Yeah I agree totally with Steve... Deffinatly worth doing both at once...
If you are gonna do something do it properly...


For my Old 1380
I also wouldnt have change from 6k & thats taking the motor in & out myself.. & a great deal on Labour......

We wont even mention what Sini's motor has costed!

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yeah but sini is going to GOOOOOOOOOO pretty damn hard stilll cant beat it for bang for buck

well ive been given the final quote from an engine builder here in perth.

$2075.70

includes:
basic head overhaul
new valves through head
Bore and hone block
grind crank
deck block
clean engine block
fit cam bearings
m/align poston press fit
assemble motor (with timing gear but not to transmission)
engine kit (pistons+rings, gaskets, all bearings)

my choice of pistons. i think flat top hepolites is an option.

what do you think?

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998cc

That sounds like a good price. I'd be happy with that

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Too many cars, and too little time.

Good price, make sure the replace the oil pump.

steve

I spent $700 on parts alone, rebuilding the MK2 S box ((no synchros replaced, they are good) - and $1300 on new parts, machining and balancing of the 1360 I'm running now.
73mm Hypatec pistons
regrind MK1 S crank to 10/10
New bearings & thrusts
New oil pump
rebore & hone 1300 auto block
2 new exhaust valves
new bronze valve guides
deck head and block
Balance crank & flywheel (rods done before)

OK I did all the labour, and got a few freebies- but that price also included a new B&B clutch plate and Orange dot diaphragm.

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my 1293

1100S block 020
12.5:1 comp ratio
Hypertec pistons
Cooper S rods lightened, alligned and resized
Cooper S crank
Romac adjustable timing gears
Romac alloy/steel harmonic balancer
Isky Cam followers
APT scatter cam
12G940 race head by Fred Sayers
Rimflow valves
Isky valve springs
1.5 Roller rockers
Isky tubular push rods
ARP rod bolts, head studs and main studs
45DCOE on Redline long manifold with ram tubes/socks
Race/rally clutch plate
Double grey clutch diaphram
New very light flywheel
12G270 back plate lightened
recurved distributer
straight cut drop gears
straight cut gearbox
Limited slip diff
Brownrigg ceramic coated extractors
13 row oil cooler
4 row radiator
4 blade fan
large capacity water pump with larger pulley

All new parts used. Machining and assembly was done by Fred Sayers.

Not yet started. I reckon she'll go ok.

Cost? around 20K

$40 worht of gasket si the head alone well it depends whether you are the buyer or the seller.
I buy a head gasket SET for a 1098 mini for less than $8 so you can imagine the what the rest of the parts can be bought for if you look at it that way.

I rebuild all my gearboxes and also replace lay shafts and diff pins with competition ones on std motors (non oversized motors)

boring gets a bit more expensive and so also lightening internals can get a bit line bores etc.

I always say you can get a 50% power increase for a good cheap price but to add another 20% then you will pay the same price again and then to add another 10% ontop of that you will pay the same amount again thats why you look at rons (mk1brk) mini and $14k went under the bonnet to gain 81.8BHP and so forth so forth yes it come down a lot when you can do most of it yourself buteven then not everyone has the ability or machinary to do a build themselves.
not everyone has a graham russell or drmini living around the corner cos those are the expenses that most poeple forget the favors and bit of help here, put a real dollar value on it and work out what it costs.

$2000 (1275) should be the average for a decent rebuild incl gearbox, any other modifications (head, cam,diff) should be a bit more.

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Hey Tk, you forgot to mention the crown wheel and pinion and the bolts that hold that on are 5 quid each.I would go with a 2 core radiator as the 4 cores are not that brilliant.
sorry all i just read the front page and didnt realise there was 2 pages, but its all true what i said.
its all the small things that cost huge dollars, change the guids you have to do the valve seats, change the cam you do the followers the list goes on and on.

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Yeah I know - I'm an idiot for paying full retail but some of us have little choice because we're not in the trade - but the point was that I can't see anyone doing a rebuild for $50 even if you used second hand parts.

ok 400 for the block including new pistons
needed a hone cost nothing
block decked kev did it cant remember price
new bearings dont member price
475 to have the head done kev weaved his majic on it included GR doing the seats and new springs
100 for the gr cam
bout 60 for the new lifters
still needs box looking at and some other bits and peices
dunno the finished price yet
makka

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