With most of the 1275 and 1100 motors being flogged to death. It’s about time we did a 998 with a difference, a budget build. Let’s start with the bottom end with this build, we will not be using a…
Recently Graham Russell ran his Yellow Group Nc mini at Wakefield Park, where he lowered the lap record for Group N minis by around a second. Turn it up and enjoy.
Here’s an Historic Group N motor using the Russell Engineering +.060 pistons. These pistons were lightened by removing metal under the head of the piston, reducing the crown height to .160″ thickness. We did a lot of testing with the…
Well here we go again, the new RE274 cam installed. The cam itself is 274 Duration on the inlet and 270 on the exhaust, but it may come out a few degrees more with the 1.5 Ratio rockers. My Re13…
Here is a spit screen video of my in car along with Santino’s at Morgan Park in 2014, where we raced in the All Mini event. Enjoy
Another In car of Graham racing at the 2015 Phillip Island Classic Little bit wet, a little bit more fun.
Here’s a video of Andrew Bergan from Mini and Moke World have a ball racing in the wet. Slippery and Fun! Thanks to Andrew for the Video from his car. Make sure you go check his website over at www.miniandmokeworld.com.au
OK, it’s time to get the motor back on the dyno with a few new bits and see how it stacks up. With a new modified head, again based on a 12G202 head, it has inlet valves of 1.3″ in…
Well I finally got to get this thing on the dyno in it first iteration. Running the 44mm IDF Downdraft weber. See Part 1 Putting on some yellow paint marks on the push rods just to see how they should…
Before reading this, I suggest the reader go back and read Project Small Bore Pt1, Pt2, Pt3 as lot of things in that project are relevant to this project. The beginning of the process of building the 68mm project motor…
There has been alot of talk abut cam followers in the mini (A-series) community of late. So I thought it would be a good idea to go through and explain a few things. When you assemble a motor and wind…
Here’s a new manifold I have been playing with, using an IDF Downdraft Weber. In a back to back comparison with a 45mm Sidedraft Weber and a fully ported short Redline manifold, it was 5-7Ft/lb of torque better across the…
The RE5 Weber Manifold is in stock and ready for sale. I know sometimes it takes time for us to get various products either in stock or machined up for sale. So having that in mind, Russell Engineering is working…
I’m sure you are all wondering what is happening with Project small bore Pt 4 and beyond, but like I always say, you can’t rush these things. In the mean time, a bit of an update as to what is…
In the last article we chose a manifold based on flow volumes, and a carbie based on personal choice, but which combination is best on this engine? With the engine finished, it is time to look at a variety of…
Last time we started building a small-bore engine for maximum power. But there is no point having a good engine and putting the wrong head on it. I’m going to use the 12G202 head, as these are the best to…
A few years back Russell Engineering built a small bore project motor and wrote an article for The Mini Experience Magazine. Below is part one of the article and in the following weeks we will be posting the next two…
This years Phillip Island saw a wet start to proceedings and qualifying in the rain makes for some fun times. Graham qualified first by more than three sconds to the nearest competitor, but unfortunatly racing was not an option after…
2014 has arrived and like every year, the workshop is busy with preparations for the racing season across a broad range of categories. I race currently in an Nb car and have been fettling both the car and motor, and…
One of the problems with the small bore head when a lot is machines off the face, is they leak or blow the head gasket out the ends. So, this is how to convert a small bore head to an…
New product 68mm flattop piston to suit 1100/998 motors These pistons are made of 11/12% silicon.These are a very strong piston and will suit race application. The weight comes in at 286g with pin and rings. The pistons are…
Click to enlarge Ok lets take a look at the cylinder head. Here we have three small bore cylinder heads. From left to right we have a AEG295 head (left). This is the performance head for small bores. The second…