7 porter progress, Engine build Number....seven?? ....now K1200
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Theres no lag either! Again, very impressed. :)

good work !

wow, ive just seen that its working!!

Good work! Will you be bringing to combe?

What year is the car?

I noticed when i was taxing it the car shares the sam birthday with me, although it is slightly older than me.

first registered 23/09/60

its not up to any distances yet,

i'm working on the "real" engine,

the "test" engine has a rattly big end and uninspiring oil pressure, probably due to the 4 days of cranking it over with no oil pressure...

plus i think i'm going to ditch the LC1 for somthing else, it keeps throwing a spaz.

Hi,
Hey, that's my birthday, get your own!
Although I'm not that old either!
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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lol

I too can confirm that the old girl is alive and kicking.

This really is an awesome car with some seriously clever thinking gone into it.

It's going to be silly fast when the 'proper' engine has found it's way in there.

And I couldn't think of someone who deserves it more.

Thanks for all of your over the past few weeks mate. I'd be in the deep (er) stuff without you mate.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

HI

what kind of plugs do you use with your head ?

erm, thinking hard....

NGK 9's at the moment, CR9EK's IIRC

i bought ngk pmr8A but i will fit this head without turbo and my volumetric ration is less than 11 to one. so i think to fit pmr7A unless i find other choice. What's your point of view ? tks

the 9's are used on NA bike's so i reckon the 8s should be ok,

better to try the colder 8's then the 7's I reckon.

how do your plugs sit in the chamber?

Daniel from minisport sent me a mail in order to give news : head is nearly finished (i ordered 3 months ago). I saw your pics. I think i will need to do the same thing. About plugs, when the volumetric ratio is less than 12, we need indice under 8. I dunno for turbo engine. In my last 1380 cc engine i got more than 12 vr and 8 were great. For my next engine (i fit a 286, vr decrease and I think to fit other kind of plugs of course. Mike sold me a set of pmr8A but if i will try these ones, i think i will need to buy other kind... as CR7HS. I dunno, there are not a lot of mini owners who give details on their specs on web about 7 ports... you're the first ... and nothing else even if we can see a short sequence video (dailymotion)

Edited by seb79 on 23rd Sep, 2008.

volume of my chambers is 19 CC. Adam said whe can't obtain little chambers (cause we got seats). so...

good to see the car yesterday, its really trick.

i like it quite a bit if you couldnt tell!

just to show there are still things happening.....

the car is off the road at the moment due to the police PG9ing it due to the tyres sticking past the arches, si I now have a set of miglia arches to go on. haven't stuck them on yes due to the weather and having a poxy ear infection.

have done a partial dry build of the new bottom end, and the block is away for decking (50thou!)

below are some pics of the block, notice the billet crank :) and the cooper S mains studs.

You can use cooper S studs if you skim a tiny bit off the locating shank so they will go in with the dowels, and tak a bit off the ends so they screw into the block further. a cheaper alternative to ARP's

Good to see some progress, even though I've been taking up a lot of your time!

I take it that this is the 'proper' build and not the intermediary one?

In the 13's at last!.. Just

uhmmmmm billet......is that one of the seconds that was for sale on here a while ago?

proper for the moment!

but yes 1380, oiljets, ph2 cam, belt drive, carbon pushrods (probably), sc box, timkin drops, quaif diff. etc


yes crank is one of John K's "seconds", its the fucking tits! i'm almost tempted to get some rods to go with it.

Edited by Joe C on 6th Nov, 2008.

slinky!!!

ahh so thats why your called carlos fandango

yep, bastards, the novelty seems nit to be wearing off...

I cant believe you got rollocked for those wheels Fandango

Mine are worse than that and ive been pulled many times without mention

Congratulations on getting it on the road though, i some how missed that

Edited by Nic on 6th Nov, 2008.

yum yum. if i had the mula i would be having one of those cranks and rods to match!! yummy.

how did you get over the keyway or have you not done that yet?

LOL I means some H section rods, (hurrys to check ebay just in case.....) rather than the 1300 heavyweight ones i have in there.

yep nic, i was convinced i'd be able to sweet talk the WPC, but she wasn't having any of it....


not sorted the keyway yet, still deciding on the flywheel arangement, possibly twin spring verto ala robert, i see it as the key way is only there to line the flywheel up, and should be doing no holding of the flywheel as long as the taper is doing its job, so i think it should be ok to mod the key washer only.

Edited by Joe C on 7th Nov, 2008.

I'm sure the offset keyway is a throw back to when they marked TDC on the flywheel.

No reason for it these days.

Did you offer the WPC a slim panatella?

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