Wide Ratio Gearbox And 1380 Engine Build by AndyMiniMad

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Here is a picture of Haggis with the engine out.



Thats it then for this engine.. Nothing wrong with it... in fact its a very good one. Only 2400 miles since the rebuild. Im thinking supercharging it!!!! but thats for next year.



Its getting a bit tight in the garage, Cant believe ive restored the entire car in here.



The DTI tool arrived today and ive set up the cam timing, its a bit complicated and took me a while to get my head around all the gobildigook. I ended up printing off the instructions from Calvers Corner.

Anyway I eventually got it all sorted and the cam it timed in at 104.5 deg after top dead centre.



Ive refitted the head and the timing cover is now on. I got a new thermostat from Mini Spares 82 deg and drilled some holes in it because im not useing a bypass hose.



And finally here are a couple off pictures of the engine mounts. I thought some people might be interested to see the different engine mounting bracket required when fitting a Metro engine in a Mini, I know its a basic thing but Maybe someone might find it usefull..





So thats about it for now, Ive got to clean up the engine bay before dropping in the 1380. so will update with some pics later in the week..