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 Elf eating dog breeder Posts: 10531   Location: Guildford | will be getting a fairly lairy cam when i build up my spare engine  | ||
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Expert Posts: 2623 Location: Auckland, New Zealand | Wouldn't go too lairy on the road, makes it a pain the rectum to use. Get a good midrange cam like Kent 286, or at most 296 -> My bro runs this, and you definitely wouldn't want anything lumpier on the road, spoils the car really. Then get the secondaries extended, know a handy stainless welder? | ||
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Elf eating dog breeder Posts: 10531 Location: Guildford | MG mad - 15/6/2010 6:40 AM Wouldn't go too lairy on the road, makes it a pain the rectum to use. Get a good midrange cam like Kent 286, or at most 296 -> My bro runs this, and you definitely wouldn't want anything lumpier on the road, spoils the car really. Then get the secondaries extended, know a handy stainless welder? I was going to get a 286, want to keep as much lowdown torque as possible, and yeah, I can weld stainless so its not an issue there | ||
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Elf eating dog breeder Posts: 10531 Location: Guildford | DotMatrix - 17/6/2010 12:34 PM how many CC's is the engine in your midget? isn't it 1100cc? remember that the same cam is more lairy in a smaller engine than in a larger engine, so perhaps you should consider getting the 276 cam instead of the 286. Tis a 1275 | ||
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Expert Posts: 4458 Location: Jelling, Denmark | FreddieS - 17/6/2010 6:51 AM DotMatrix - 17/6/2010 12:34 PM how many CC's is the engine in your midget? isn't it 1100cc? remember that the same cam is more lairy in a smaller engine than in a larger engine, so perhaps you should consider getting the 276 cam instead of the 286. Tis a 1275 aah ok  well then I can tell you that I am running the Kent md296sp cam in my A series and that it is not very drivable in a city or queue or anything. If I were to use that car everyday I would use a 286 or perhaps even less. my 1275 engine idles lumpy at 2000-2500 rpm with the that cam and doesn't pull on full throttle until ~3200 rpm. | ||
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Elf eating dog breeder Posts: 10531 Location: Guildford | DotMatrix - 17/6/2010 6:44 PM FreddieS - 17/6/2010 6:51 AM DotMatrix - 17/6/2010 12:34 PM how many CC's is the engine in your midget? isn't it 1100cc? remember that the same cam is more lairy in a smaller engine than in a larger engine, so perhaps you should consider getting the 276 cam instead of the 286. Tis a 1275 aah ok well then I can tell you that I am running the Kent md296sp cam in my A series and that it is not very drivable in a city or queue or anything. If I were to use that car everyday I would use a 286 or perhaps even less. my 1275 engine idles lumpy at 2000-2500 rpm with the that cam and doesn't pull on full throttle until ~3200 rpm.Aye, was intending on getting a 286 for the spare engine still in cahoots as to which engine to rebuild, as I can rebuild the "future" engine for less than an A-series, and its about 3x more powerful, so might focus on getting the suspension and running gear up to scratch for now | ||
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Elf eating dog breeder Posts: 10531 Location: Guildford | Near enough finished now, just got to finish the fuel lines, flush the fuel and put some fresh stuff in, put some coolant in and then fire it up!  | ||
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Elf eating dog breeder Posts: 10531 Location: Guildford | Runs like a beast had to piss about with the wiring a bit as the coil to dizzy wire had vanished but at 1 today it started for the first time in a year and a half sounds so much better now its got full compression | ||
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Elf eating dog breeder Posts: 10531 Location: Guildford | MG mad - 20/6/2010 5:29 AM Full compression is a big bonus. Good work, now get onto that Konversion. want to get it MOT'd first, going to run it around as an A for a bit (get my monies worth out of the cylinder head mainly) I want to sort all the suspension out first, I want it to be a very capable midget so dont want to drop more power in then find it cant cope with the power | ||
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Elf eating dog breeder Posts: 10531 Location: Guildford | Brought the car round to the house today while helping a mate sort his 200sx, mainly to do a few tweaks and time it up, the engine started first spin from cold which made me very happy and it purrs like a kitten, made a quick video, sounds alot nicer in person but still its pretty smooth none the less! Also cleaned the crappy air filter, turned out it was the wrong way round so the holes that vent to the dashpot were covered, lovely        | ||
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Expert Posts: 2623 Location: Auckland, New Zealand | I hope it doesn't rain And your left rear tyres a bit soft Other than that, get it finished and driving... | ||
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Elf eating dog breeder Posts: 10531 Location: Guildford | MG mad - 30/6/2010 6:56 PM I hope it doesn't rain And your left rear tyres a bit soft Other than that, get it finished and driving...Yeah, got the soft-top in the shed, will refit it eventually Yeah, tyres were all low, back left was 10psi! rest were 20-25 so theyre all now at 28psi | ||
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Elf eating dog breeder Posts: 10531 Location: Guildford | |||
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Elf eating dog breeder Posts: 10531 Location: Guildford | Its been a while Well, after all this crap, took it to get MOT'd where I used to work, brakes were all cack So new front calipers + pads, new rear cylinders, shoes and drums, passed the MOT, did 4 miles in it and the exhaust fell off again (the swaged part isnt round) So parked it up, 10/11 months or w/e later (its mot is due next month...) and its now got a LCB and 2" single box system (similar to the maniflow) Also fitted my rollover-bar that ive had in the shed for 3 years     | ||
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