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Trying to get the project started again.

Finished the conrods, they are now balanced end to end, and are now 640g

Crank and flywheel has been balanced, and is now fitted to the block.
Back plate is 22G270 Cooper S, and has been lightned 1 kg

Good to see some progress on your own car

Nice details

was that bike made for jc?

I bet he could ride it ok if you put the handle bars in the correct place!

It will need the pedals moved to the front wheel as well, and then it will be front wheel drive as JC like it

Distributor drive is so rough cast, so has been turned for better balance

I've gone on about this before, but make sure you don't leave sharp edges on the caps where you have thinned down the rods, it's a real stress raiser!



Cracks can propagate from these sharp edges......

Ask me how I know!



Aologies to those who've seen this before!

graham in aus wrote:I've gone on about this before, but make sure you don't leave sharp edges on the caps where you have thinned down the rods, it's a real stress raiser!



Cracks can propagate from these sharp edges......

Ask me how I know!



Aologies to those who've seen this before!

Typo Graham

graham in aus wrote:


Apologies to those who've seen this before!

of course, the problems with lightening rods using grahams methods is the difficulty in matching the other three.....

Short stroke shortcut?

Often it is the bolts that let go, hard to tell on yours.
But my engine is not build for more than 6500rpm, and generaly speaking A series rods are tough

This was back in my Mini 7 days. Bolts were grade 8 hex headed, I note however they didn't have a shank.

Examining the parts showed classic beach marks radiating (each one getting bigger!) from the pointy bit I had left on the cap!

I'm sure a quick bit of needle file rounding / smoothing work could have extended their life!

This engine did however see 8000 on regular occasions!

graham in aus wrote:..... the pointy bit I had left on the cap! ....

Please show us a picture of what you mean.

3 synchro magic wand gearbox rebuild with special tuning oil pick up pipe. Now fitted to the 966cc block with allen bolts.

nice job

Genuine Cooper 997 cam going in

Unbelievable how time just flies, its been more then four years, since my last post on this project, but here is an update.

Autumn last year, some small corrections was made, before the shell was finaly blasted.

The last year, it has been at the paint shop, but I am not in a hurry, to get it back, because of space problems, in my garage. this is how it look in the spring of 2019

Today, I dropped by a good friends car repair shop. I think I do that ,at least twice a week, but today, he had a bit of a surprise to me.
From the late sixties, up until approximately 10 years ago, his late father used to run a petrol station and car repair shop, and later his son (my friend) joined him.
All though the premises was sold 10 years ago, my friend never came around to empty the old shop completely, until this week.
In a remote corner of the shop, look what he came up with. He think it has has been in there close to 50 years.
Just what i need for this project.

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