Wide Ratio Gearbox And 1380 Engine Build by AndyMiniMad

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Here are the of pictures of the roller skates..



And one of Haggis trying them on.



These make moving the Mini's around the cave really easy..

4-8-2012

So today was the big day...Me and Big-F went out to the cave...First job was to bleed the clutch and then we fitted the Maniflow twin box Exhaust...I know its the quiet one but Haggis is no longer a noisy boy... Adjusted the Tappets to 14 thou and topped off the fluids..So it was time to start this engine for the first time..A brand new 1380 with ported big valve head and an MG metro cam...No straight cut gears or other noisy stuff this time..but its still a 1380 so should go quite well..

And so to the first start...Clicky!!

Sorry the quality is rubbish..I phone video!

I cant believe it started first time...we span it up with the fuel turned off at first to get the oil presure up and then off it went..Its smooth and sweet as a nut..No idler gear chatter or other rattles...Im well pleased with myself..

Many thanks to Big-f for helping with the clutch and stuff...MOT is next..

Tomorow ill do the 10min bed in run at 2.5k revs and that should be the engine bits all sorted

So this afternoon I fitted the dash..



And gave the seats a bit of a clean..



And then screwed a bit of bling on the arse!!



Tomorrow will be the bed in run..air horns, washer bottle, a good wash and thats him finished

4-29-2012

The finished article......



Went to Nairn...Ate ice cream....took some photos.....came home...









I love sunny days..

5-21-2012

So today Haggis passed the magical 500 mile mark since the new engine went in...I took him to Nairn for his suspension set up at Bitz Garage...he will be there all week....But Dave says he will guarantee a big grin on my face on the journey home..So as i said, the 500 mile mark has been reached which means I can rev it to the max...Took him to 6500 in first and second gears.. lots of tyre smoke..and general lack of grip..should be better once Dave works his majic on the suspension..Third gear is superb now...the MG cam gives loads of torque so even from low (ish) revs, he pulls very well and when the needle says 6000 its time to slow down...Christ its quick!! not as wild a delivery due to the milder cam but once its on song.....brilliant!! Anyway Mrs Minimad was waiting for me in Nairn for my lift home, I got the full lecture regarding going sideways on the industrial estate......just as well she never saw the rest of the trip through then!!!

6-11-2012

Results of the Geometry set up at Bizt Garage in Nairn...

8-1-2012

Not posted anything on this thread for a while because not much has been happening really...I had a run over the Lecht a month back and burst the braided oil feed pipe!! that was messy..but the pressure never dropped below 40psi despite half the engine oil splurting all over the engine bay..bloody awfull job to clean up!! but all sorted now with a new pipe..

And I fitted a set of Hallogen headlights that have been lying around the cave for six months..I wired them through 2 relays for lights and High beam..using the existing loom connections as switch wires to the relay coils..main feed taken from the battery feed through a 30amp in line fuse.



Cant make my mind up about the grills though...what do you think? should I keep them or bin them?

9-18-2012

Some bits arrived today from John at Guessworks..thanks for the fast delivery John, excellent service as usuall..





Im changing the final drive to 3.76 next month after the Final club run of the year. So thought it would be wise to slip in a cross pin diff at the same time!!