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[Harryrothers93]

more parts bolted on to the mini today as well as some more sound proofing 

 

 

 

first job was to relocate the exhaust sensor mount as the previous owner had it on the y piece link pipe 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with that done I wrapped the manifold 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

some new parts arrived from DSN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

then on to some sound proofing 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i also made a start on making up a fuel pipe mount for where it enters the engine bay

 

 

 

 

 

 

greased up the ball joints and fit the brake pipes 

 

Edited by Harryrothers93, 19 May 2020 - 08:38 PM.

[tankertanker]

Picture of beauty

[Bdshim]

Very nice, great little details

[jamesquintin]

I like the routing of the earth cable, might give that a go too!

Q

[Steve220]

I'm not sure what the logic is by putting the lambda sensor there, as the outer cylinders run leaner than the centre. What you'll now find is your ECU will try and compensate by running much richer, thinking your engine is running lean. Best place for it is where it can sniff the collection, like the OEM manifold. Hense why anyone with a wideband fits it almost under the car.

 

You're also going to struggle to fit the rear bench seat with that much foam (i did the same and had to remove it all). If you still want to fit some foam, best place would be underneath the panel.

Edited by Steve220, 20 May 2020 - 08:54 AM.

[Harryrothers93]

I'm not sure what the logic is by putting the lambda sensor there, as the outer cylinders run leaner than the centre. What you'll now find is your ECU will try and compensate by running much richer, thinking your engine is running lean. Best place for it is where it can sniff the collection, like the OEM manifold. Hense why anyone with a wideband fits it almost under the car.

 

You're also going to struggle to fit the rear bench seat with that much foam (i did the same and had to remove it all). If you still want to fit some foam, best place would be underneath the panel.

 

no logic if I'm being honest just went off a picture 

 

 

 

if you think this is going to cause me an issue i might have to move again?

 

as for the rear seats I'm not fitting them my plan will be shown soon enough :)

[Steve220]

It might be worth moving it to the collector

[Harryrothers93]

It might be worth moving it to the collector

I think your right in moving it, il sort that cad file out for you this week mate

[Avtovaz]

thing is, in the cast one, from the pics i can find its only in one side, and that manifold one shows it mounted there, there maybe some correction going on in the fueling to cope with this in the map, so you may/could mess it up by moving it. Thats only a guess though, by the way, going this far with it, are you going to use a standard ecu or a microsquirt or something?

Edited by Avtovaz, 21 May 2020 - 08:07 PM.

[Steve220]

thing is, in the cast one, from the pics i can find its only in one side, and that manifold one shows it mounted there, there maybe some correction going on in the fueling to cope with this in the map, so you may/could mess it up by moving it. Thats only a guess though, by the way, going this far with it, are you going to use a standard ecu or a microsquirt or something?

The collector on the MPi sniffs from centre and outers.

[Harryrothers93]

thing is, in the cast one, from the pics i can find its only in one side, and that manifold one shows it mounted there, there maybe some correction going on in the fueling to cope with this in the map, so you may/could mess it up by moving it. Thats only a guess though, by the way, going this far with it, are you going to use a standard ecu or a microsquirt or something?

I really wanted to put a mpi throttle body kit from specialist components in there but being honest I just can’t afford that right now, so standard for now. Money will be better spent getting her in some paint me reckons ;)

[Harryrothers93]

been off work again today, so thought i would get some more done on the Mini

 

package from smiffys arrived with my new expansion tank bracket, seat extended mounts and slave cylinder mounting plate 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with them in place i decided to start doing some plumbing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i fit my new throttle cable but i cant seem to work out how the spring goes with the DSN pedal any one got one fitted that can shed some light?

 

 

I also made a start with the wiring for my amp/speaker etc 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

then just to finish this post off a picture of the engine bay up to date 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tankertanker]

Looking tasty ,,,,

[1330RG]

Flying along now mate. Be on the road in no time!

[Alice Dooper]

I used the same closed cell foam / dynamat in our MPI too.  Helped counteract the louder exhaust I put on.  Lined the doors too, that was a good job, door has a real solid feel when it clunks shut.