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[Jossen]

Hi all,

As the title states, I'm interested in finding out what sort of mileages you guys have put your supercharged A-series through? , In particular those that have used the Eaton M45 blower, as used in the VMAX Scart kit.

I've currently completed 14,000 miles on mine and other than having to replace the bottom pulley it's been great. Just interested to see if anyone's done alot more miles to find out any more long term problems I could be heading for.

Here's a pic of the car: -



Cheers,

Steve.

[danrock101]

wow, that sounds wkd you car looks really nice too! I'm want to supercharge my mini if and when I get the £££

[Wil_h]

That is a stunning lloking motor.

My guess is that you're pioneer of big mileage.

Edited by Wil_h, 24 April 2009 - 08:16 AM.

[meetthespeakers]

There's new cars that probably don't look as clean as yours. I don't know the answer to your question, but would like to know the answer since I was originally planning on going the vmax route this summer. Looks like it is going to get pushed till next summer since I just put in the new 1293. Plus it always nice to get bored of the power you got currently instead of going the full monty. Cheers.

[Turbo Phil]

What a fantastic looking car, nice work !

[johnnysti]

Not to sure what happened with mine.

Poor running from the weber didnt help and then some bearings or seals at the end of the crank welding them selves to it also didnt help.

So engine out nearly a year ago and fitting a push through setup. Thought if im going to do it, better do it the right way!!!! lol Not long to go

Other than that, i suffered musscle strain on my face from all the smiling!

Oh, and used the VMax weber kit and covered no more than 5k!!

Edited by johnnysti, 26 April 2009 - 10:50 AM.

[mighty mini jack]

Really stunning mini you have there.

[In-a-mini]

just out of interest what was the reason you needed to replace the pulley? one thing that worries me about the pulleys is that they have no dampening so woder what effect this may have on crank/main bearing life

[Jossen]

Cheers for all the nice comments guys!

Kinda nice to know that I'm out there in terms of mileage, it's something to be proud of I guess that it's survived without any problems. Going to drop some roller-tip rockers soon too which'll be nice. The current aim is to pull the gearbox off at 20k to see what it's like before deciding where to go from there.

Oh and, we replaced the bottom pulley as we had a faulty one where the material was too soft and it got eaten away by the belt.

Whose that have had supercharged engines fail on low mileage's, what sort of extra cooling were you running?

[Goopster]

I can't offer any advice regarding your question - But...... What a STUNNING car!

Please, can you post more pictures? I'd love to see more of it....

[1987_ParkLane]

Mines done 0 miles so far , I havn't fitted it yet .

[Jossen]

As requested: -






Here is a link to the ML Motorsport forum where the build thread can be found under MLM Projects.

[Nickh_16]

woah, beautiful car, it's immaculate!

[John H]

14,000 miles with no heater? I hope the weather was good for you lol!

[Jossen]

Just a heated front screen!

I don't often feel the cold and it's a good way to keep the weight down as people don't really like a lift in the winter!