Wow! Awesome, shots. What a coup to have one with DH. This car is a bucket list item for me as I've wanted to restore a car for years and years but have never had the time, the room, or the resources to do so. I've been working for the last few years at Mini Mania just up the road in Nevada City, CA where I handle their overseas buying. As such, I can get parts for a considerable discount. Here's a before and after of the 1275cc:
http://primelensphotography.com/engine.jpg The engine had a blown head gasket, a hole in the no.2 piston, and the head was cracked. It was rebuilt sometime in the past, but not done properly. When I got it it was .030 over but now it's .060 over making it a 1330cc with (roughly) 10:1 compression. The head is a modified iron 12G940 but now has hardened seats, larger valves, and is ported and polished. I fitted a street cam, lightened timing gears, the crank/flywheel are balanced and I had the dual SU's rebuilt by Ed D'Arata in my office. It has electronic distributor and I have a LCB header for it. Sticking with the stock 4-speed for now...that was completely rebuilt, too. Should make it go pretty well. It ran beautifully on our test stand :-) "Photography's greatest handicap is the ease with which the medium as such can be learned. As a result, too many budding neophytes learn to speak the language too long before they have anything to say." - Will Connell On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 08, 2013 at 10:41:32AM -0700, bpmacrae wrote: >> A big part of the reason I've been away is restoring this thing. >> >> Paid for with funds from selling my Pentax-A* 85mm 1.4. >> >> http://www.primelensphotography.com/1967_Sprite/large-1.html >> >> Good trade? > > I'm envious. this page shows my '68, and then a couple of pictures > after I put the running gear into a '64 body: > http://www.red4est.com/lrc/racer_html/miscpix.html > > The skinny kid in the picture is my former self. The older > gentleman is Donald Healey. > > I've been trying to get my supercharged '69 MGBGT back on the > road for years. Everytime I start to make progress, something > interferes, like home repairs, 60 hour a week projects at work, > losing my job, someone crashing into the garage .... > > I find myself missing the spridget more than the MGB though. > Once I finish the MG, I'm very tempted to buy the spridget > back from the friend I sold it to and get it back on the > road. I'd love to replace the 1275 with a modern 1300cc > motor though. A sprite with 100-130 hp would be just about > perfect. > >> >> -Brendan >> >> "Photography's greatest handicap is the ease with which the medium as >> such can be learned. As a result, too many budding neophytes learn to >> speak the language too long before they have anything to say." - Will >> Connell >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
