M.E.D. 8-PORT 1380 ULTIMATE MINI ENGINE 1,500MILES OLD!!!!! (EBAY)
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Brand new from M.E.D. 1,500miles ago. (1,000miles run in.)

1380cc.

Omega forged pistons.

Cooper 's' polished + balanced con-rods, ARP bolts.

Cooper 's' Bladed, wedged, lightened + balanced crank.

8Port 296 Kent cam.

Alloy push-rods.

8Port full-roller rockers.

Arden 8Port alloy head, Ported and polished.

S/C Drop gears 1:1 ratio.

A.P. rally clutch plate.

Ultra-light M.E.D. flywheel.

S/C full syncro gear box.

Mini-Spares X-pin diff.

3:44 Diff ratio.

This engine is a very serious piece of kit, for use on road or track. It is very, very fast. It is not like any normal 'hot' A-series as it has loads of torque and is very easy to drive as an every day car. It will quite happily pull from 2,000rpm (40mph ish?) in 4th to max rpm with no hesitation!

I have a dyno sheet that shows 165bhp for this engine.

Edited by turbodave16v on 24th Mar, 2006.

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Moved to EBAY ITEMS FOR SALE...

and why would it be for sale so soon after the mother of all engine builds??.

165bhp. show dyno sheet.

carl

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Fastcarl get down the pub and don’t be so cynical maybe he need the money I think you are scared I buy it and blow you away 9.5 sec runs with that baby with a turbo no probs.

Edited by AllanMcD on 24th Mar, 2006.

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i didnt realise S conrods were rare, my build has S conrods - whats the advantage to them?

Bling factor..

Here for the craic..

Supercharged Arden powered

handy for my clear perspex block then with interior neons.

The S rods are needed as the cam is different in an 8 port so that the big end does'nt hit the cam lopes.

It is the ally push rods i wonder about?

JF.

i'm no metalologist, but they'd bend wouldnt they?

Didnt MS do some carbon ones a while back and even they broke too if i remember right?

tubular pushrods would easily be strong enough i reckon, obviously with hard ends.

carbon ones are available and believe many people use them.

lets not start the old alloy argument,

brass is an alloy.

carl

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Yes, so are the majority of steels used in automotive applications.

Running it on amals, nice noise :) but the starting faff on.... :( :(
I knew someone who had titanium pushrods several yrs ago..

Here for the craic..

Supercharged Arden powered

i know someone with a workshop, full of it, lol.

a few bL works cars used them,any thing for an edge.

carl

carl

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Ive posted it on here for a m8. He's been adding up his bills n decided he has spent far too much on it so he cant afford to keep it.

He ran it at Evington a few weeks ago, unfortunatly it was snowing and was very windy which dusnt really mix with slick tyres but was getting times around 15.4. Which was beating Starlet turbos, Vauxhall Monaro's, Nissan Skylines...

Edited by Tango_Racer on 25th Mar, 2006.

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Hi there this is my engine.
I am selling it because i am after more power and grip. i was either goin to turbo the 8port or go for something different. I am going for a Z-cars 2L Type-R conversion. I wish i had decided on this route before i started with the 8-port!
I have found my rolling road print out, it says 152bhp, not 165bhp, sorry.
It is should be fast-15.4s@elvington drag strip - It was snowing-very little grip! Its just with a more power i think rear wheel drive will be a benifit!?

Alloy push rods do just fine, carbon ones only break because the catch on shap bits of the block, if it has not been prepered properly first.

177 'S'con-rods are the only ones that will fit an 8port engine, as all others would hit the cam. An 8port has different timing to a 5porter.

I like lots of noise and the smell of burning rubber and petrol... Is this normal?

minimr man , thanks for clearing a couple of important points and good luck with the sale,
tangoracer may i ask how old you are and what the atmosphere is like on your planet ,clearly you have never visited planet Earth and our poor attempts at drag racing .
you would need 3x the power to run near a 10 sec 1/4.

carl Austin.

edit "steel alloy" push rods ?? .

rolling road print out mmm!, which one ???

Edited by fastcarl on 25th Mar, 2006.

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Here for the craic..

Supercharged Arden powered

Anyway, the 521 S rods will do just fine as well

Ok, i should have said, only 177 'S' con-rods would fit my engine with my 296 cam. Different cams need different rods. We looked at taking a bit off the rod-bolt/rod, but it would have made it to weak for the amout that would have needed to be removed.

I like lots of noise and the smell of burning rubber and petrol... Is this normal?

Erm. No. The 521 S rods will fit YOUR engine fine as well.

now i'm just bloody confused!! LOL!

Here for the craic..

Supercharged Arden powered

Ok, sorry. lol

Someone still needs to buy it and bang a spinning thingy on it!

I like lots of noise and the smell of burning rubber and petrol... Is this normal?

Isnt this the ebay items for sale part of the forum? :p

Whats going to break next!?

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