315 replies to this topic

[arnie]

just read all this. top motor dude, can't wait till mines on the road. where abouts black country am ya.

simon.

[Pauly]

That power curve is like mount everest . Nice and smooth though, got to think with those pistons thats a healthy figure, reckon it will hit 200 with a rebuild.

Going breaky meet next week?

Edited by Pauly, 31 January 2010 - 07:12 PM.

[Turbo Nick]

cheers dudes

i'm glad it's held together on these pistons, i wanted to see how much abuse they'd take. They're showing their age now though after 30k+ miles, getting a fair amount of blowby. Will see how long they last this season and then do a strip over next winter and a rebuild with new pistons and some crank/rod work to let me rev it higher and make full use of the turbo.

might come to the brekky meeet if it's dry

[george91]

I love the look of this, great job i really like the style, what arches are you running? Don't look 100% legal.

[Turbo Nick]

they're just std plastic arches with 10x6 wellers, perfectly legal..... honest.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Looks great

[george91]

they're just std plastic arches with 10x6 wellers, perfectly legal..... honest.

Ok fair enough, they work really well together.

[Turbo Phil]

Nice work Nick. Very impressive power curve. I still need to find my missing 40+hp ! Lol.

[Retro_10s]

I still need to find my missing 40+hp ! Lol.

checked behind the seats?

[Turbo Nick]

Nice work Nick. Very impressive power curve. I still need to find my missing 40+hp ! Lol.

cheers chap

you sure your mate didn't pinch your missing power for the RR day? lol

[Turbo Nick]

10 days till avon i *think* i can afford to get the mini legal again (tax & insurance) so i best pull me finger out.

it came out to try and find an oil leak and check the cam timing while i'm at it.

Had a snoop around and can't find the source of the leak at all on the block/gearbox. Last hope is the turbo oil drain. got the head and timing gear off last night and tonight i've refitted it all with fresh gaskets/sealent etc.

Tomorrow nights task will be a new rear wheel cylinder and shoes and also fitting the pick up for a cheapo bike speedo seeing as i haven't had a speedo since i first converted the car..

garage desperately needed a tidy up first though.



no signs of det, always nice to know.

Edited by bud666, 31 July 2010 - 07:49 PM.

[Turbo Nick]

well it's all up and running in time for avon, even gave it a wash!

Off to work in a minute and the mini is sat in the garage all packed up ready to go so i can jump in and head down when i finish work.

[imaparana]

love the car mate

[olds_kool_lews]

did your clubby have a new but poorly fitted headliner when you bought it? and did you buy it from a young blonde/fair hair bird? it looks alot like a mini i did some repairs on when i worked in a small mini garage in birmingham some years ago! i recognise the colour, and the wheels, and when you said metro 4 pots, it definetly rang a bell! (if it is the same car, it didnt have the braided metro to mini conversion hoses on the callipers, but a T brake junction with the original metro 4 pot brake hoses? lol) if its the same one its a small world!!

[Turbo Nick]

sounds like the same one chap, although i got it from a bloke in Walsall.

headlining must have got refitted properly at some point as it was ok untill i took it out, but yeah the brake piping setup was different to the normal metro conversion route.

Very small world indeed