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Hi

I have been rebuilding my engine over the past couple of months and here it is as of today, I am hopefully going to be re-fitting it back in to the mini next weekend.

Here is a few pictures:






I have to adjust the cam timing, valve clearences and clutch lever travel.

Should I also put anything on the cork seal between head and rocker cover, or just sit it on there?

Is there anything else people might be able to suggest that I may have forgotten to do before it goes back in?

Thanks

Jon

Edited by jonb_5 on 24th Oct, 2009.

I use a gasket sealent on both sides of the cork gasket your describing

Why not show us the important stuff...

I always use Hylomar on both sides of the gasket - it helps to keep it in place and ensures a seal.
The engine looks good, by the way . Whats the gold coloured item half way down the block on the left hand side - a breather?

Edited by Cooper1999 on 24th Oct, 2009.

Thats an oil pressure gauge.

Links to the electronic gauge on the dash.

Here is a few more pics:









The full rotating assembly has been balanced to under .5 of a gram each end. Also the conrods are fully balance.

The head is from Benross, Omega 0.006 pistons and Minisport Special Grind Cam, similar characteristics to Kent 296 but smoother for the road, but obviously not too smooth.

I did struggle to identify the cam but found out from previous owner.

Let me know what you think

Thanks

Jon

On 24th Oct, 2009 Cooper1999 said:
I always use Hylomar on both sides of the gasket - it helps to keep it in place and ensures a seal.
The engine looks good, by the way . Whats the gold coloured item half way down the block on the left hand side - a breather?

Edited by Carl S on 24th Oct, 2009.

Yeah - A visit sounds good to me. Hopefully have it up and running by christmas.

Cheers

Jon

Very nice

Thats my kitchen table in a couple of those pics!

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

All looks good, just one question though, what are those bolts on the centre main cap ???

The photos not quite good enough to show clearly but are they just basic 3 stripe ???

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

Im not sure what the bolts are, they came with the centre main strap when I bought it so would assume they are up to the job.

Cheers

Jon

We fitted a minispares CMS this aft, bought about a month ago. Didn't have those bolts.

I bought the strap from 'Johnspeed', dont have any other pictures but it said they were High Tensile bolts, I really can't imagine them being not up to the job, they would have sold a lot of these I would have thought.

Cheers

Jon

3 dash are still classified as high tensile but the lowest quaility high tensile. 3 dash are insufficeint. Companies couldn't give a shite if they sell you useless parts as long as they get your money

On 12th Nov, 2009 Paul S said:

I think Gary OS has taken over my role as the forum smart arse

Jon,

A fair bit of discussion here, hence why I thought about it when I saw the photo.

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...tid=154716&fr=0

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

I hope you've uppped the compression and fitting a GOOD exhaust with that cam.

Hi

I have bought a new manifold as recommended and have an rc40 exhaust which will be up for the job.

The head I have is from Benross and it has been calculated to give spot on compressions for the cam.

I am also going to change the carb as well, I completely agree about you might as well not run it without going the whole hog so thats what I am going to do.

Thanks for the advice, Because i dont have any more pictures of the bolts I have emailed the company to double check the strength, I would rather change them if they are not up to the job.

Thanks for all the positive comments

Jon