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Today I had PT and as usual I was pretty whipped when I got home, but I did get a little work done on the engine. Last night I mocked up a few...
BTW, that's a vernier adjustable timing gear.....
Today I did a "dry build", where you put the pistons in without rings so you can measure a bunch of things like rod bearing clearance and how far...
After I cleared out a few other projects and did a bit of cleanup and organizing, today I pulled the Mini engine out of the test stand and...
Yeah, they're pretty easy once you remember where they all go! I have all the forks in now, ready to shim the rear cover, then add the shifter...
OK, so this is a new one on me - probably because when I was building Sprite racing engines (Team name - Impecunious Racing) in the late 60's they...
Much better, this one won't break unless he does something wrong.... [ATTACH]
Ok, so here's the difference between a smoothcase or Morris Minor gearbox and the later ribcase - BugeyeDave bought this transmission from Vicky...
Clancy got me another gearbox, so I stripped it down and now have the right mainshaft to build Bugeye Dave's gearbox. More as it happens.....
Ran into a snag on this gearbox.....turns out it may be either a Morris Minor box or has the guts out of a smooth case Sprite box in it. The...
SLGGR sold for $30K, and is going to live in Malibu and run the Mulholland Crest. This Clubby wagon is giving me serious heart palpitations - I...
10lbs of crap in a 5 lb box? :)
The owner brought this to me last November, saying it was his backup gearbox, so "no hurry". He knew I would be down for a while with my knee...
Just got a call, turns out the rings are correct after all, the package was labelled wrong, so it's on again. I'll get them tomorrow....
Well.....another delay on this build, they sent the wrong rings. So, another call and another set on the way, we'll be lucky if we get them by...
Forgot to post a pic of these custom made 70 thou over forged race pistons....the black on the skirt is a specialized teflon coating [ATTACH]
Well, as often happens when you want to get things done quickly....parts orders get screwed up and sent to the wrong address and so on ....bottom...
Today I went ahead and installed the pistons and rods and the crankshaft, I did the cam bearings yesterday....those were a bit of a PITA. Turns...
The owner knew that his engine was running pig rich, but when he tried to adjust the mixture (done by raising or lowering the jet on a SU carb)...
His reserve is pretty cheap for how much he has in it....but you're right, it doesn't matter till the end. I'm glad to see it getting the...