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[miniallsort]

nice work mate

[dezshearer]

i'm assuming you'll need to put a fuel pump and regulator on to your fuel lines.

Will you need to put on a return fuel line like the spi/mpi? and if so, will you need a spi/mpi tank??

I'm thinking of putting a supercharger on my 1330 in the long run, and this is the only question i can't find an answer too !!

[1987_ParkLane]

nice work mate

Thanks

i'm assuming you'll need to put a fuel pump and regulator on to your fuel lines.

Will you need to put on a return fuel line like the spi/mpi? and if so, will you need a spi/mpi tank??

I'm thinking of putting a supercharger on my 1330 in the long run, and this is the only question i can't find an answer too !!

Not sure what I totally need at the moment, just going to see how it goes, its only going on a standard engine at the moment so it should be fine, its when it comes to the rebuild the expensive item come in .

[1987_ParkLane]

Well yesterday on the way home from work I popped into Parkers and got a few supplies :



Got some stone chip stuff, gasket stuff and some loctite, and got two bolts from work for the exhaust, which I havn't used

And I had decided to give the subframe some coating while the exhaust was off, but it turned out to be a much harder job than I thought , and got it all over a top Mum and Dad had got me for xmas , so wasn't best pleased. And after that I called it a day as I was very n*ckered.

Edited by 1987_ParkLane, 07 March 2009 - 06:12 PM.

[1987_ParkLane]

And well today, not really sure how it went today, so you can all let me know. To start off with I got some free stickers through the post :



Will find some good place to stick them .

Then I thought I would get the exhaust back on today, started off buy trying to drill the holes in the subframe for it to bolt into, only to find after about 45 minutes of trying, the drill bit was blunt , but got there in the end.

And here is how it sits:



But that is no where near completion yet , so after I had that bolted on, I decided to build the LCB up and get that in:



Only to find that I couldn't get it in assembled , so had to take it all back apart and try and put it back together under the car > . Then some of the pipes and stuff were to tight to got into each other, so it came off to open them up then back on, then back off, then back on, then back off to cut down the link pipe, then back on, then back off to cut it down some more, and by this time I think most of the street thought I had tourettes , but Dad was helping me so we were slowly getting there.

So we put the head back on, and got the manifold bolted onto that, then tightened everything back up and it looks and fits great no :











So a big thanks to my Dad , and hopefully it won't need to come off for a long time yet .

Then while I was looking at the finished piece, I realised the rear valance it not level (You can see it a bit in the last picture), so when its back on the road I might get it done and replaced, but not sure yet.

[dezshearer]

Very nice!

how'd you get the free stickers you sod?

[1987_ParkLane]

Very nice!

how'd you get the free stickers you sod?

Thanks, a very nice, persuasive email , think some more will be coming soon .

[1987_ParkLane]

Also found out what was caused that big dent in the old manifold/magic pipe, the drive shaft was catching on it .

[1275 SPRITE]

Exhaust looks great now.

I admire your patience, I'd have kicked out of the car if it was mine lol.

Manifold looks sexual

[1275 SPRITE]

I bet the driveshaft was rubbing on the exhaust from when the engine mount went and the engine slid foreward lol.

[1987_ParkLane]

Exhaust looks great now.

I admire your patience, I'd have kicked out of the car if it was mine lol.

Manifold looks sexual

Thanks , I just kicked the sh*t out of the wheelie bin lol, and it does look good .

I bet the driveshaft was rubbing on the exhaust from when the engine mount went and the engine slid foreward lol.

Yer and also it broke that little bracket that goes onto the manifold and connects to the gearbox, which keeps it away from the driveshaft lol, but should be all good now .

[1987_ParkLane]

So thought I would do a bit more on the mini today. I decided to put stone chip stuff on the inside and in the boot.

So I started with the inside, and here is how it looked to start off with:



And here is how it ended up:



Then here is how the boot looked before:



And after:



So hopefully doing this will stop and rust and stuff if the floors or boot get wet. Just a few more things on the inside to do.

[analogue_radio]

Looks smart mate, all that aggression paid off!

[1987_ParkLane]

Looks smart mate, all that aggression paid off!

Yes it did , it should run a lot better now with a proper exhaust system on it and it not blowing lol .

Edited by 1987_ParkLane, 08 March 2009 - 12:31 PM.

[analogue_radio]

Think I preferred that smoke screen trick you had before