Project JetBLICK by JetBLICK

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1071 should be in for christmas.

acctually, little update...

Everythings been stripped and a few bits have been taken to the engineers. As a precaution the block is going to be honed, and they're going to get me some new piston rings. The gearbox casing and the block are being drilled and tapped to accept bigger 5/16th bolts. Also the 'box, transfer case and wok are going to be chemically cleaned. Oh, and they're sending the crank off to be tuftrided (a fancy hardening process)

After much discussion with various peoples nick swift and a very helpful chap who races a 1071 in historic touring cars i have my desired finished specification, no messing around here From the top...

Weber 45 on the maniflow manifold
Maniflow stage 2 LCB and twin box centre exit system
The oselli head with its 36 and 31mm valves and isky double springs
MED 1.5 L-D roller rockers
Switune SW10 cam - their version of the 286, however has made more power than the 286 when used with a weber. Swifty was telling me its what they use on their 1071 racers with 1.5 rockers and twin SU's and the drivers complain they're too cammy should be interesting
Ultralight flywheel
Rally/race AP friction plate
Grey diaphragm
1.08 ratio straight cut droppers
'Clubman' ratio s/c gearset - Dont get confused, 'clubman' doesnt mean they're the same ratio as a GT gearbox, the ratios are infact nearly identical to the ST ratios, except the gearset uses the standard 1st and reverse gears, thus its £100 cheaper
X-pin diff
3.6 final drive ratio - with the droppers this goes up to the equivalent of a 3.9. This will be slightly hellish on motorways, especially with the drops, lol, but it should give blistering acceleration and with the gearset i'll see well over 60 in second gear tee hee

As for ancillaries i'll be going for a minispares super 2 core rad, but i feel theres no real need for an oil cooler, the chap didn't use one in his racer last year apparently and didnt have any problems, so i dont see why i should. 'Leccy ignition is on the cards too, for reliability. I've been using one on the 998 over summer and its been fantastic.

Si the don, from minispares is sorting out my monster order including the new bits and all the rebuild parts, should all be ready soon

Can't wait to build this engine i love building them, my favoritest bit, apart from driving em




Anyways as i was sayin mad4mins, yep should be at malvern, uni work permitting. As for the flywheel, along with all the other parts, are all for sale on ebay...

http://search.ebay.c...sZ888minidan888

Ta

10-30-2007

Mwhahahahah after making double what i expected selling everything i dont need, i've started getting things together.

After previous advise from swifty, i opted for the SW10... made the phone call yesterday, and look what arrived today...

One billet SW10 sire



Also today we went to MED Usually when you go to an engineers they can be quite miserable, and it just tends to be business and nothing else. MED is something else! we got chattin and must have been there for nearly an hour, practically got a guided tour of the place. You get the same sorta feeling walking round MED as i rekon women do walking down a high street of designer shops. The fact that he had the time for us was awesome, and we got to see some amazing stuff, like his ultimate modified pistons, dog gearkit, 8 ports... i could go on forever... ooo and we saw some prototype stuff, tee hee

It made what i walked away with seem rather petty .... i'll be back one day!

LD roller rockers

ARP head stud kit

Oilway pipe, flywheel bolts, 5/16 sump kit with copper gaskets

Still sorting out a big minispares order with simon, but still not rushing, i've gotta wait till i go back home at christmas before i can build it up.

Oh... and, i couldnt resist, they've been for sale for months now, and i recently found out that they are no-longer in production apparently, so i've bought 6 10x6 GB minilights off Gr4h4m not that i can fit them for aaages, because i need smaller brakes.

Giggidy-giggidy-gooooooooo

10-31-2007

new wheels, ta Gr4h4m... ka-Pow!

11-4-2007

Currently there is nowt stopping all the mud and water flying up into the engine bay. However a jet washer makes short work of any mud, just have to duct-tape over the vitals first, like the inlet trumpets and other holes. It is in my plans tho to make a flappy plastic removable cover outa the same stuff i made the mudflaps with to shield the new motor. Genrally speaking its not really an issue, its only when you start nobbing about in muddy fields... like... say... uuumm.... MITP2007   .... or .... uuuuummm.... muddy country lanes.


As for securing the front... i'm still working on that. At first i tried rubber bonnet hooks... they where rubbish, at the mo im using bonnet buckle straps... they're not great. I think im gonna have bite the bullet and use duez fasteners... not sure how they work...and i dont really like the look of em, but they seem to be a good tried and tested method.

11-19-2007

Opinion is divided on the straps, but i like em... got some for the boot too

Was woken by the very cheery UPS man this morning In true TMF project tradition it was mandatory that i get everything out to.. er.. 'check' it and take photos

S/C droppers, S/C Clubman gearkit, Super 2core rad, and a load of other bits n bobs - bearings, ARP bolts, baulk rings, gaskets, radius arm pins and other bits that are essential, cost a lot of money, and never really consider when pricing up a build









4 weeks till i can build this little beauty.... can't wait!!!

11-28-2007

'ello y'all... got a little, kinda, update. It's got me excited anyways

I've been speaking to Peter Barker recently (chap who writes about all the historic rally stuff in MiniWorld) because i found out the other day that has an SW10 in his 1071 rally car 977 ARX. Pete just so happens to be the admissions tutor for my course at uni, so i sent an email asking him various questions (i could have gone into his office, but that would have involved walking ) So anyways.. he's been nice enough to bring in his power graphs from when he had it RR'd so i can go and see them tomorrow

So i'll take a pic of it and tomorrow we shud have an idea of what sort of power and torque it will make.

His cars spec is very similar to mine, tho he cannot remember the exact spec of the head, so we don't know what size the valves are. Apart from that its exactly the same the only exception being i have 1.5 ratio rockers, so mine may be a bit more pokey.

Anyways... all i know so far is his engine made 105bhp@7000rpm!!!!!!!! at SMMC's roller i assume because they do all his engine work.