Project JetBLICK by JetBLICK

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^ cheers mate ^   x

Anyways...... today (well yesterday acctually - writing this at 1am ) was my birthday I'm no longer a teenager, apparently i've got to grow up now....





NAAAAAAAAA!   instead Craig (starmag1275gt) and I took a roadtrip to the isle of widget to pick up my loverly loverly engine WoOoOoP!!

So, we left at 8.00am this morning and 430miles later, at 9.00pm we returned with this little beauty

 

Well... aint had much time to strip it or anything yet but.. heres what i can tell you so far..

Obviously the engine was originally tuned by osseli back in the day. And is still retains its OE62 mark on the head, which is a 12g940 casting, rather than the cooper 's' AEG163. The fact that its a 12g940 really doesnt bother me because 'A' the aeg163 was apparently prone to cracking, 'B' the 12g9840 is more tuneable, and 'C' Some of the cooper 's' came with 12g940's apparently anyway. Since then the head has had futher work done by John Dutch of Dutchspeed racing. We took the head off to inspect and i dont think the valves are any bigger than the original OE62 spec and to be honest i think the valves are proble as big as you could go on a road engine, but we think Mr Dutch did a lot of work to the ports because they are huge!! Anyways, his stamp is on the head too along with what must be the chamber size which does infact say 14.4cc! After having the head off we think thats highly likely, because of how shallow they are!

Here are some pics, first is a copy of an old osseli tunig brochure and the one in the middle with OE62 written under, is what mine is like... also checkout what john dutch has stamped on the head u gotta love that!

 

 

 

As i said, we got the head off quickly and the bores look great, the hone marks are still visible and the block has been liner'd back to standard bore. The pistons are hepolite 21253's. I've been speaking to a chap called rich who knows these engines better than most, and apparently these are the ones to go for, so thats good Managed to find out that the dish on these pistons is 8.4cc, so a little calculation...

14.4cc chamber + 8.4cc dish + 3.8cc guestimate for gasket + 0.7cc guestimate for ringland = 27.3cc

I work out the bore volume at 269.0cc

So (27.3+269.0)/27.3 = 10.85 - 1 CR I can live with that Obviously thats based on assumptions if i got time 2mos i'll work it out properly.

Included in the deal was the transfer case and bell housing. Along with a heavily lightend flywheel ans assembly...

 

Also i got the weber which has been matched to the inlet ports and the manifold has also been worked and smoothed inside

Checked the cam too, as he said its a 286SP which is good. And its came with the 'dizzy and a old style 'leccy igniton.

Theres a whole load of breather and oil take-off's all over the engine, which need figuring out. Also the oil way from the where it comes from the gearbox into the block has been blocked for a remote filter which is supposed to come out the side of the gearbox where the pickup pipe is and goes back in the block near where the water-tap would be.

I'll ave a bit more info 2mos after i've had a proper look at it. But so far its better than i ever dreamed, and i'm well happy with it all. Being my birthday an' all also meant my 'rents have put a bit of money towards it too, which means i still have money to live off till i get back to work over the summer hols

This thing is gonna fly when its in... i cannot wait

Nite all, Dan

5-18-2007

Well, yesterday afternoon and this morning where spent stripping the engine completely, to check every last bit. It all looks in great condition. The ports are mahoosive, the valves are 36 inlets and 31 exhaust. The springs i believe to be iskey? I couldn't find any identification on them, but they are orange like the iskey ones, and they have the special valve caps too. The vernier duplex looks brand new. The cam is in good condition, however the followers look a little worn. Cam bearings on the other hand look new, as are the mains and big-end bearings - which are vanderville. The rods have also been built up with ARP bolts which is good. The only bit which im a little disappointed with is the crank, i didn't have a vernier gauge to measure it, but the numbers on the bearings indicate the mains are on 60thou and the big ends are on 40thou - which is a lot! Certainly wont be another re-grind in that, but luckily the crank is immaculate, and i imagine is was freshly re-ground when it was rebuilt, so it still has a fair bit of life in it. From what i've seen tho, it certainly looks like it was built with a lot of care and attention, so hopefully it should be a peach when it goes in mine  

Whilst everything was apart i gave it all a good clean, the main block has been put back together, and the head is still in parts. Its all been drowned in oil and covered in cloths and now it'll just sit on the bench till the end of August, when it get built up to go in

That'll be it for a few weeks now, got lots of work to do for assessments so thats all you're getting till june, then hopefully it should come together pretty quickly if all goes to plan, tra tra

Some piccys....