Greetings from Cape Town

[abri]

HI ABRI !!!!

Hi MATTHEW!!!

So I wrote a long reply about what I've been doing to my motor, posted it and then it all disappeared. WTF!!

Thanks again for the kind words and compliments. 

Regarding the Morris S' motor best to list what has been done:
Crank cut +0.010"on mains
Crank re-nitrided (after 10thou the hardest part of the case hardening is off)
Crank straightened and crack tested (it warped during plasma nitriding, apparently not completely unusual)
Crank, flywheel/clutch assembly and crank pulley balanced
Rods balanced
Block line bored
Block sleeved to std (after a long fruitless search for +0.020 rings for the original BMC pistons that were in there)
NOS BMC four ring pistons std
ACL trimetal main & big end bearings
Cam bearings
Core plugs
Full gasket set
BK450 head gasket
Minispares EVO AEG410 oil pump

The gearbox received some minor attention as well:
New Minispares laygear + bearings
New 3rd motion bearing
Center oil pickup

This little lot has added up to an eye-watering amount but we're assembling it tomorrow!!

I plan to find an unmolested GTS head and do some porting, gasflow and nice seats for this motor. It is unfortunate that I had to sleeve it back, but the reasons for it is a long story. Basically, the original four ring BMC +0.020 pistons that the motor had could be re-used, but none of the usual suspects sell rings for it. I went on a wild goose chase to find rings which I eventually did but at 110GBP I decided to rather look for a set of NOS +20thou pistons with rings. I found these nice Hepolite nogal, on Ebay in Canada, got them shipped over only to find they are std BMC pistons in a +20 Hepolite box . If I'd known this, I would have just gone onto Minispares and bought a new set of whatever modern stuff they recommend at +20. So despite me wanting to make this one a bit more sporty, I'm actually de-tuning it unfortunately. I'll still do the head though. Now to find an engineer who has heard of David Vizard