I have a mate who is looking for some forged Hilman Imp + 30 forged pistons ... any clues as to where i might find some ?


Yes I probably posted in the wrong spot but that happens from time to time.

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120bhp with 450kg just fun waiting to happen

We were prob. drunk when we set it up last and thought this will be a good idea

UK. Maybe. Most Imp stuff is becoming rare as rocking horse doo doo.

My brother restored his Imp recently, we found even std size main bearings are NLA. I bought the last set in Australia off Jerry Lenstra.
As for pistons, we had to settle for a re-ring job.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I did leave out a small bit of info, 1 of the current pistons has a hole in it. We are talking about an A series engine in a little orange a40 Farina ( some might know the car )


Hmm I'll start digging around and see what I can find, cheers Doc

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120bhp with 450kg just fun waiting to happen

We were prob. drunk when we set it up last and thought this will be a good idea

Maybe a few leads here-
http://www.imps4ever.info/tech/supply.html

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Doc your'e awesome

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120bhp with 450kg just fun waiting to happen

We were prob. drunk when we set it up last and thought this will be a good idea

I figured that it was usual these days to have custom pistons machined from blanks. Is this reasonably cheap these days if your pistons are NLA?

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I'm getting custom forged pistons made by a company in the US. Thing is you need specs, drawings etc drawn up to a pretty high standard.

Using Mini costs as an example, standard cast pistons are around $300-600. Forged are around $1000 and the ones I'm getting made are around $1600.

Depends on how badly you want them I guess

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