Billet cam?

[sdp]

Anyone know what the difference between a 'billet cam' and a normal cam is?

[jon bda]

Normal cams are crappy cast...billet cams will be machined from one solid lump of steel...same as billet cranks etc...

[sdp]

Cheers

[jon bda]

All that hassle with the 'zorst not put you off modding your Mini then...

[kaillum]

Originally posted by jon bda
All that hassle with the 'zorst not put you off modding your Mini then...

ITS A MINI!!! 'couse there's gonna be hassle with sortin it out.. its what Sir Alex intended

bit like the old beetles... plenty of problems with them, just put it down to Hitlers Revenge

[sdp]

Originally posted by jon bda
All that hassle with the 'zorst not put you off modding your Mini then...

lol no way, she's my baby Sadly the priority at the moment is getting the rust sorted out and getting the brakes done so that they actually work - the guy in kwik-fit nearly had a heart-attack when he tried the brakes yesterday

[kaillum]

Originally posted by sdp
the guy in kwik-fit nearly had a heart-attack when he tried the brakes yesterday

you up to the dance of the brake drums then?

rear right, rear left, front left front right, rear right, rear left, front left front right, rear right, rear left, front left front right, rear right, rear left, front left front right, etc etc etc etc..

its a nightmare.. but well worth doin properly...

are you doing it on your own? or have you got assistance? if your doing it on your own the invaluble tool is a piece of tubing with a a non-return valve on.. all car shops sell 'em for coppers..

have fun m8e.. and remember this time when your all up and running rigtht

[sdp]

Is that left right left right stuff about bleeding the brakes? It sounds pretty nightmarish but yeah I need my dad to help me with that sometime because I aint got a clue how to do it.

[kaillum]

yeah.. basically when your bleeding the brakes you need to start bleeding with from the slave cylinder the furthest away from the master.. (wheel furthest away from the pedal)

so you should bleed the brakes in the order
rear left wheel,
rear right wheel
front left wheel
front right wheel..

I call it the dance of the brake drums because on ALL the drum braked mini's i've owned i've needed to go round the car at least 3 times to get all the air out of the system..