7 porter progress, Engine build Number....seven?? ....now K1200
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Ah ok, that's one thing less to worry about. Let me know if there's anything you need a hand with.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

can you measure the windscreen hole while yours is out,

I want to make sure the scuttle goes on in the right place.

poop!!! :(

No worries I'll check tomorrow.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Ah fook thats shit news!

At least you've got plenty of time to sort it out before avon. Hope its an easy fix.

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

poop on your shoe!

sorry to hear the news mate
if ya need any parts just give us a call. :(

Rusty by nature

Well, now I finally have the garage clear I have pulled the head to see how bad the damage is...

Good news, all the valves are intact albeit bent, all 8 have hit, but the exhausts took the brunt as they have more lift, a couple of the inlets have only just touched but as the pushrods were all bent I'll get them replaced anyway,

also noticed the stupid brass plug between 2&3 has started to move.

not very good pics but here's the dings in the pistons,



head, quite a lot of rust in no2 i'm guessing this is just because its been standing,



bent...



bent and crusty.

I'm not sure what the advantage of the a belt is? Is it not just more maintenance and they are a pain to get to./

I hope the repairs go well.

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!

Bugger ! Wats the plan for the pistons though ?

"So wat we gonna do tonight Brain?"
"Same thing we do evernight Pinky!"
"Try to take over the world!"

I think I mentioned it in another thread but do you think the sticking valve you had earlier could have been partly responsible, ie, overloaded the belt at the time leading to early failure later on ???

I've seen that centre brass plug move on a standard engine (a friends many years ago) leading to head gasket failure - a stupid design.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

yeah the plugs are a PITA when they move, last one I did I tapered the hole and made a tapered plug up.

I was sure I changed the belt when I had the head off, but now i think back I cant actually remember doing it so yes it could well be an over stressed belt.

Piston wise I might pop a set of accralites in wile its apart, i'll have to check the bores and deck heights though.

That's not too bad eh?

Accralites should be ok deck-wise, as they sit 0.8mm down with a std deck.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

hooray!

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

I had to take nearly 1.5mm of my deck to get it lined up... although, i could always just trim a bit off the top of the accralites,
or just carry on with the Powermax's till they melt...

I had to take a similar amount of the top of my block to get the Cooper S pistons flush with the top of the block, and the Accralites also sit flush, so you might be ok, or at least only have to shave a gnats dick off them

Edited by Sprocket on 25th Jul, 2010.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

yeah maybe I better go for proper pistons...

I've also bought a hole saw, and mad a list of things that can be holesawed.

Oh dear, the weight loss bug claims another victim!

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Rusty by nature

ahhh .....welcome to the dark side .

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

Don't mention hole saw, I lay in bed last night thinking about cutting holes in my brand new heritage rear subbie. Bastards!

DO IT!!

lol, seriously though, you could probably flog the subby, buy a beam and have change.