Anonymous

Went up to martin's place (reyland) today to fetch my new turbo for my mini, as he has removed it from doug's escort cossie as he is going smaller on that now.

Its a GT35R with .63 hotside housing




Just need to get the manifold made now to start bolting it all together, no idea when i will get enough time off work to actually get it into a car though yet.

Chip

p.s
His new escort is looking very tasty, and also saw the old one which he still has there, if ever there was an advert for rollcages its that car!

p.p.s
Nice to meet you martin/sean/the twins/dangerous

Gregs

what power you going for in the mini!!!!!????

Stu @ M Developments

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Lovely

S3an

nice, whats the lag like on one of them

Anonymous

Dunno really till its done, as i dont know anyone who has built one of quite this spec yet, so its all a bit trial and error, somewhere in the 550-600bhp region would be nice though, although anything over 500 is a bonus, i wanted a turbo that would offer a relatively small amount of pumping loss due to a large turbine wheel though, and that would definately be ok even if i rev it to well over 8000rpm, so i figured that as this one came up at the right money it would be worth a try.

It may prove a little big though in which case i will have to step down to a GT30, but im hoping that wont be the case.

dave cos4x4

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do they still make them mini-discs.

hope all goes well with the build.

dave cos4x4

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Lucky there Sean.

Gregs

is that a road car?
can i have the reg so i dont look daft at the traffic lights!

S3an

very lucky dave, for some reason pics arent resizing so ill put some better ones up later

Disabled Account

Chip, can I have my Nolan Sisters CD back please....it's not included in the sale

Anonymous

Doug, deal is off then, TBH it was only the CD i was after

timrud

Chip will send it back anyway if thats whats on the CD, hes more in old Take That cd's LOL

Can't wait to see your mini finally finished... in about 4 years time

~nomad~

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this a new shape mini? sounds mental

Anonymous

I think that was a typo, those things are massive, should have been called a "maxi" i think or something?

This in a proper mini, not something with the same wheelbase as a series 1 landrover.

safflad

take it your not using the a series then?
I also have a turbo'd mini but not quite as adventurous as yours take its gonna be a space frame jobbie got any photo's/more specs?

Anonymous

PMSL @ a series, no mate, its a vauxhall block.

Click the link in my signature for some pics and details.

safflad

cool hope you leaving it in the origanal colour Proper sleeper stylee i'd post a pic of my minski but i think photo bucket is on holiday for xmas
its a 1293a series avonbar stg 5 head and ma-hooosive cooler t-3 made 150 summet bhp
Are you going to run it FWD or use calibra bits for 4WD??

Anonymous

FWD to begin with and see how i get on with it, may convert to 4wd later on, but the calibra stuff isnt great.

Not sure what colour yet but it wont be much of a sleeper as its impossible to leave it looking standard as im going to have to stretch the front to fit the turbo in.

Charlie Chalk

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Nice one Chip

safflad

yeah you have to extend the wings etc by 2" to fit a normal xe in one(unless its a clubby? ) you worked out how much you need to extend it by?

Anonymous

Its a clubman front, the engine fits and has another 4 of inches to spare or so, but turbo sits in front of the engine, so going to need to extend by 6" or so i should think.

Stu.H

looking good, chip.

should have said u was in the area (u prolly did) and i'd have popped over to say hi.

always good to put face > post.

good luck with the hairdryer, mate.



oh and enjoy ya spuds 2morra

andre_k

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sounds mental chip... how much will it cost altogether?

im more + more liking the idea of a mental mini, not as mental as yours though, but i know fook all about em...

how easy are they to work on (considering ive only owned escorts + fiestas)?

what are common engine conversions to make a mini eat much bigger cars?

tregmatt

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wat turbo is doug changing 2 now?

wat power he going 4?

Anonymous

andrek, was looking like about 20K altogether last time i added up.

vtec and vauxhall engines are both quite common conversions now.

Anonymous

GT30R

He wasnt really using the GT35R flat out, so he can get the same sort of power form the GT30 and have less lag.

Makes sense

safflad

just an a-series turbo lump like mine is plenty to scare the odd scooby driver (in the dry obviously)

Mongo

Looking great there mate... Is robbie making the fannymould? Tell him to pull his finger out