any more progress reports or updates Chip ?

 

would love a go of that

 

 

Radders, with regards to the 1600 mini, Im actually thinking about one as a daily driver myself, but will talk to you about it in another thread as its very off topic here!

 

Wont be any more updates till the new year now when i get my new turbo and manifold

 

fair enough

 

Turbo pics:






We are still designing the manifold at the moment.

(i do the easy bit deciding on size and location, my dutch friend does the hard bit and makes it!)

 

Thats huge

 

I believe it to be adequetly sized enough to propel a mini along at a reasonable speed when requested to do so

 

no shit

 

wow man looking nice! I think your contributing well to the development of power on the LET, as most people tend to bottom out at 400hp on a LET on migweb, so it will be good to see the reliability of it running 550hp.....

Are u gonna let me drive this one too?

J

 

You hear that Chip, your a pioneer I need to see this run the strip, love the work so far

 

nuttier than squirrel shit dude

 

J, almost definatly not mate

Mr C, thanks, im looking forward to seeing it there too, but wont be for a while yet

Stu, would you expect anything else?

 

Just clicked this link in your sig And im glad i did...Absolutely awesome

 

Glad you appreciate it Ben.

Coming along nicely

 

chip, the cossie engine build is makin me very excited.....

 

What cossie engine build?

This is a vauxhall engine for my mini!

 

nice one Chip you shex god

 

i knew what i meant

are u making a custom front subframe or buying one ?

i thought about a k-series in my mini but bought a rover 220 coupe instead at that time lol

 

I have bought an AMT frame, but sadly its not quite that simple as it requires a fair bit of modification now as im using a greabox that doesnt actually fit in it!

Will do another thread later on about the actual car though, sooner keep this one just about the engine itself ideally

 

I sure do...Looks awesome

 

It might struggle abit when going up hill

 

Started back down the gym today, seems the cheapest way to lose weight from the car

 

You've got hair lmao and virtually no gut

 

how times change

 

wow mate,fair play to you for doing this, loving it so far, keep us updated on your mint work, nice one


keep it up

 

LOL, i was young slim and had my own hair when this project started, shows what a slow twat i am to get stuff done



Sidewayz, cheers for the encourament

 

going 2 be a top motor

 

Ive now changed management.

I will be using Autronic SM2 instead of the DTA now

 

thats some wonderfull wonderfull news

 

Cool, you should utilise our weight training and fitness room then

 

Car will be a proper testament to you Chip.
Whos taking bets on what gear it will spin the wheels in.
Im betting 6th.

 

Well after ive set up the traction control on the autronic, im hoping none

But yes, with the TC turned off, i suspect it may struggle "a little" for grip

 

lol i like your style

 

Have had a VERY significant change of heart now.


Have decided that its utterly fucking pointless putting this much power in a mini, im going to put a 200bhp XE with 150bhp of gas in it instead, will still be just the same speed up the quarter as this engine would have had the traction control on the whole way, LOL


So im going to put this engine in my mid engined nova instead now, where it will have plenty of traction

 

about bloody time. I would have thought a reasonably clever chap like you would have never even dreamed of putting 500bhp through a pair of front wheels (unless there is the same or more going through the back wheels aswell).

Another car (nova), i make that 5 in total. How BIG is you garage ??

 

Yeah i know what you mean, its when i started realising that 500bhp is a conservative estimate that i realised how pointless this project was, i only set out for 200bhp originally, but i got VERY carried away with the engine build!
Im now going back to 200bhp for the mini like i planned in the first place! (well, plus nitrous of course!)



Current cars i own mate:

Cossie (replica )
Road going mini
Mini cabrio
Integra type R (but its been gutted by theives )
Mondeo LPG
Alfa twinspark
Vauxhall engined mini project
Mid engined nova
Half a bmw 325i trackday car i share with mongo


So nearly double the 5 you guessed at, LOL

 

Will make a more fun driveable car so should be good.

Nova sounds mad post some pics up.