After some weeks of slow work, the eventual outcome was success and an engine that starts first time. Work done was to strip and clean the engine, two days work before the bead blasting process alone!
Weeks of soaking the pistons, first in petrol and diesel which did nothing to release the piston rings and gudgeon pins, then two weeks in an oxalic acid solution. This saw sucess and
the 0.030"over sized pistons could be cleaned, they were in good condition and the rings were near perfect when cleaned up.
This is not that engine, Google will not allow access to my recent pictures files, this was in a Picassa file with some of my own pictures in it.
The picture is of my own Mk1 Hillman Imp 998cc race engine and around 1972 when I raced the car at Killarney Circuit, Cape Town. The Mk1 block and very early cylinder head are a close match to the engine I have just rebuilt.
Very few Imps came out with this cylinder head patern, they were on the early 1963 cars we think and not for long.
The engine number on the Mk1 now restored is B41/1/501572 WSO, the last three letters mean its an export en
Weeks of soaking the pistons, first in petrol and diesel which did nothing to release the piston rings and gudgeon pins, then two weeks in an oxalic acid solution. This saw sucess and
the 0.030"over sized pistons could be cleaned, they were in good condition and the rings were near perfect when cleaned up.
This is not that engine, Google will not allow access to my recent pictures files, this was in a Picassa file with some of my own pictures in it.
The picture is of my own Mk1 Hillman Imp 998cc race engine and around 1972 when I raced the car at Killarney Circuit, Cape Town. The Mk1 block and very early cylinder head are a close match to the engine I have just rebuilt.
Very few Imps came out with this cylinder head patern, they were on the early 1963 cars we think and not for long.
The engine number on the Mk1 now restored is B41/1/501572 WSO, the last three letters mean its an export en
Hi, i've just found this article, how did your mk1 engine run? i'm looking at buying a mk1 imp, are the the mk1 engines suitable to tune and gain alittle more power from them?
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