Thanks modded toledo, nice to hear.
Since passing the mot back in last september it hasnt been plain sailing.
I mentioned last september that the car seemed down on power, that was an understatement, it was gutless! Which, given the money, time and effort I put into the engine left me feeling pretty dissapointed so after a bit of fiddling with carbs etc I decided to garage it for the winter. In some ways that was a good thing because it gave me chance to make some progress on the mini im restoring for my younger sister, ( currently got her insured on my civic type r and it isnt good when she bumps into curbs etc
) so im eager to get the mini finished for her.
My thoughts on the engine in my dolomite are that the cam timing is out and the carbs need rebuilding or at least setting up on a rolling road again. Initially I didnt have a vernier pulley fitted, so my first attempt to set the cam timing was very accurate
Ive since fitted a vernier pulley and dialed the cam in properly with a dial guage. This made a marked improvement, but still not as good as i'd expect. The camshaft fitted came with the engine and is stamped on the end as a t285, which I have looked into and believe is a piper t285 camshaft, so I dialed the cam to 106ATDC, following the piper cams website.
I've now come to the conclusion that I could be going round in circles for ages with this, so when I get the mini finished (aiming for mid june) and get back onto dolomite, ill be buying a new fast road camshaft and dialing it in and rebuilding the standard carbs with bigger jets to get it running properly, then get the webers rebuilt and set up on the rolling road again. Still plenty to do
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On top of that, the diff has started leaking oil and I still think the front springs are too long
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Found some pics
Couple of the mini