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Difference bewteen a Mk 3 Cooper S block and an Austin 1300
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:14 pm
by rolesyboy
Does anybody on here know the difference between a Mk 3 Cooper S block and an Austin 1300/GT type if any??? Any markings or castings I need to know about? Cheers.
Re: Difference bewteen a Mk 3 Cooper S block and an Austin 1
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:17 pm
by pad4
removable tappet chest covers !!
Re: Difference bewteen a Mk 3 Cooper S block and an Austin 1
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:20 pm
by Smiffy
Same block and the Mk3 never had removable tappet covers, only the proper ones got those.
Re: Difference bewteen a Mk 3 Cooper S block and an Austin 1
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:32 pm
by IAIN
my mk3 has removable covers.
Re: Difference bewteen a Mk 3 Cooper S block and an Austin 1
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:30 pm
by Pete
Smiffy wrote:Same block and the Mk3 never had removable tappet covers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_FmADVggCk
Re: Difference bewteen a Mk 3 Cooper S block and an Austin 1
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:32 pm
by Ronnie
Smiffy wrote:Same block and the Mk3 never had removable tappet covers, only the proper ones got those.
Apart from a lot of shortcomings the Mk3 S did have tappet chest covers!
Re: Difference bewteen a Mk 3 Cooper S block and an Austin 1
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:32 am
by 251 ENG
All mk3 cooper s would originally had a thick flange cooper s block with removable tappet chest covers .
Some may have had engine exchanges over time with 1300gt engines when the cooper s engine was NLA
Re: Difference bewteen a Mk 3 Cooper S block and an Austin 1
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:09 am
by YMJ
Parnell?
Re: Difference bewteen a Mk 3 Cooper S block and an Austin 1
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:25 pm
by pad4
My MK3 S block has removable tappet chest covers
My austin 1300 GT block doesnt
Re: Difference bewteen a Mk 3 Cooper S block and an Austin 1
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:45 pm
by davidnutland
My mk3 has removable rocker chest covers! We have found an 'S'type crank in a 1300 Gt that seemed to have never been tampered with.
David
Re: Difference bewteen a Mk 3 Cooper S block and an Austin 1
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:00 pm
by Vegard
Both my S engine and 1300 have a removeable rocker cover.