Copy of a post i made in repsonse to a question about my engine spec in general section, thought it might interest a few people here too so have copied and pasted it:


Steel motorsport crank
Steel rods
Forged low comp pistons (8.2:1)
Hotter (than calibra turbo std) cams, on vernier pulleys
Double valve springs
Solid valve caps
Garrett GT35R
Autronic SM2 management
Tubular manifold
Block has been destressed by hand by me with files and die grinder
Line bored, then the bottom skimmed referenced to the bearing tunnel then the block top skimmed relative to that, so that when it was bored i could guarentee it was exactly perpendicular to the crank
Head has:
21-4n steel waisted stem inlets (+1mm oversive)
21-4n steel exhausts (+1mm oversive)
ported to my specs with nitrous use in mind
Wizards of nos nitrous kit with maximiser controller

I'll be making 500bhp ish, and attempting to put it to the road by a 6 speed gearbox in FWD format.

Silly keeping it FWD really, as would be a 9 (or certainly 10) second car too probably if i went mid engined, but to me its kind of not really a mini any more then, and i wanted to built the ultimate (for me, obviously everyone likes different things) mini without it stopping it driving like a normal mini.


Still very much a work in progress, but here's a few shots of it so far:

head and valves:


approx how it will look assembled (i just put it together to check clearance between the manifold turbo flange and the block, its not bolted up yet here as i'm still working on the head at the moment)



The oil squirters ive installed in the block, as unlike a cossie it doesnt have a spray bar as standard so ive had to invent my own method for doing that (with some advice from Stu@MSD and ACDodd from ML motorsport)



Random picture of the block:



Some of the destressing work:
Before:



After:



Piston and rod: