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Craigie-B

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Wootton Bassett

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKY-CxoaM-w

I quite enojyed it :)

On 10th Mar, 2012 theoneeyedlizard said:

Hypothetically speaking, where would you stick your nozzle?


On 22nd Jun, 2012 apbellamy said:
my wife doesn't know what.head is never mind compression ratio.


Brett

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12 hours? what took them so long lol

Yes i moved to the darkside *happy*

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John

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Mongo

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I'm sure a few people on here could do it quicker.

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


Alex

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I know I can do it quicker, but allowances had to be made for the cameraman and splicing my hand open halfway though.

Metric is for people who can't do fractions.


Craigie-B

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Wootton Bassett

ohhh was it your car!?

On 10th Mar, 2012 theoneeyedlizard said:

Hypothetically speaking, where would you stick your nozzle?


On 22nd Jun, 2012 apbellamy said:
my wife doesn't know what.head is never mind compression ratio.


Alex

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My car and me doing it.

Metric is for people who can't do fractions.


Craigie-B

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ahhh *happy* I quite like the notes next to the clock *happy*

On 10th Mar, 2012 theoneeyedlizard said:

Hypothetically speaking, where would you stick your nozzle?


On 22nd Jun, 2012 apbellamy said:
my wife doesn't know what.head is never mind compression ratio.


apbellamy

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Rotherham, South Yorkshire

You would have had it done in under 10 if you had stayed of face book. *wink*

On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it

*hehe!*


BENROSS

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Mitsi Evo 7, 911, Cossie. & all the chavs ...... won no problem

The fastest. I ever changed a running engine, take it out out, change box crank and new shells fitted, back in and running was 5 hours

Mind you that was at the age of 30,

The YouTube guys must have fucked off to the pub for 7 hours. ....lmao

Edited by BENROSS on 16th Dec, 2012.






stevieturbo

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If the big ends have spun in the rod, and the rod is not repaired or replaced, the bearings will fail again very soon.

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202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will


Alex

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None of the bearings had spun.
Looks like oil starvation or oil gone very thin - it did get bloody hot on the motorway.

Metric is for people who can't do fractions.


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Raw working hours I think that's the time my 998 engine needed for building :) But that was more of a 'throw junk together and put it in the car', not much repairing going on :)

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Joe C

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Ive done a gearbox change in circa 9 hrs.

On 28th Aug, 2011 Kean said:
At the risk of being sigged...

Joe, do you have a photo of your tool?



http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...9064&lastpost=1

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Jim's replaced the thrust bearings on his in the middle of a field between races

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........


Joe C

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true.... but thats with a flipfront,

On 28th Aug, 2011 Kean said:
At the risk of being sigged...

Joe, do you have a photo of your tool?



http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...9064&lastpost=1

https://joe1977.imgbb.com/



stevieturbo

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I used to be keen enough to do rush jobs like that years ago. Really dont think I'd ever be bothered with it anymore.

I seen myself up all night just to make sure my Mini was back on the road again for work the next day, whether it was a simple problem, or a fucked engine or gearbox.

Young and stupid lol.

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speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will


minimole23

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On 16th Dec, 2012 stevieturbo said:


I seen myself up all night just to make sure my Mini was back on the road again for work the next day, whether it was a simple problem, or a fucked engine or gearbox.

Young and stupid lol.


Sounds about right. At 20 I found myself finishing an engine change at 3am so it would get me to work the next day!

On 7th Oct, 2010 5haneJ said:
yeah I gave it all a good prodding


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Not in any was comparable, but a colleague and I, working together when I was 19,removed a Morris 1000 engine, changed the clutch and re-fitted the engine in just over an hour.

It was for a district nurse who did a couple of visits locally while we did it. When we charged £30, all in, she was outraged and complained that she had to wait !


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On 17th Dec, 2012 tadge44 said:
Not in any was comparable, but a colleague and I, working together when I was 19,removed a Morris 1000 engine, changed the clutch and re-fitted the engine in just over an hour.

It was for a district nurse who did a couple of visits locally while we did it. When we charged £30, all in, she was outraged and complained that she had to wait !


but david ,be fair , that is the equivalent of 3000 quid in today money ,and its much easier lying under a car in chain mail .:)

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM


Mr Joshua

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Nurse and car mechanic, not how I visualised that story ending. However I managed 2 gearbox changes with engines back in and running in under 12 hours. Some twenty years ago *happy* *happy*

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i've taken out a mini engine, fitted a SABER rocket while modifying the chassis to match (added wings) then flown to NY. Done my xmas shop then flown back and put the car back to std mini spec; BOX SHAPE. Then stripped, dipped, all new shells and bearings.....repainted the block (red ofc) and put it all back in and driven to me ma's for xmas lunch all in 9 hours.



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We pulled the crank out of my mini engine at the side of the track at lyddon hill. We also flushed out the gearbox, put it all back together and set fastest lap, think it was about 3 hours

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On 15th May, 2009 TurboDave said:

I think the welsh one has it right!


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run a 1/4 in one!!

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madmk1

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T@z what have I told you!! You will get black balled again for being a smart ass.

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Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

On 1st Nov, 2007 Ben H said:
There is no such thing as 'insignificant weight saving', it all adds up.


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The roy castle approach....

What was wrong? and how did you have a spare crank?


On 17th Dec, 2012 Jimster said:
We pulled the crank out of my mini engine at the side of the track at lyddon hill. We also flushed out the gearbox, put it all back together and set fastest lap, think it was about 3 hours

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!


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On 17th Dec, 2012 t@z said:
i've taken out a mini engine, fitted a SABER rocket while modifying the chassis to match (added wings) then flown to NY. Done my xmas shop then flown back and put the car back to std mini spec; BOX SHAPE. Then stripped, dipped, all new shells and bearings.....repainted the block (red ofc) and put it all back in and driven to me ma's for xmas lunch all in 9 hours.



TRUE STORY


Ha ha, what with some of the stories above I found this quite amusing.


On 29th Nov, 2016 madmk1 said:


On 28th Nov, 2016 Rob Gavin said:
I refuse to pay for anything else


Like fuel 😂😂

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