically, so want to sort that out :)

So im blasting it all in one go...but I only drive it during the summer when its not raining. Paranoid about rust :)

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that engine looks sweet!!
any idea what cage you have?

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

That crank looks like its had a good going over, whats been done to it then? is this a turbo too? looks like some pretty serious mods. I.e 4 bolt main cap.

Hi Brett - I bought the cage ages ago, but I think I bought it from MiniSport. Their catalogue is pretty good if they still have it it will be pictured in there.

Hi Minimole23, yes im going to turbo it, hopefully around the 15psi mark. The crank was sourced from MED, its been reground, wedged, backdrilled, bladed, nitempered, x drilled.

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Looking Good.

However your centre main bolts appear to be Grade 8.8 like mine were. Why the engine builders keep doing this I don't know.

I'm using ARP mains studs for the four bolt main. However, the set I ordered from APT have a UNC thread for the shorter outer studs but the block is tapped UNF, so I'm still trying to sort it out.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

These bolts are 3 stripe - arn't these 10.9.

Edited by Mr Mini on 6th Jan, 2009.

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Essentially the lowest grade that can be called "High Tensile".

3 stripe = SAE grade 5 = (approx) ISO 8.8
6 stripe = SAE grade 8 = (approx) ISO 10.9

quoted from from this thread (cheers Rod S and
joeybaby83 )

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...quote_id=198157

edit: helps if i quote the right thing :)

Edited by Brett on 6th Jan, 2009.

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

Edited by Rod S on 6th Jan, 2009.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???