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PostPosted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:41 pm 
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I hope it does well and then tick tick tick boom.
only joking.
I hope it goes well and hope it does produce what you want.
but just remember that building a motor that can go fast and quick will only last as long as the driver is sensable and knows what the limits are for the motor.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:41 pm 
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Yes Sir :D

I agree with that totally... and I will be respectful... (not that I have the money to be disrespectful! :lol: )

Yeah we shall see over the next week. If I can get it together (pun intended) I will set a Dyno date. Most likely will be a sunday for a BBQ at Graham's. More news later...

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:13 pm 
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UPDATE 2ND OCTOBER

This week I managed to get alot done. I took the block home and painted the block Cooper S green. I used Ameron Coatings that I got for a song from Kevin who in turn got a big 4L tin from his friend :lol:

It's lurvley stuff. Nice and thin, lots of pigment and dries very quickly. The coating is VERY hardy! extremely tough to scratch off. I used a brush and still got very good results even though the block still had a heap of old paint stuck to it :oops: I don't care what people say, I think it's a very nice colour and will suit Lillee perfectly.

Next time I will redistrip it :wink:

This weekend I took all the bits back to Graham's place and we managed to put most of the block, cam, bolt in the gearbox, oil pump and clutch cover.

Cam install

In went new cam followers. The reason why graham likes the Isky type followersisn't because they are lightweight or have a hole etc, but it is the fact that they are actually longer than regular followers. He says when you grind cams, the back part of the lobe gets ground off. What happens is when the valve is closed, the follower comes out of it's hole more than a stock cam that has not been ground. What happens is that the sideways load on the follower is greater to a smaller length of the follower. When using isky followers, more of the follower is in it's hole, therefore less sideways load, therefor longer lasting cam followers that work better.

I showed Graham my engine plate and he was like "uh oh" it's a morris 1100 plate! :( This meant I have to trace around the backplate using the outline of a mini plate and used a jigsaw to cut the excess off. Result: Special tuning engine plate :lol:

Cam was installed by using assembly lube on all the bearings and lobes. Boy I was glad Graham had an engine stand!

The belt drive cogs where tightenned up onto the cam to check the end float of the cam. All good!

Gearbox
The gaskets were painted with gasket sealant and placed onto the block first. Next graham put the half moon seal in using silicon. This ensures it does not leak. Gearbox was lifted on and the bolts and nuts tightenned. WIth the engine stand it was a 15 min job.

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Here's the gearbox bolted on

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Shot showing what the belt drive plate will look like when installed. Check out my special tuning engine plate :P

Clutch Cover

We had to remove the idler bearing and mainshaft pilot bearing shell. These proved to be quite tight! Even when we used an oxy torch it needed to be heated up REALLY hot to get it off. I can tell you one thing, the VHT paint withstood the heat! :lol:

Before the cover went on, the primary gear was checked for end float. There was none :? So we used the tried and true method of sanding the primary gear trust bearing down on a piece of gladd so it had just a thou or 2 of clearance. That's enough for a road car, in a race car this would be much more, but so long as I don't keep my foot on the clutch at 7000rpm that's fine :)

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Won't see this these for some time (hopefully!)

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The engine colour scheme

So not much left to do! Time in the cam and put in the belt drive. The head needs to be put back together, 10th and 11th head stud holes drilled, heater hole drilled (my metro head did not come with a heater attachment). Flywheel and clutch needs to be bolted on and periferals on and that's it!!!

We'll see how we go, if I manage to finish it on time, Graham wants to invite people from Ausmini around for a bbq and watch it go on the dyno. He says we have to do it on Saturday as his neighbours don't like engines revving on Sundays :lol:

I am off all of this week so I will be working solidly to try to get it done. Wish us luck!!! 8)

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:36 pm 
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i take it you are thinking next saturday on the dyno then Chong :D well done, you are still ahead of me, i only just put the gears into my gearbox today, and it all turns over and selects even :shock:

i'll see you next week to see how close your engine comes to what mine will eventually be as they are soooo similar in spec :wink: except for the cam, and the compression, and the extra .5mm bore size and the.............

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We'll see Mick! I hope we can get it together this week, but it will be several weeks before it's in the car as I have alot of work left to be done on Lillee's firewall :shock:

I am hoping maybe Saturday 14th October as the dyno day. You can all come over and down a few snags while I sweat over my engine revving to 6500 :lol:

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:02 pm 
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why you going to drill a hole in the head? to fit the by pass hose, thats a mistake personally i think a motor runs 1000000000million times better and cooler knowing that that little hose is not at any stage going to crap itself and start a leak.
go buy a water pump with the larger impeller Ill give you the part number if you wish and use it without a bypass hose and just drill 3 3/16 holes in the thermostat end of problem.


otherwise its looking good.
have fun with the belt kit i hope it doesnt leak on you.

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Yeah we had a long discussion about the bypass hole and thermostat. Graham said he would have a good think about how we are going to set it up. He also says most likely not running with a bypass. Why would it burst? I use a radiator hose or reinforced fuel hose and it would not easily burst or leak...

Yes I have a large impeller pump. You know you can buy them with the bypass blanked out :)

Anyway going to Canberra today! See yous later! 8)

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I like the colour :wink: Hope mine will look like that one day. How is the engine attached to the stand? any pics from that angle? Are you using 2 or 3 bolts ?

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Nice work CHong...I'll be thier on the saturday no troubles thier at all..its a must see.

I love the idea about silicon on the half moon..Brilliant Idea :wink:
Cam followers :wink:

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WOW! that very pretty indeed *drools* over my keyboard


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looking great mate really neat and clean job.

i cant wait to see/hear the results.

well done mate.

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Hey thanks guys! I am very happy with the results so far. Yes the colour does look good! I know i know it's plain jane but I think it suits a car that is already flashy with red and white.

The stand is mounted via 4 bolts, I think 2 are studs from the oil filter attachment and the other 2 are the alternator bolts.

Cheers guys! I can't wait to hear/see the results as well! :lol:

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She's Finished!!! YAY!!!

I will update when I get the photos uploaded... tired, going to do spend time with the neglected other half :lol:

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wow thats clean very clean

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congrats on finishing mate. Now go keep the your Lady warm on tyhis chilly Sydney night.

cant wait to see more pics , have a good night mate and once again congrats on a fine looking Mini.


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