merry xmas

melissachels · 24-12-2014, 23:54

Merry Christmas everyone, hope you all have a good time

And yes still working on terrano

terrano bob · 25-12-2014, 00:28

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Originally Posted by melissachels

Merry Christmas everyone, hope you all have a good time

And yes still working on terrano

merry Christmas mate

jims-terrano · 25-12-2014, 00:55

Hey all the best and long time since we've heard from you, don't leave it long before you're back

solarman216 · 25-12-2014, 01:01

High Mel, have a good one, thinking of you, Rick

macabethiel · 25-12-2014, 10:09

Merry Christmas !!

Just had a "Deja Vous" moment and remembered that back on Christmas Day 1979 I was re-building the cylinder block on my 1967 Mini Cooper S having picked it up on Christmas Eve from the local Machine Shop Wild Engineering (now gone) who had done a rebore and new camshaft bearings.

I spent the morning re-building the whole engine block and after lunch started with assembly of gearbox and bell housing. By bedtime I had the whole engine unit ready to drop back into the engine bay.

Boxing Day saw me back on the road but it took most of the day as it had Hardy Spicer front drive shaft joints and they were tricky to bolt up when you are lying on your back under the vehicle. To add to the difficulty it also had a long centre branch exhuast system with a Y piece connector for the front pipe.

A short blast up the road confirmed that she was in A1 running order with what seemed back then as brilliant accelaration ! She had around 100 bhp at the flywheel with 0-60 time of just 9 seconds. It had the notorious 649 cam fitted fully gas flower cylinder head done by Willy Green Engineering with twin 1.5 inch Stromberg Carbs kit (instead of the usual SU's) by Alexander Conversions.

Happy Days !!

AlexD333 · 25-12-2014, 10:39

Ah nice to hear

Merry Christmas and keep us posted with your motor

solarman216 · 25-12-2014, 11:54

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Originally Posted by macabethiel

Merry Christmas !!

Just had a "Deja Vous" moment and remembered that back on Christmas Day 1979 I was re-building the cylinder block on my 1967 Mini Cooper S having picked it up on Christmas Eve from the local Machine Shop Wild Engineering (now gone) who had done a rebore and new camshaft bearings.

I spent the morning re-building the whole engine block and after lunch started with assembly of gearbox and bell housing. By bedtime I had the whole engine unit ready to drop back into the engine bay.

Boxing Day saw me back on the road but it took most of the day as it had Hardy Spicer front drive shaft joints and they were tricky to bolt up when you are lying on your back under the vehicle. To add to the difficulty it also had a long centre branch exhuast system with a Y piece connector for the front pipe.

A short blast up the road confirmed that she was in A1 running order with what seemed back then as brilliant accelaration ! She had around 100 bhp at the flywheel with 0-60 time of just 9 seconds. It had the notorious 649 cam fitted fully gas flower cylinder head done by Willy Green Engineering with twin 1.5 inch Stromberg Carbs kit (instead of the usual SU's) by Alexander Conversions.

Happy Days !!

Sounds like a real beast, those were the days of tinkering, not so easy now with emissions and all the electronics, merry xmas Rick

macabethiel · 25-12-2014, 12:31

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Originally Posted by solarman216

Sounds like a real beast, those were the days of tinkering, not so easy now with emissions and all the electronics, merry xmas Rick

You are right it was easy to home tune your car in those days even things like altering differential ratios were relatively easy on the old Mini.

I bought a book written by Clive Trickey called something like "Tuning a Mini" and it showed you how to gas flow and polish your own cylinder head with advice on how much you could skim off your cylinder head to raise the compression ratio.

My motor ran on Leaded 5 star petrol only as it had a compression ratio of around 11:1 and below 3,000 rpm it was really lumpy (due to overskimmed flywheel) & the race camshaft but when it got to 3,500 rpm it just pushed you back into your seat all the way to 6,000 rpm. Its no surprise that despite having an extra strong centre crank bearing clamp it eventually started to hammer the centre mainshaft bearings out.

Its a shame that the A series engines only had 3 crank bearings as a 5 bearing crank like the small Simca 1000 made them almost unburstable.

glen · 25-12-2014, 13:05

Merry christmas from Glen & family

perelaar · 25-12-2014, 17:01

Merry Christmas to all!
Having a wonderful time, cleaning the underside of the car and checking for damage after getting properly stuck yesterday.
The damn thing actually sank into the ground until it could go no further. The tractor pulling me out created "waves" in the ground while pulling me out, never seen that.
Treats me right for not listening to advice.

24-12-2014, 23:54	#1
melissachels Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Near Armagh, Northern Ireland Vehicle: half of a T2 2.7td swb Posts: 1,216	merry xmas Merry Christmas everyone, hope you all have a good time And yes still working on terrano

25-12-2014, 01:01	#4
solarman216 Off road maniac Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bexhill on Sea Vehicle: Y60 Patrol Me, 3 ltr Mrs Posts: 17,430	High Mel, have a good one, thinking of you, Rick __________________ Ex banger racer now off road maniac Lokka on the front with manual hubs Diff lock on rear 3 inch SS straight through exhaust Manly winch bumper with 13000 lb winch 10 spike ground anchor, with multiple straps and blocks Super strong body cills capped with scaffold pole 20% stronger springs all round aggressive off road tyres on wheels so just swap. Aim to get stuck and be completely self sufficient in extraction, love getting muddy, 2ft deep is good but rare.

25-12-2014, 10:09	#5
macabethiel Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Derby Vehicle: Freelander & Jeep GC 3.0 Posts: 4,416	Merrry Christmas & have a Great New Year Merry Christmas !! Just had a "Deja Vous" moment and remembered that back on Christmas Day 1979 I was re-building the cylinder block on my 1967 Mini Cooper S having picked it up on Christmas Eve from the local Machine Shop Wild Engineering (now gone) who had done a rebore and new camshaft bearings. I spent the morning re-building the whole engine block and after lunch started with assembly of gearbox and bell housing. By bedtime I had the whole engine unit ready to drop back into the engine bay. Boxing Day saw me back on the road but it took most of the day as it had Hardy Spicer front drive shaft joints and they were tricky to bolt up when you are lying on your back under the vehicle. To add to the difficulty it also had a long centre branch exhuast system with a Y piece connector for the front pipe. A short blast up the road confirmed that she was in A1 running order with what seemed back then as brilliant accelaration ! She had around 100 bhp at the flywheel with 0-60 time of just 9 seconds. It had the notorious 649 cam fitted fully gas flower cylinder head done by Willy Green Engineering with twin 1.5 inch Stromberg Carbs kit (instead of the usual SU's) by Alexander Conversions. Happy Days !!

25-12-2014, 00:55	#3
jims-terrano Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: UK Posts: 12,965	Hey all the best and long time since we've heard from you, don't leave it long before you're back

25-12-2014, 10:39	#6
AlexD333 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Uk Vehicle: 2004 Terrano 2.7 TDI Posts: 7,847	Ah nice to hear Merry Christmas and keep us posted with your motor

25-12-2014, 13:05	#9
glen Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Shipley West yorkshire Vehicle: Terrano 2 2002 Posts: 519	Merry christmas from Glen & family

25-12-2014, 17:01	#10
perelaar Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Belgium Vehicle: Terrano II 2.7TDi SWB '97 Posts: 802	Merry Christmas to all! Having a wonderful time, cleaning the underside of the car and checking for damage after getting properly stuck yesterday. The damn thing actually sank into the ground until it could go no further. The tractor pulling me out created "waves" in the ground while pulling me out, never seen that. Treats me right for not listening to advice.