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 384 Posts Member #: 4215 Senior Member |
25th Jul, 2011 at 05:41:53am
hi everyone..
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 16540 Posts Member #: 4241 King Gaycharger, butt plug dealer, Sheldon Cooper and a BAC but generally a niceish fella if you dont mind a northerner Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
25th Jul, 2011 at 08:16:10am
Take the block and crank to your local machine shop. They can meassure them for you and advise on regrinds/rebores. The bores look OK, so will probably just need honing to make sure the new rings seal. On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it 
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Forum Mod  5933 Posts Member #: 784 9 times Avon Park Class C winner Milton Keynes |
25th Jul, 2011 at 08:33:52am
Add to that new cam bearings/followers, shells, oil pump I seriously doubt it! |
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 8215 Posts Member #: 90 Post Whore Somewhere around Swindon |
25th Jul, 2011 at 01:38:05pm
I dont belive striping the engine will help with power, stick to a solid colour.
Crystal Sound Audio said:
Why wolfie...you should have your name as Fuckfaceshithead ! "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."-Douglas Adams |
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25th Jul, 2011 at 01:43:34pm
On 25th Jul, 2011 wolfie said:
I dont belive striping the engine will help with power, stick to a solid colour. hahaha, thats brightened up a boring day in the office 
On 20th Oct, 2015 Tom Fenton said:
Well here is the news, you are not welcome here, FUCK OFF. |
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 7765 Posts Member #: 74 I pick holes in everything.. Chief ancient post excavator |
25th Jul, 2011 at 01:53:49pm
What so wrong about those bearings? They look perfectly normal to me.
On 13th Jul, 2012 Ben H said:
Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem. |
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384 Posts Member #: 4215 Senior Member |
25th Jul, 2011 at 02:04:54pm
hi everyone..
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 10023 Posts Member #: 1456 Mongo Barnsley, South Flatcapshire |
25th Jul, 2011 at 02:09:24pm
they are supposed to be opposite like that If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of. |
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16540 Posts Member #: 4241 King Gaycharger, butt plug dealer, Sheldon Cooper and a BAC but generally a niceish fella if you dont mind a northerner Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
25th Jul, 2011 at 02:17:45pm
They will measure the main and big end journals for wear and see if they need a grind or not. main journals are 2" as standard and the big ends are 1.75". grinds are done in 0.010" On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it
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384 Posts Member #: 4215 Senior Member |
25th Jul, 2011 at 04:13:57pm
thanks for that apbellamy |
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16540 Posts Member #: 4241 King Gaycharger, butt plug dealer, Sheldon Cooper and a BAC but generally a niceish fella if you dont mind a northerner Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
25th Jul, 2011 at 05:13:42pm
I would get the rotating assembly (crank, clutch/flywheel and damper) balanced while it's in pieces. will make it rev a little smoother. Are you getting new piston rings and/or a centre main strap? On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it
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384 Posts Member #: 4215 Senior Member |
25th Jul, 2011 at 05:23:39pm
yes i will be getting new piston rings, and centre main strap done while its in bits... not going for huge power though, maybe 130 bhp around that.
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16540 Posts Member #: 4241 King Gaycharger, butt plug dealer, Sheldon Cooper and a BAC but generally a niceish fella if you dont mind a northerner Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
25th Jul, 2011 at 05:44:30pm
The pulley on the water pump end of the crank. On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it
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384 Posts Member #: 4215 Senior Member |
25th Jul, 2011 at 05:50:19pm
oh i see.. thanks for the tip. if i get a new one, should i still have it all balanced together?
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16540 Posts Member #: 4241 King Gaycharger, butt plug dealer, Sheldon Cooper and a BAC but generally a niceish fella if you dont mind a northerner Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
25th Jul, 2011 at 05:52:03pm
yes On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it
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3594 Posts Member #: 655 Post Whore Northern Ireland |
25th Jul, 2011 at 10:18:26pm
The engine will have been balanced at the factory. Unless you are changing components that will affect that, just leave as is.
9.85 @ 145mph
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16540 Posts Member #: 4241 King Gaycharger, butt plug dealer, Sheldon Cooper and a BAC but generally a niceish fella if you dont mind a northerner Rotherham, South Yorkshire |
26th Jul, 2011 at 08:15:23am
I took a crank out of a standard MG engine and had it balanced. It was miles out and that was a low mileage standard engine... On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it
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 11046 Posts Member #: 965 Post Whore Preston On The Brook |
26th Jul, 2011 at 12:58:38pm
The Factory balance is not the same as the race balance setting on my mans machine On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be... So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'... On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........ |
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384 Posts Member #: 4215 Senior Member |
26th Jul, 2011 at 02:32:53pm
going to the machine shop today, so will see what he says and go from there.... |
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3594 Posts Member #: 655 Post Whore Northern Ireland |
26th Jul, 2011 at 07:44:08pm
On 26th Jul, 2011 Sprocket said:
The Factory balance is not the same as the race balance setting on my mans machine I regularly spun mine to 7500rpm, and for a while with a brief bad cam choice 8000rpm. I'm sure the balance was miles off after chopping the pistons. But it always revved smoothly and happily. I think the same crank was in use for some 80k or so. Although it's all just parked up and rusting now. I'm certainly not saying you cannot improve on balancing. I'm just asking is it actually worth it from a cost point of view ? And then it's also finding a reputable machinist you can trust to do it. 9.85 @ 145mph
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 9258 Posts Member #: 123 Post Whore Betwix Harrogate and York |
26th Jul, 2011 at 08:15:46pm
I'm with Veg, I'd happily put those bearings back in. Crank looks as I'd expect. Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph
On 2nd Jan, 2013 fastcarl said:
the design shows a distinct lack of imagination, talk about starting off with a clean sheet of paper, then not bothering to fucking draw on it,lol On 20th Apr, 2012 Paul S said:
I'm mainly concerned about swirl in the runners caused by the tangential entry. |
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 1137 Posts Member #: 1450 Post Whore Near Paris - France |
26th Jul, 2011 at 08:49:07pm
swifty OT, what about polishing the journals on the crank ?
Rusty by nature
On 23rd Jun, 2008 paul wiginton said:
They said "That sounds rough mate." I said "Cheers it cost me a fortune to make it sound like that!" |
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 8297 Posts Member #: 408 Turbo Love Palace Fool Aylesbury |
26th Jul, 2011 at 08:49:46pm
That bearing face on the cam looks like it has picked up a bit on the pulley end. What does the bearing look like? https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fusion-Fabri..._homepage_panel
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 1451 Posts Member #: 328 Post Whore Seaford Rise, South Australia |
26th Jul, 2011 at 10:00:26pm
On 26th Jul, 2011 apbellamy said:
I took a crank out of a standard MG engine and had it balanced. It was miles out and that was a low mileage standard engine... Agree no worthwhile balancing ever took place at the factory. A mate of mine had his Dad's std 60bhp Metro engine balanced just because he could and the thing ran like a swiss watchg afterwards in comparison - it was so far out as standard! On 5th Sep, 2011 Vegard said:
I stand corrected. You should know  |
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 6966 Posts Member #: 507 Fastest A Series Mini in the World leeds/wakefield. |
26th Jul, 2011 at 10:15:57pm
Thank fuck someone else thinks so too,lol.
On 26th Jul, 2011 wil_h said:
I'm with Veg, I'd happily put those bearings back in. Crank looks as I'd expect. |
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