Chris Wilson Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Met up with a chap from Hungary yestererday, who had a set of brand new Mugen titanium rods and a new cylinder sleeve for my MF-308 engine that's being rebuilt. These parts are now really hard to get. I have found valve springs and some valves in Japan, albeit the heads need modifying to fit them, gaskets in Lincolnshire, rods and sleeves in Hungary, and more valves and bearings in Switzerland. It's been a nightmare! As it's almost a shame to hide them away, I took a few pics. Safe to 10,000 RPM and VERY light. The black coating on the sides of the crank pin bore is to stop Ti galling against steel, as it tends to do. For the same reason they use nuts and bolts rather than conventional bolts for the big end fasteners. http://www.chriswilson.tv/mugen_parts/mugen_parts.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Sexy rods! What's the weight of them beauties? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 *cough* Bet they weren't cheap, lovely pieces of engineering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 406 grammes. Not bad for rods made in the eighties that are pretty beefy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev.O Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Nice. So the guy flew all the way over to hand deliver them? Don't they have fed ex in Hungary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJames Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 These are good conrods too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 Nice. So the guy flew all the way over to hand deliver them? Don't they have fed ex in Hungary For the price he should have delivered them especially He's actually the Avon (Cooper) race tyre distributor for Hungary and was over at Avon (Coopers) in Bristol for a meeting, so he fetched them with him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev.O Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 You should have popped in for a cuppa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 I was off up to Rugby by 9.00 AM, but thanks Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 and more valves and bearings in Switzerland. It's been a nightmare! If you need anything bringing back from Switzerland Chris, I'll be back out there at the end of this month for a week/week and a half....give me a shout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share Posted October 13, 2009 Thanks Peter, very kind of you, I'll have a look through the Swiss people's lists and see if there's anything I may need. Have a good time over there, sounds a good place to be at this time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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