my new car *UPDATED 18/1* pic added
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its better quality and the same price as one of thoughs little babys you have

http://www.Zeemax.com

bit of an update,
absolutley no work done on the car since begining of december because my mum was killed and i obviously havent been in the mood for it, (i'm next of kin so i have to deal with the house and funeral and stuff, so i havent had much time either)
i've moved the engine down from my mum's to my dad's in southampton which is where i'll be staying from now on.
should have sorted a gargae soon for the car so i can carry on with the body,
only trouble is that there is no elecrtic down there, what sort of generator will i need to power my mig and angle grinder, and possibly a compressor at some point soon, (depends if i paint it or not)
split the engine and box last night so i can get the block out to slarks and start doing the gearbox at home. i have now got my 1098 crank and some +.020 1098 pistons ready to go on.
hopefully i will be ready for avon park this year even with the setbacks i've had
heres some pics. you'll have to excuse the filthy work bench it wont be like that soon i assure you, i dont want any shite getting in my nice new engine parts.
updates as and when
DAN :)

My condolences on the lose of your mother Dan.

The regards to the generator you need to find out the (watts rating) of your power tools and then work on getting a geny with a higher wattage output.

Machinemart or Ebay is where i'd be looking.

Karl.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.

cheers mate

My condolences to you, too, Dan. That's a tough loss.

Keep up this good work, though. It's enjoyable, seeing the updates.

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got another update, the block is now bare and sitting on the work bench which is no nice and clean.
next stage is get the block of for preparation and then i can start rebuilding. its all starting to come together at last!, then i can get the car ready and avon park here we come!!

just a little update,
i have now got a brand new belt drive kit fora bargain price to use on the engine build and i have bought my self a generator for use at the new garage.
all i need to do is get my girlfrinds old mini sold and out of the garage and get my car back on some wheels and moved down there and then work can continue,

yeah sorry to here about your mum mate, think your doing really well considering keep up with the pics

Spot of advice on using the 1098 stuff-

1) Whatever you do, don't use the circlips to hold the gudgeon pins in. I did once on a 1098 and had it escape and wreck the block. Get some of the PTFE buttons that are available to sit in there and stop the pin moving, available cheap from any decent mini spares place.

2) The 1098 crank being long stroke does not like to be revved hard. I also learnt this the hard way. At the very least get the centre main of the block "strapped" to give it some extra support. Also if you can afford it get everything balanced as well, a slight imbalance multiplied by a long stroke = problems!!! Set yourself a rev limit of 5500 if I were you to make it last.

Where did you get those pistons? I was told that decent 1100 pistons were NLA. I know that there's supposed to be some fantastic ones in Australia, just never really bothered....

tom, where are those buttons available??
i have already got a centre main strap to go on when i can afford to get the block prepped so no worries there and i will definatley get it balanced, cheers for the advice though .
vegard i got the pistons from :cough: minisport
they are proper ae ones so i assume they will be ok but we'll see when its all uo and running.
DAN :)

same place for the buttons, or morspeed, or anywhere really

defo on the morspeed website though

cheers iain

Yes like Iain says, you shouldn't have too much problem getting hold of them. Anywhere that sells pistons will know what you mean when you ask for them. Are you using A or A+ rods and pistons? As the A+ stuff uses an interference fit similar to the 1275 stuff so you then don't have to worry about circlips and buttons. Also make sure you don't get 1098 and 998 rods mixed up, as I am fairly sure they are not the same length.

1098 and 998rods are EXACTLY the same. The only difference are wrist pin->crown height and stroke of the crank.

Hmm that must have been what I was thinking of- compression height.

Oh well I'll shut up now then

looks like a nice project! Sorry to hear of your mum dude, seriously harsh :(

I've seen the future and tbh its Pie

no worries mate, things are getting better, the mother fu*ker who did it got banged up for 22 years on the 29th april.
if only they would allow me to give him some justice medeval style, it would be much more satisfying!

we've sold my girlfriends old mini at last and the car is back on its wheels again after being on stands since last october..
hopefully it should be getting towed down to the lockup today or in the next couple of days (fingers crossed)
and i can finally get to work properly! its about time too, i have spend shed loads of cash on stuff for it and havent even taken most of it out of the boxes yet. panels, hilos gaz shocks, new brake and clutch m/c's c/f bootfloor etc etc..

DAN :)