Wide Ratio Gearbox And 1380 Engine Build by AndyMiniMad

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Thanks Guys...
Got a bit more done last week. Front hubs all painted and regreased the bearings.



Rear radius arms fitted..





The front subfram came back from Powder coating so got that fitted with solid mounts.





Calipers were blue and now they are red!!



I think Im going to have to raise the ride height a smidge though!! lol.



And the reason I did bugger all on the car this weekend!!

Todays progress...

Calipers on!!



So that all the runing gear sorted and the front subby all completed with either brand new parts or refurbished bits.



I then fitted some stuff made from Green..



And decided it would be best to get the cylinder head fitted onto the engine...so first was to give it a quick wipe!!



Checked all the valves wrer seated correctly and nothing was damaged..



A final clean of the bores and it was on with the new bk450 and the head..



But then disaster struck in a big way..



I snapped this stud clean off as I was torquing everything down to 68nm, Oh feck!! So once I had stopped swearing and belting stuff with a hammer...I drilled the stud to a depth of 3mm..screwed in a selt tapper and welded it on.



Slowly I unscrewed it..the weld was holding!!



At last it was out!! what a horrible job!!



So after that episode I quickly fitted a new stud and got the head fitted..

3-15-2013

Engine is fitted, ride heights are set, exhaust is on, electrics sorted, brakes bled, and tappets adjusted..





Just the bonnet, grill and spotlights to fit and hes out on the road..Runs a bit rough at idle but once the revs gat north of 3k it smooths out and picks up very quickly..Aldon red dizzy has made a big difference to the idle...no vacuume advance!!

5-17-2013

Not much of an update... Haggis has been running for the past few months with nothing to report really... the engine is very strong and pulls to 7200 no bother in the first three gears, with the new 3.76 diff it pulls to 6000 it top and was still going when I backed it off, I reckon it might go to 6500 in top, but that's over 100 mph with this gearing so fast enough!! 6000 revs is 90 in top which is what I was aiming for, it gets there very quickly!! I have noticed that the clutch is the week point in this build and I will have to upgrade before fitting this engine in the clubman. I also thought I would try a set of 13's that have been lying around the cave for a few years. Sligtly different offset gives a better steering response and the car is better behaved in a straight line. but it doesn't look as good on these wheels.