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[Checkmate]

hi people, heres a few pics of my new mini, got quite a few plans for it, mostly cosmetic but some mechanical -once i get it back on the road that is lol

let me know what you think

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p.s il keep you guys updated on my progress, watch this space

Edited by Checkmate, 15 February 2008 - 04:25 PM.

[charlie_the_miniboy]

don't change the looks, it's a nice sleeper, that'll upset the chav's in their shatxo's

[In-a-mini]

Looks great i like the front rad tight in the round nose. an intercooler would make a nice addition? but for the looks it looks great as is

[MiniKid..]

Whats the engine spec?

Any figures?

[Checkmate]

thanks for the replies

intercoolers definetely on the to do list

im not exactly sure on the exact spec of the engine to be honest, although i know it has definetely been rebuilt, and
from driving it i can tell that it either has straight cut drops or a straight cut gearset (which should mean it has a central oil pickup and a cross pin diff -or just a hardened pin- if it doesnt then the guy must have been an idiot lol)

from looking at it you can tell that its a quality job, very clean... if you look at the engine you will notice that there is no washer bottle.. been moved into the boot over the inner arch, i think thats how the mpi's are? will get some more pics up soon when i get the front off and start working on it (its removeable )

and when the head comes off that should give me some more clues etc.

when its back on the road -hopefully within the next week- im going to get it to a rolling road to see what exactly its putting out.

Edited by Checkmate, 15 February 2008 - 09:37 PM.

[Checkmate]

got the front off today, found out it has adjustable tie rods and bottom arms

i also found that the bottom radiator hose had split, which could of caused the overheating issue which led to head gasket failure

but im still stumped as to why it was losing power?? i saw that the airfilter was filthy... could it of been starving for air?

heres a few more pics...

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[maurais]

looks pretty good mate keep up the work

[mini-majic]

if the head gasket blew then it would lose power as it would not be compressing correctly and you would not be getting good combustion in that chamber. especially as the head gasket has blown from number 1 out the the side. i would say get the head gasket sorted and then see if you are still losing power. if you are worry about that then.

[miniboo]

please check the ball joint lock tabs are n=knocked flat on at least 1 or 2 sides as from one pic it doesnt look like they are

[Checkmate]

some more pics...

in this one you can see where it has blown out the side..

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in this one you can se where the bottom hose had split...

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theres a hose coming off the inlet manifold which is connected to the breather pipes?? is it supposed to be?

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and this is what i saw when i got the head off..

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oh and on the top of the pistons there stamped 20831, does anybody know what pistons these are?

thanks

Edited by Checkmate, 17 February 2008 - 03:14 PM.

[Checkmate]

and whats a ball joint lock tab?

[stickycreambun]

the washer type thing around the balljoints, you bend the washer thingy down around a few of the flats of the balljoint.

[miniboo]

Get a BK450 head gasket and i suspect that they might be standard turbo pistons and ^ he said about the ball joint lock tab

[Checkmate]

what about the gug702560hg head gasket? as moss dont stock the bk450 and theyre my only local store..