930....was that from the sunbeam hatch?
1040...offset bores or stroked?
There were also a few 850's which would run up to 12000 and embarrass the 998's. They had short, sweet lives.
I stopped playing with imps 25+ years ago but have happy memories, including changing a clutch plate on the hard shoulder of the M45, sorry officer, nearly finished. I looked at a Stiletto recently but it reminded me of the basic interior, steamed up windscreen, dodgy 3rd gear etc, but what a noise. Upset the owner a bit because he had never used it above 5000, and never in 2nd. 
Why do you change the Wills rings? Provided that the block walls have been machined correctly (x thou lower than the liners...I forget what x =) then you should be able to re-use them as long as you dont disturb them in their grooves.
The Sunbeam lump was a 928cc one and quite a few became available when Sunbeams were upgraded to 1600 or 2200, some 1.0 were used for reshells and some were just upgraded, I paid £100 as an emergency get around vehicle then got the offer of a 1600 out of an Avenger for £40, needed the box as well £15.
Sold the water pump engine for £25 to the owner of an Imp powered trike who needed a good engine.
Sunbeam was just too heavy - even the 1300 was a slug. The 1600 worked well.
Hence the large supply of 928cc engine snapped up by the Imp crowd - and 1.0 Sunbeams either being used as shell donors or getting new power trains from rusted out Avengers & Sunbeams.
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