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[Alex1380]

i can't believe it its bin like a month now and ive not bought anything for the mini.. i feel sick....not good.lol
on a more possitive note i have spent alot of money on the workshop making it better and ready for the arrival of the one and only bag of banana i call a mini..lol alls well that ends well tho..
I have my carbon fibre bonnet coming on friday aswell so there will be pictures of it on here..please excuse the white marks on it as i do not know where they came from.....

Hi, Don't post on here much but was trying to get some inspration for my supercharger build. Just to confirm you will need to cut both them lugs off, or remove that plate which the BMW mini water pump bolted to remove the large gear thats behind that and cut a plate to blank to cover it over. but remmber you will need to have that filled with oil and will need a hole which you can fill it though then blank up.
I have just cut the lugs off.

[Tomf]

i can't believe it its bin like a month now and ive not bought anything for the mini.. i feel sick....not good.lol
on a more possitive note i have spent alot of money on the workshop making it better and ready for the arrival of the one and only bag of banana i call a mini..lol alls well that ends well tho..
I have my carbon fibre bonnet coming on friday aswell so there will be pictures of it on here..please excuse the white marks on it as i do not know where they came from.....

Hi, Don't post on here much but was trying to get some inspration for my supercharger build. Just to confirm you will need to cut both them lugs off, or remove that plate which the BMW mini water pump bolted to remove the large gear thats behind that and cut a plate to blank to cover it over. but remmber you will need to have that filled with oil and will need a hole which you can fill it though then blank up.
I have just cut the lugs off.

Im 99% sure you ont have to fill that area with oil... what makes you think you have to fill it with oil?

[Alex1380]

Hi, Don't post on here much but was trying to get some inspration for my supercharger build. Just to confirm you will need to cut both them lugs off, or remove that plate which the BMW mini water pump bolted to remove the large gear thats behind that and cut a plate to blank to cover it over. but remmber you will need to have that filled with oil and will need a hole which you can fill it though then blank up.
I have just cut the lugs off.
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Im 99% sure you ont have to fill that area with oil... what makes you think you have to fill it with oil?
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There is a filler plug in the end for filling with oil and it have two gears in there which will require an oil also theres a oil seal on the shaft on the driven gear from the charger. lastly it comes with oil in when you get a charger.

[Tomf]

Ah fair enough, mine idnt have any oild in it :S what oil are you using?

[Alex1380]

Ah fair enough, mine idnt have any oild in it :S what oil are you using?

general gear oil. same stuff as in my mazda gear box. had some in stock.

[marky r]

were do you get ur superchargers kits from? can any competent mechanic fit them?

[Surfbluegarage]

you can get the kits from most mini suppliers like mini speed morspeed vmaxscart and whatnot.

[zap]

This is going to be another amazing project will watch this one a lot

[Surfbluegarage]

cheers man good luck with the cam change and balljoints.lol helps havin sumwhere to work dont it.lol
well so far no progress on the mini but we have moved it and his brother (1981 mini van) to the new workshop and hopefully will be doing it shortly. just building a spraybooth at the mo for the minis and ma dads van.lol

[zap]

cheers man good luck with the cam change and balljoints.lol helps havin sumwhere to work dont it.lol
well so far no progress on the mini but we have moved it and his brother (1981 mini van) to the new workshop and hopefully will be doing it shortly. just building a spraybooth at the mo for the minis and ma dads van.lol

thanks man, just got my gear box back last week, and omg it looks so nice all new parts, so clean, also they powered it with black paint, can really recommend these people, auto- eroup .

I will be doing the work in the Christmas hols, starting the 17 of December, cant wait, might put a post on here. Also have been told to get a new oil pump, after being told i dont need one, o well.

Looks like its going to be an very expensive Christmas. lol

[Surfbluegarage]

hey hey, bin workin hard on the unit past few weeks gettin up to scratch to start doin the mini in the booth is nearly finished just finishin off the last bits of the paint store bit. bought afew things for the mini this week. got a set of negative camber bottom arms and sum wipac halogens to go on. also tristian from the arc angels drove from devon to drop my bonnet off to me aswell which was fanstastic and looks awesome... take a look...

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[buddylove]

Who did you get the bonnet from? looks great!

[Tomf]

Who did you get the bonnet from? looks great!

tristian from the arc angels drove from devon to drop my bonnet off to me aswell which was fanstastic and looks awesome... take a look...

[Surfbluegarage]

well spotted tom.lol did you have any luck with a charger manifold as ive got all the bits on my desk here to make 5 off just waitin on the bit the bolts to the head thts at laser cutters at the mo

[Tomf]

Depends on the price really mate, as i could make my own quite easily, as i alreay have all the bits but it will sit quit high. but then again this might help with cooling.

PM me with how much you would be looking for and ill let you know.