Dmitri

[minimalal]

looking very poorly with no head

anyone know a good place to get head skimmed?? gerald? only place i know is KAD

[Stephen]

There's an engine machining shop in Finmere Road that Dean has used

[Miniböttcher]

sussex engine centre, finmere road, ind est, he normal charges around £40 to skim a head

also take your rad out and give it a good flush out and make sure the cores are not blocked

[coleman262]

i guess the head needed skimming afterall then?

[minimalal]

Right well recently changed the head gasket after it had gone, did a few hundred miles and started playing up again,overheated massivley and somehow lost alot of water. had the head off and thought better get it skimmed, Sussex engine centre did a good job cheers for recommendation dean, still having overheating problems , hoping to fix this weekend. Also would recommend mini spares headnhasket kits, mine was £8 and got about 7 gaskets and extra ones chucked in there.

On a bad note when it last broke down a mate towed me home, my battery was flat and I had no lights or hazards, my friend saw the police on the way and paniced and pulled over violently bending my front valance, not a problem just annoying, probably leave it for now, think I'm going to leave the car this winter then sort it out for next years shows would love to do riv run but not with a 998 :/

[Stephen]

998 will be fine for riv run

A bit more power, but I've done it twice in a 1014cc - even driven down to Bavaria and back in it!

[minimalal]

small update
after all the head stuff had a few teething problems, rad overboiling, smoking exhaust, randomly overheating, not starting, but tackled each problem and now running perfectly.

got a few new parts ready for his new year fix up and to keep him running sweet:
coil
sparks
rocker cover
thermostat housing and s/s studs+bolts
front numberplate ( fell off in the snow )
Adjustable tie rods and lower arms with bush kits
Camber and tracking brackets.

Gerald also set him up for me, He steadied my engine and seated my Rad properly aswell, thought it was a bargain!

[katentel]

good to see you persevere alex. and riv run is ok in a 998 we did it with 4 people loaded right up with clobber and a er roofbox!was a bit slow on the hills but generally it was ok. you wont get left behind and besides there is useually someone with a trailer so its not about getting there quickly. its about everyone getting there together and in one piece. would recomend you look into recovery though just to be on the safe side

[minimalal]

Dec 11, 2010 7:06:25 GMT @katentel said:

good to see you persevere alex. and riv run is ok in a 998 we did it with 4 people loaded right up with clobber and a er roofbox!was a bit slow on the hills but generally it was ok. you wont get left behind and besides there is useually someone with a trailer so its not about getting there quickly. its about everyone getting there together and in one piece. would recomend you look into recovery though just to be on the safe side

ta mate haha wicked story will definatly start looking into it sounds brill!
and some random snaps!!!

[coleman262]

get your progress posted up! and a pic of your new daily!

[minimalal]

Jan 25, 2011 18:44:47 GMT coleman262 said:

get your progress posted up! and a pic of your new daily!

if you insist
well basically decided to get another car and have the mini for nice days just to give him a rest!
Its a suzuki ignis sport 1.5, bought as it was pretty cheap, and turns out i actually love it! pulls nicely, A/C power steering elecy windows and mirrors, real nice to drive at slow speeds and good for a nice blast on some b roads!


as for the mini, hes just having a rest, going to do some work before the event season and imagine most of you saw i bought matts engine and also daves wheels a while back so yer just going to whack it all on over the next months and drive it if the suns out!

[AntMan]

So your doing the 12" to 10" wheel conversion, quite an expensive conversion or you getting most bits 2nd hand?

Ant

[Miniböttcher]

your get a bolt on usable set for around £250 second hand

there is fiesta brake conversion, as long as you get hold of a usable set of calipers with carries, your be fine if you manage to collect the parts over time cheap , your be able to do it fairly cheap,

or mini spares do a conversion kit with there own style of caliper, for around £220,

just make sure your ball joints and bearings are good, and your be fine.

[minimalal]

i was looking into the fiesta conversion, but with early fiestas becoming a bit rarer i think i might make my life easier and go for the minispares kit dean mentioned at £220, also mini sport have a sale on with there set currently at £202, either way its not my main priority, thats the engine, so maybe next month!

[minimalal]

well my garage has been improved


also found some brakes for £200 but having to wait for next payday, just hoping they dont get snapped up before then!
ebays been busy too, ill whack up some pictures of puchases!