Wide Ratio Gearbox And 1380 Engine Build by AndyMiniMad

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Had the name of this thread changed as suggested by AndrewJ530. I see your in Middlesborough, Hows that Barry robson doing down there. He used to play for us up in Inverness. Great player even if he does fall over a lot. Sorry if your not a footy fan. Any way back to the mini. I took the camshaft bearings to the workshop today (Auto Head Recon) and asked Glen to fit them for me. The block should be done by the end of the week. Hopefully. Not sure how long the build will take because Im working away alot just now. Im hopeing for around 90-100 bhp from this engine, what do people think? Is this realistic or am I being a bit optomistic for a home build?

9-2-2010

A quick update, Ive been working away for a couple of weeks so no major changes on the engine build. I went down to see the block today and its all bored out and the pistons have been fitted to the rods. they said its a good block and the bores will stand a further 0.5mm oversize if required. So just the cam bearings to change and hone to match the calver cam. Should be all done by wednesday. Anyway ive been busy today fitting these.

It was a pig to fit because the top arm damper bolts were jammed in solid. Had to drill them out. But eventually they went on.



Went for a test drive and played with the ride height and damper settings. Ive set the knobs to possition 12 of the 32 available and it seems to be fine. Corners flat and is not to harsh over the bumpy stuff. So much better than the rubber donuts. I would highly recommend this upgrade to anyone thinking of a suspension change.