My Turbo Clubby
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just bought this

its a 1310, forged pistons, morespeed booster head, new water cooled turbo, duplex chain, straight cut drop gears, lots of other little bits,

the car is a mint 1978 russet brown clubman, was an auto, the car is in superb condition
interior is standard cloth 30k from new

got to pick a few bit up from him still got to fit an intercooler, boost valve, maybe a dump valve.

build a straight cut box as ive got just the gears

ive taken it for a run and its awesome cant believe how quick it is at the moment running at 4psi

got a new avonbar acutator

cant wait

love the retro brown colour! looks mint too. very nice

You'll be able to suprise a few people in that. Nice motor ! :)

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i thought about going to look at this car. but then i wouldnt have the pleasure of building my own car. but a russet brown clubby would be very nice :)

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

love it, proper stealth motor. Keep thinking of going the stealth route.

-MINI CLUBMAN 1380 TURBO-

brilliant

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

Two threads on the exact same thing??????

Own the day

and?????

ok its been a while.... just got her running after a few little problems but she is alive.

few things to do change the oil, have a play with the fuel reg, and get her out and ready for a full repaint.

fit an intercooler and i need a modded plenum to allow me to fit it, if thats right???

are you keeping it Brown ?

yep russet brown, may have a black roof but not sure yet

There used to be a brown clubby turbo near me, he had it re-painted the same brown but with gold flakes in the paint, you could only tell when you looked closely or when the sun was on it, looked mint!!

ok bought an nice intercooler today, some pipes turned up last week for the intercooler set up, waiting for my plenum to come back from a mates who is welding it.
havent had time to sort the bottom pulley that came loose
so just been buying stuff at the moment but all coming together slowly

are you having the turbo up-pipe cut and welded too? jon flanigan aka giallofly does this mod, its not necessary but it makes it a fair bit easier compared to standard

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

didnt know i had too, i have a spare pipe aswell!
any pics on how its modded ill get my mate to do it

this is the only pic i have, its just cut and welded facing slighly further forward just makes it a little easier, but i suppose if you put a pipe on and leave it on there and disconnect other side of the hose it wouldnt be a problem.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

its been a while but ive been retoring a vw camper and few other bits. Ive now sold a few old projects and now have spave in the garage to get the clubby in and give her a make over.
ive been buying a few bits as i go so have most to get it finished.

over the next 2 weeks ill get it out of storage and into the garage for a strip down

today the strip started

That is one very impressive garage.......sorry I mean man cave lol

Shell doesn't look too bad in the photos. What are the plans?

lol full of mini bits
strip, repaint, engine staying the same but im trying to source a s/c box
nothing over the top new suspension brakes etc want to keep it standard looking

Looks like you have jacked up on the tie bar mount. I wouldn't do that.

Looks a good car. Got any pics of the intercooler?

mounts are solid so they are ok. yeah ill get some pics got to take the engine out tomorrow

Hope your keeping the colour

yep its staying russet brown